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49. A. coNciNNA Baker in Gard. Cliron. 1877, ii. 137.— 



Acaulescent. Leaves about 30 in a rosette, oblanceolate, rigid, 

 7-8 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to If in. above 

 the base, the face flat, slightly glaucous, the pungent end-spine 

 nearly an inch long, the subdistant much-hooked deltoid-cuspidate 

 prickles ^ in. long. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described from the Peacock collection in 1872. 



50. A. FLAcciDA Jacobi, Monogr. 226 ; Baker in Gard. Chron. 

 1877, fig. 26. — Acaulescent. Leaves 40-50 in a rosette, oblanceo- 

 late, a foot long, 3 in. broad above the middle, narrowed to If in. 

 above the dilated base, glaucous-green, the face flat throughout, 

 the slightly decurrent pungent end-spine an inch long, the crowded 

 deltoid-cuspidate slightly-hooked prickles l-6th to l-5th in. long. 

 Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described from a plant seen in the Saunders 

 collection in 1872. Intermediate between Scolymus and macracantha. 



51. A viRiDissiMA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 137. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves about 30 in a rosette, oblanceolate, a foot 

 long, 3 in. broad above the middle, narrowed to 2f in. above the 

 base, very rigid, bright green, the face flat, the end-spine hard and 

 pungent, nearly an inch long, the close grey spreading lanceolate 

 unequal prickles ^-^ in. long, those of the upper half of the blade 

 slightly curved upwards. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described from a plant seen in the Peacock 

 collection, Nov., 1872. 



52. A. (Euagave) weissenburgensis Wittm. in Berl. Gartenzeit, 

 1885, 14, fig. 5. — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40, oblanceolate, 8-9 in. 

 long, 2-2f in. broad above the middle, rigid, green, scarcely at all 

 glaucous, the pungent end-spine f in. long, the hooked distant 

 deltoid-cuspidate prickles ^-f in. Peduncle with panicle 7-8 ft. 

 long, the latter of few very short ascending branches. Flower 

 above 2 in. long ; tube f in. ; segments greenish yellow, lanceolate, 

 f in. long. Stamens twice as long as the segm.ents. Capsule 

 Ih in. long. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Dr. Wittmack from a plant that 

 flowered at Weissenbm'g, in the province of Brandenburg, in 1885. 



53. A. {Euagave) Baxteri Baker. — Acaulescent. Leaves about 

 30 in a dense rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, 3 in. broad above the 

 middle, narrowed to 2 in. above the face, flat on the face, mode- 

 rately glaucous, the pungent end-spine about an inch long, the 

 marginal teeth subdistant, lanceolate, hooked, horny to the base, 

 at most f in. long. Peduncle glaucous, 4 ft. long, an inch thick. 

 Panicle thyrsoid, 4 ft. long ; branches erecto-patent, the central 

 ones 4-5 in. long, with flowers up to 20 in a dense cluster at the 

 end. Flowers about 2 in. long ; ovary f in. ; tube short. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 

 the spring of 1888, received from the Oxford Botanic Garden, named after its 

 late Curator. 



54. A. [Euagave) Palmeri Engelm. Notes, 31. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves about 30 in a rosette, oblanceolate, 1-1-J ft. long, 2-2^ in. 



