AGAVE. 173 



segments f in. long, yellow, lanceolate from a deltoid base. 

 Stamens 2-3 times the length of the segments. 



Hab. Arizona ; Huachuca Mountains, alt. oOOO — 8000, Primjle ! Eeceived 

 in 1885. Nearly allied to A. SJiaivii, Engelm. 



28. A. [FAUKjavc) APPLANATA Lemairc ; Jacobi, Monogr. 48 ; 

 Sodaro Hort. Bot. Panam. ii. 29, t". 30. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 sometimes 150, oblong-spathiilate, 8-12 in. long, 3-3^ in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed to 2-2^ in. above the base, intensely 

 persistently glaucous, the lower half of the face flat, the upper half 

 concave, the pungent end-spine an inch long, decurrent as a brown 

 border the upper third or half of the blade, the bright brown 

 deflexed lanceolate prickles J-|- in. long. Peduncle 3-4 times as 

 long as the leaves. Panicle thyrsoid, as long as the peduncle ; 

 lower branches patent. Flowers greenish yellow, 2^-3 in. long ; 

 tube short ; segments lanceolate, an inch long. Stamens 2-3 times 

 the length of the segments. 



Hab. Mexico, introduced into cultivation about 1862. Flowered for the 

 first time lately with Dr. Todaro at the Palermo Botanic Garden. I cannot, 

 from the description, clearly separate A. ciiierascens, Jacobi Monogr. 51. 



29. A. [Euarjave) asperriha Jacobi Monogr. 61. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves few, oblanceolate, ]|— 2 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at the 

 middle, dull green when mature, glaucous when young, scabrous 

 on both surfaces, with a very large pungent end-spine decurrent for 

 half a foot or more, the prickles very large and deltoid-cuspidate. 

 Flowers 2|- in. long; tube broadly funnel-shaped |- in. long; 

 segments yellowish, under an inch long. Stamens more than 

 twice as long as the segments. Capsule oblong, 1|— 2 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico ; State of Coahuila, Palmer 1309 ! Pringle 158! Described 

 by Jacobi in 18G4 ;from plants sent by Lindheimer to the Botanic Garden of 

 Munich. Dr. Engelmann sent out seeds under the name of A. lonrjispina. 



30. A. ToNELiANA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, i. 362.— 

 Acaulescent. Leaves 40-50 in a dense rosette, lanceolate, rigid, 

 l-|-2 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 2|~3 in. 

 above the base, flat in the lower half, green, glaucous only when 

 young, ^ in. thick in the centre ; the pungent brow^n end-spine an 

 inch long, decurrent for 3-4 in., the rest of the border margined 

 with chesnut-brown cuspidate prickles l-8th to l-12th in. long with 

 a very broad base, which is confluent except for a short space 

 above the middle of the blade. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico* Described from a plant of Mr. J. T. Peacock's, 

 when his collection was exhibited at Kew in 1881. Named after M. Tonel, of 

 Ghent. 



31. A. [Enayarc) Hookeri Jacobi, Monogr. 219 ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6589. — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40 in a rosette, 

 oblanceolate, 4 ft. long, 6-9 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 

 4-5 in. above the base, green, only slightly glaucous when young 

 and towards the base, narrowed gradually to a pungent end-spine 

 l|-2 in. long, w^hich is decurrent as a narrow brown edge for 

 4-6 in., the prickles deltoid-cuspidate from a broad base ^^ in. 

 long. Peduncle 30 ft. long including the panicle, 4-5 in. thick at 

 the base. Panicle thyrsoid, 4-5 ft. long, the lower branches a 



