176 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLTJDEiE. 



40. A. FEROX K. Koch in Woclien. 1860, 23. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, oblong-spatliulate 1^-2 ft. long, 6-9 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed to 4:^-5 in. above the dilated base, a 

 dull slightly glaucous green, the face flat except at the top, the 

 slightly decurrent pungent point above an inch long, the very large 

 deltoid-cuspidate brown teeth ^-|- in. long, with the edge deeply 

 repand between them. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico, not unfrequent in cultivation. A. Bonnetianaol the Belgian 

 Gardens is scarcely different. 



41. A. Galeottei Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 41. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, oblong- spathulate, 

 1-1^ ft. long, 4-6 in. broad above the dilated base, the face flat or 

 rather concave, green, hardly at all glaucous when mature, the 

 pungent end-spine |-1 in. long, the close deltoid-cuspidate 

 purplish black prickles ^-J in. long, straight or slightly hooked. 

 Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from plants seen in the Saunders and Peacock 

 collections in 1872. 



42. A. (Enagave) Guedeneyri Houllet in Eev. Hort. 1875, 466. 

 — Acaulescent. Leaves about 30 in a rosette, oblong-sijathulate, 

 2|- ft. long, 4-5 in. broad above the middle, dull glaucous green, 

 with a pungent end- spine an inch long and small brown deltoid- 

 cuspidate prickles ^ — ^ in. long. Flowering stem 10-12 ft. long. 

 Panicle thyrsoid, with about 20 branches. Flowers yellowish 

 green. Stamens much exserted. 



Hab. Mexico. Of this I have seen only a young plant in the collection of 

 Mr. J. T. Peacock. It flowered in the collection of M. Guedeney at Vesinet, in 



1875. 



43. A. {Enagave) longisepala Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. t. 31. 

 — Acaulescent. Leaves moderately numerous, oblong-spathulate, 

 glaucous green, 7-8 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 3-4 in. 

 above the base, the pungent end-spine an inch long, the edge 

 slightly repand between the large broad-based deltoid-cuspidate 

 teeth. Peduncle about 5 times as long as the leaves. Panicle 

 shorter than the peduncle ; branches ascending. Flower 2|~3 in. 

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

 very long. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Flowered lately with Dr. Todaro at the Palermo 

 Botanic Garden. 



44. A. [Eiiagave) Scolymus Karw. ; Salmdyck Hort. Dyck. 307; 

 Baker in Saund. Eef. Bot. t. 328. — Acaulescent. Leaves 20-40 in a 

 dense rosette, oblong-spathulate, 9-18 in. long, 3-6 in. broad above 

 the middle, very glaucous, the pungent end- spine an inch or more 

 long, the large horny deltoid-cuspidate teeth ^-^ in. long, in the 

 upper half of the blade, with the edge distinctly repand between 

 them. Peduncle including the thyrsoid panicle 14-16 ft. long. 

 Flower 2-3 in. long ; tube short, broadly funnel-shaped ; segments 

 greenish-yellow, f-1 in. long. Stamens twice as long as the 

 segments. 



Hab. Mexico, introduced into cultivation about 1880, and now common, 

 with numerous varieties. Under this I place A. Schnittqjhani Jacobi, A. 



