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of green on the back of some leaves. This plant, which I have 

 been enabled to photograph through the courtesy of the late Director 

 of the Kew Gardens, Sir W. T. This elton- Dy er, may be one 

 of the London exhibition plants of 1871. There is no indication 

 of its existence elsewhere. 



Agave atrovireiis Salm. 



A. atroviicns uiiir^hiata (1871). 



jI. afroiu'reiis fol. var. Belg. Hort. 1S71 : 117. — 

 Andre, 111. Hort. 1S72: 148. 



A. Saliin'aiia fol. aur. var. Garden, 7: 456. (1875). 



A. Salmiana aureo-variegata. Vei teil, PI. Cat. ISTfi — 7 : 

 57; 1878: 82. 



A. Salmiana t-ariegnta. Steiner-Pfersdorff, Cat. 

 1877: 29. 



A. rt^ror/re^sfol. aur. variegatis. Spr en ger, Monats- 

 schr. f. Kakteenkunde. 6: 34. (1896.) 



A. Salmiana [variegated]. Roland-Qosselin, Rev. 

 Hort. 71: 255.(1899). 



Variegation marginal, of a rather greenish yellow 

 becoming golden in the best forms, with ünes intruding 

 into the center. 



Rather common on the Riviera, where it 

 has flowered, and to be found also, now, in 

 botanical collections. 



.1. afrorircH!- 



Agave albicans Jacobi. 

 A. albicjviis iiKMlio-plcta (1874). 



A. micracantha picta. Qard. Chron. n. s. 1 : 674. (1874). — Flor. & Poniol. 

 1874: 135. Belg. Hort. 187Ö: 43. — Kew Hand List Tend. Monocot. 117. (1897). 



.1. micracaiitha rariega/a. Peacock, List. 2. (1878). 



A. OKxselghdDiiaiia alhci-picta. J. S. C, Gard. Chron. 

 n. s. 23: 703. (1885). 



??.(. densijioru. Roland-Gosselin, Rev. Hort. 71: 

 255. (1899). 



.1. albicans variegata. Münze r, Monatsschr. f . Kak- 

 teenkunde. 3: 116. (1893). 



.1. albicans [variegated]. Baker, Handbook Aniaryll. 

 191. (1888). - Nicholson, Dict. Suppl. 1 : 27. (1900). — 

 Rose in Bailey, Cyclop. 1: 35. (1900). 



A. Onsselgheniiana picta. J. C, Gard. Chron. III. 38: 

 346. (1905). 



Variegation milk white, as a broad median stripe. 



Apparently rare in collections. It is said to 

 have flowered in England. No record of its 



A. albicans. 



