4. Agave. ] 87. AMARYLLIDACEM 



1. A. americana, L- 



L. commonly variegated yellow, stout, sharply constricted above their 

 swollen "bases. Margin distinctly sinuate bearing the mostly reflexed 

 prickles on the eminences; Apical-spine 1-2" long. 



Common in gardens. Not known to be of any economic value. 



2. A. Vera-Cruz, Miller. Syn. A. Cantula, Bengal 

 Plants ; Moraba, K., S.} Mordha and Murga are given as 

 vernacular names in the Notes. 



A stoat plant usually producing numerous shoots from 

 the rhizome, which render it polycarpic. L. very deep green 

 and glaucous 4-6 ft. long and attaining 10" in width, 

 scarcely constricted above the base. Margins not, or only 

 glightly, sinuate. Apical spine |-1" dark-brown. 



More or less naturalized in Singbhum, e.g., about Anjedbera ; Hazari- 

 bagh, e.g., Tatijheria, Daltongauj, etc, but all these citations require 

 confirmation by comparison of the characters with those now given. 

 Fls. Sept-Dec. 



L. often rather ooncave at the widest part (just above the middle) 

 early curving upwards, ends more or less recurved. Interval between 

 Bpines -5'' or less, rarely f ". Main branches of panicle 3-chotomous, 

 curved or flattened. Fls. in pairs with a subsidiary bud laterally 

 developed at a different level. Tepals linear4anceolate pale amber 

 tint. Anths. \'' and upwards. Capsules rather turgid, oblong-cylin- 

 drical, tip rounded, seeds blaok shining. 



3. A. Cantula, Roxb. 



L. in a lax but even tuff from a short ascending rhizome, 

 pale green, older darker, sometimes glaucous, attaining 4 ft. 

 or more but usually only 2|" broad rarely over 3" at the 

 widest part (just above the middle). Apical-spine usually 

 acicular |-1" long reddish or dark brown, cylindrical. 

 Marginal- prickles conspicuous falcate pointing forwards \" 

 or more and very sharp. Fls. 1-2 together. Tepals 1J" 

 linear-oblong obtuse, greenish- yellow. 



Cultivated at Hazaribaph Jail and elsewhere in Chota Nagpur, Wtod. 

 Wood's list, however, was compiled before the completion of Prain and 

 Drummond'a investigations and the plant referred to may be another 

 species. 



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