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Agave Jacquiniana Gawl. 



(Schulles, System, vegetab. 7,729. — Botan. Magz. t. 5097. — 

 C./i'ocA,Wochenschr. 1860, 48. — Salm in Hott. Dyk. 302 et Bonplan- 

 diaVlI 95 — Roemer, Am 284 — Jacqmv,Co\\.\\9Â'. — Kunth, Enumeral. 

 V. — Jacobi, Agaven. 96 — Weiss in Karstens bot. Unters. I. 129.) 



Caulescens, caiilis rudimentis foliorum emarcidorum den- 

 sissime veslitus. Folia nnmerosa 120-136 cm. longa, in ipsa 

 basi latissima (13-20 cm. lata, et 6-8 cm. crassa), paulo supra 

 anguslala (10-12 cm. lata), in medio 12-18 cm. lala et 1-1*2 

 cm. crassa, in apice demum vix 0'5 cm. crassa, laie lineari- 

 obloDga,basi pendenlia, superne saepe arcuato-recurvata, exlus 

 plana vel paulo concava, sublus medio convexa, carnosa, mar- 

 gine subremole dentato, inler dentés concavo; dentibus brevi- 

 bus, 0-1-0-2 cm. longis, corneis, late Iriangularibus, apice 

 atrofuscis vel nigricantibus ; spina termïnalis 1*4- cm. longa, 

 valida, alrofusca, conica, Scapus et folia, uti tota planta pal- 

 lide viridis, glaber, rore coeruleo. Scapus e centro foliorum 

 erectus, 4*8 met. iongus, basi 13 cm. crassus, teres, glaber; 

 foliis alternis, adpressis, lanceolatis, acuminalis, remole den- 

 latis,*) glabris, sensim minoribus, radicalibus 80 cm. longis 

 et in medio 9*6 cm. lalis, superioribus in squamas aculas 

 transeunlibus. Squamae semiamplectenles, infimae 35 cm. 

 longae el basi 6 cm. lalae. Flores in paniculam pyramidalem, 

 2 met. longamdisposili,- paniculae floriferae (25) ramiinfimi(2) 

 aborientes, superiores alterni, subhorizonlaliler patentes, sub 

 apicem depressi, 31-40 cm. longi, sensim breviores, in apice 

 plerumque trifidi, divisionibus iterum pluries divisis, ultimis 

 tantum pedunculos gerentibus, 10-20 in cymas disposilos, 

 1-2-3-5-6 floros. PedicelH 1-4 cm. longi, glabri, laele virides, 

 subcylindrici, bracteis 2-3 acutis, marcescentibus munili. Flo- 

 res omnes erecti, foelidissimi. Perigomum ad y^ sexfidum, 

 ad ovarium usque 4-2-4*7 cm. longum, luteo-viride, coriaceo- 



') Dentés in apice albi, in medio purpurascentes, 015— 0-2 cm, 

 longi. 



