LEONTOCHIR. 159 



acute, 3-4 in. long. Umbel about 12-rayecl; bracts 4-5, large, 

 leaf-like ; pedicels 5-G in. long, usually once forked above the 

 middle. Perianth- segments unequal, bright yellow ; outer linear- 

 oblong, l^-H ii^- long; inner obovate-unguiculate, rctuse, apiculate, 

 2 in. long, f in. broad. 



Hab. New Granada ; Province of Ocana. Introduced into cultivation by 

 Carder in 1882. 



54. Leontochir Phil. 



Perianth-tMhe none ; segments all alike, cuneate with a long 

 slender claw. Stamens shorter than the segments, attached to their 

 base ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, basifixed. Ovary turbi- 

 nate, 1-celled, with 3 parietal placentas ; style filiform ; stigmas 3, 

 linear, spreading. Fruit a strongly-ribbed capsule dehiscing at the 

 apex. Seeds small, globose. 



1. L. OvALLEi Phil. Descr. Nuev. Plant. 69; Hook. Ic. t. 1389. 

 — Stems sarmentose, reaching a length of several feet. Leaves 

 numerous, sessile, resupinate, oblong, acute, lower 3-4 in. long, 

 upper gradually smaller. Umbel very dense, simple, many-flowered ; 

 pedicels very short ; bracts small. Perianth-segments an inch long, 

 reddish, not spotted, with an orbicular-cuneate blade ^ in. diam. 

 Style shorter than the stamens. Capsule ^ in. long. 



Hab. Chili, at Conception, Bridges 1377 ! Carrizal Bajo, Kimj ! Mr. 

 Goldring showed me it living in February, 1883, from Kelly gardens. 



Suborder III.— AGAVE^E. 



55. PoLiANTHEs Limi. 



Perianth with a long narrowly funnel-shaped curved tube and 

 short subequal segments. Stamens inserted at the middle of the 

 tube, not exserted from its throat; filaments filiform, very short; 

 anthers linear, erect, dorsifixed. Ovarij 3-celled, free at the apex ; 

 ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigmas 3, ovate, falcate. 

 Fruit ovoid, crowned by the persistent perianth. Seeds flat, with a 

 lax testa. 



1. P. TUBEEosA Linn. Sp. PI. 453 ; Red. Lil. t. 147 ; Bot. Mag. 

 1817 ; Bot. Reg. t. 63. — Bootstock tuberous. Basal leaves 6-9 to 

 a stem, thin, linear, bright green, 1-1|- ft. long, deeply channelled 

 in the lower half, spotted with red-brown on the back. Stem 2-3 ft. 

 long, with 8-12 abbreviated leaves. Flowers in pairs in a lax spike ; 

 bracts green, lanceolate. Perianth pure waxy white, l-g— 2|- in. 

 long; segments oblong-lanceolate, spreading, |-f in. long. 



Var. P. GRACILIS Link & Otto, Ic. t. 24. — Habit more slender. 

 Leaves narrower. Perianth with a long slender tube and hnear 

 segments. 



Hab. Mexico. Long cultivated in all parts of the world for its fragrant 

 flowers. We flowered F. gracilis at Kew in August, 1880. 



