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and forms large patches when old, which flower almost every 
year. 
A. Bouchet. 
One of the plants received from Mr. W. Wilson Saunders in 
1868 ; flowered for the first time in 1874 and since then has blos- 
somed and fruited every year. 
A. Cantala. 
Another plant from Mr. W. Wilson Saunders’s collection; 
flowered repeatedly and produced quantities of bulbils, from 
which the plant was largely distributed under the name of 
A. vivipara Baker (not A. vivipara Linn.!). It has established 
itself on half wild places of the garden by means of its bulbils. 
A. dasylirioides and A. dealbata 
are united by Prof. Baker; from Jacobi’s descriptions and the 
plate in Bot. Mag. t. 5716 it seems, however, advisable to keep 
them distinct. A. dasylirioides was grown from seeds received 
from the Vienna Botanical Garden, 1908. 
A. decipiens. 
We are indebted for bulbils of this species to Mrs. MacAdow, 
Punta Gorda, and to Messrs. Reasoner, Oneco, in Florida. 
A. densiflora. 
Probably received from Mr. W. Wilson Saunders ; it is now a 
large stemless bush, flowering annually. 
A. elongata. 
Often met with in gardens along the Riviera; is generally 
known here as A. rigida or A. Ixth. It forms a stout stem, 0-50- 
1:50 m. high, with a rosette of very stiff, prickly margined leaves. 
The large panicle is ovate and produces innumerable bulbils. 
This is the true Henequen. 
A. Engelmannit. 
Seeds from the typical plant were sent by Prof. Trelease in 
March, 1892. The first plant raised from them flowered in 1908, 
but did not produce any seeds or suckers. 
A. ferox. 
A very stately and ornamental plant. Though nearly related 
to A. Salmiana and A. atrovirens it presents sufficient characters 
to be considered a distinct species. It was first given to La 
Mortola by Mr. W. Wilson Saunders in April, 1869. 
A. Franceschiana. 
A new, yet undescribed, species. Its leaves are entire or nearly 
so, with a few very minute teeth, in shape similar to those of A. 
sisalana, but softer, more fleshy and more glaucous. Their thick 
bases form a short round stem. The plant was received under 
the name of A. angustifolia in April, 1900, from the late Prof. 
