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or large hooked brown teeth. Peduncle including the dense spike 

 reaching a length of G-10 ft. Flower 1| in. long ; tube very short ; 

 segments lanceolate, above i- in. long. Stamens twice as long as 

 the segments. 



Hab. Texas and Northern Mexico, Wright 1907 ! Palmer 1311 ! Pringle 

 157 ! We have a specimen from Mr. Shaw of a plant that flowered at the 

 Missouri Botanic Garden in January, 1B85. The strong short fibres of the 

 leaves is used, Mr. Morris tells me, in the manufacture of brushes. 



13. A. [Littma) Kerchovei Lemaire in 111. Hort. 1864, 64 ; 

 Gard. Chron. 1877, fig. 78. A. Beaacarnei Lemaire. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, ensiform, rigid, 6-12 in. long, 1|~2 in. 

 broad low down, dull green, with a pale central band on the face, 

 rounded on the back without any darker green lines, the pungent 

 end-spine an inch long, the continuous grey or brown border 

 moderately broad, the irregular grey lanceolate curved teeth ^-\ in. 

 long. Inflorescence a dense spike. Flowers 1^ in. long ; segments 

 linear-oblong, twice as long as the broadly funnel-shaped tube. 

 Stamens twice as long as the perianth-segments. Capsule an inch 

 long. 



Hab. Mexico ; Chihuahua, alt. 7000—8000 ft., Pringle 802 ! Introduced 

 by Verschaffelt about 18G4, and named by Lemaire in compliment to the Baron 

 Kerchove von Ousselghem. Widely spread now in gardens with many varieties : 

 inermis is dwarf, without any spines ; pectinata has a broader leaf than in the 

 type, without any central band; macrodonta has leaves 1| ft., with copious 

 irregular grey lanceolate prickles ; and diplacantlia few distant smaller often 

 geminate teeth. A. rigidissima Jacobi, Nacht. ii. 66, seems to be also a form 

 with few very remote deltoid teeth, sometimes entirely obsolete. 



14. A. NissoNi Baker in Gard. Chron. 1874, i. 529. — Acaule- 

 scent. Leaves 30-40 in a rosette, ensiform, rigid, 5-6 in. long, 

 f-i in. broad above the dilated base, glaucous green on the face, 

 with a distinct pale central band, the pungent end-spine ^ in. long, 

 the margin with a very narrow continuous grey edge, with copious 

 lanceolate spines ^ in. long. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico, introduced lately by Verschaffelt. Differs from all forms of 

 Kerchovei by its more numerous thinner leaves with a narrower border. 



15. A. EoEZLiANA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, i. 529, fig. 79. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves 20-30 to a rosette, ensiform, rigid, 6-7 in. 

 long, 1-li^ in. broad at the middle, bright glossy green on the face, 

 with a distinct pale central band, rounded on the back without any 

 darker green lines, narrowed to a bright reddish brown pungent 

 spine l-f in. long, continuously margined with a moderately broad 

 border of red-brown fading to grey, furnished with copious spreading 

 lanceolate little-curved teeth ^-^ in. long. Inflorescence unknown. 



Var. Inghamii Baker I. c. — Leaves lf-2 in. broad at the middle, 

 slightly narrowed downwards, 1-1^ in. broad above the base. 

 Hab. Mexico, introduced by Koezl. 



16. A. {Litt(ca) Victoria -regin.e T. Moore in Gard. Chron. 

 1875, ii. 485, with woodcut ; Engelm. in Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 

 841, figs. 148, 149 ; 111. Hort. n. s. t. 413. A. Consideranti Carriere 

 in Kev. Hort. 1875, 429, fig. 68. — Acaulescent. Leaves 100-200, 

 forming a dense rosette a foot in diameter, densely imbricated, 



