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foot long. Flowers greenish yellow, 3 in. long ; tube broadly funnel- 

 shaped, I in. long ; segments 1^ in. Stamens more than twice as 

 long as the segments. 



Hab. Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 1865 from plants at Kew and 

 Eeigate. At Kew it flowered for the first time in October, 1880. A. Fenzliana 

 Jacobi Monogr. 221 differs from typical Hookeri (see N. E. Brown in Gard. 

 Chron. 1883 i. 507) by its smaller prickles. I cannot from the description 

 separate A. incequidens K. Koch in Wochen. 1860, 28, and if this be the same 

 that name is the earliest. 



82. A. (Euagave) atrovirens Karw. ; Salmdyck, Hort. Dyck. 

 1834, 302. A. teliuacensis, Karw. A. Salmiana Otto ; Rev. Hort. 

 1873, 373, tabs. 40-41 ; Gard. Chron. 1871 ii. 141, t. 31, 1877, 2, 

 fig. 33. — Acaulescent. Leaves 12-30, oblanceolate-spathulate, 

 2-4 ft. long in cultivation, 4-6 in. broad above the middle, 

 narrowed to 3-4 in. above the base, a dull slightly glaucous green, 

 the face often very concave, the pungent end-spine 1^-2 in. long 

 and decurrent for 6-12 in., the large deltoid-cuspidate teeth hooked 

 either up or down, with the edge repand between them. Peduncle 

 with inflorescence reaching a length of 25-30 ft. Panicle 6-8 ft. 

 long ; flowers 4 in. long ; tube short ; segments 1|- in. long. 

 Stamens 3 in. long. I cannot from the descriptions definitely 

 separate A. Jacohiana, Salmdyck, A. Canartiana, Schlechteitdaliif 

 dejiexispina , Ottonis a,nd yracilis Jacobi. 



Var. A. latissima Jacobi, Monogr. 41. — Leaves broader, oblong- 

 spathulate, 2-3 ft. long by 8-9 in. broad above the middle. From 

 this I cannot separate ^4. Lehmanni, mitncfonnis and coarctata Jacobi. 



Hab. Mexico, introduced into cultivation by Karwiuski, who says that the 

 leaves of the wild plant reach a length of 12 feet. It must be borne in mind 

 that the dimensions of the leaves in these descriptions are almost invariably 

 taken from plants cultivated in pots under glass, and that, therefore, no doubt 

 they are often far short of what the plant reaches in its native stations. This 

 is said to be the species specially used in the manufacture of pulque. It has 

 flowered at Pans, Antibes, and on the shores of the Lago Maggiore, and is now 

 doing so at Kew. 



33. A. [Euagave) cochlearis Jacobi, Nacht. ii. 67. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves few in a rosette, oblong-spathulate, 5-6 ft. long, above a 

 foot broad, opaque green, with a deeply excavated face, the very 

 stout pungent end- spine decurrent for some distance, the middle- 

 sized deltoid-cuspidate brown prickles variously curved. Peduncle 

 with inflorescence reaching a length of 26 feet. Flowers 4 in. 

 long ; tube short ; segments yellowish green above 1|- in. long. 

 Stamens 3 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Described by Jacobi from a plant that flowered at 

 Stuttgart in 1867. Perhaps not distinct specifically from A. atrovirens. 



34. A. [Euagave) spectabilis Todaro, Hort. Bot. Pauorm. ii. 4, 

 t. 25. — Acaulescent. Leaves 180 in a rosette, lanceolate, very 

 glaucous, 6-7 ft. long, 5 in. broad at the middle, with a large 

 pungent spine decurrent for half a foot and middle-sized lanceolate- 

 deltoid brown teeth, with the edge not repand between them. 

 Panicle thyrsoid; branches erecto-patent, the lower above a foot 

 long. Flowers greenish yellow, 2^ in. long ; tube very short ; 

 segments above an inch long. Stamens twice as long as the 

 segments. 



