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broad above the middle, narrowed to If in. above the base, 

 glaucous, the shortly decurrent pungent end-spine 1-1-| in. long, 

 the edge slightly repand between the large deltoid-cuspidate ]prickles, 

 of which those of the upper half of the blade are J-^ in. long. 

 Peduncle with panicle 8-12 ft. long. Flowers lf-2 in. long ; tube very 

 short ; segments yellowish, oblong-lanceolate, | in. long. Stamens 

 more than twice as long as the segments. Capsule 1^-2 in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Southern Arizona, ascending to 6300 ft. Vaseij ! 

 FriiKjle ! Discovered by Dr. Schott in 1855. Introduced into cultivation in 

 Europe about 1880. 



55. A. [Euagave] makmorata Eoezl in Belg. Hort. 1883, 238. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves 12-15 in a rosette, spreading, oblanceolate. 

 2-3 ft. long, 4-5 in. broad above the middle, narrowed to 2-2|- in. 

 above the base, glaucous, concave in the upper half of the face, 

 very rough on both sides, the pungent end-spine an inch long, the 

 margin very repand between the close irregular large deltoid- 

 cuspidate prickles, which are ^-^ in. long and broad with a curved 

 brown horny tip. Peduncle with panicle 10-16 ft. long. 



Hab. Mexico ; Province of Tehuacan. Introduced into cultivation by 

 Koezl. Described from two plants in the Kew collection in 1887. Between A. 

 Scolymus and americaiia. Used by the Indians for abrasions of the skin of 

 their horses and mules. 



56. A. [Euagave) Theometel Zuccar. in Koem. Collect. 138, t. 

 3. — Acaulescent. Leaves about 80, oblanceolate-spathulate, l|-2ft. 

 long, 4-|— 5 in. broad above the middle, narrowed to 3 in. above the 

 dilated base, the face nearly flat, green, only slightly glaucous 

 when young, the dark brown pungent end-spine an inch long, the 

 distant deltoid-cuspidate prickles not more than | in. long. 

 Peduncle 10-12 ft. long including the thyrsoid panicle. Flowers 

 yellowish green, 3 in. long. Stamens twice as long as the 

 perianth-segments. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from a plant in the Peacock collection in 1872, 

 and the inflorescence from Zuccagni. The name Theometel goes back to 

 Morison, and Kunth cites for it figures by Munting and Eay. I cannot 

 distinguish from this what I have seen in English gardens under the name of 

 A. Beauleuriana Jacobi. 



57. A. cocciNEA Koezl ; Jacobi, Monogr. 76. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves 20-30 in a dense rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, 1^-2 ft. 

 long, 4-6 in. broad two-thirds of the way up, narrowed to 3 in. 

 above the dilated base, dark green, only slightly glaucous when 

 young, the hard pungent end-spine 1^ in. long, the edge repand 

 between the close irregular deltoid- cuspidate prickles, which are 

 ^-^ in. long. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico; introduced into cultivation by Eoezl in 1859. Described 

 from plants seen at Kew, Reigate, and Hammersmith. I cannot distinguish 

 specifically a plant received at Kew in 1888 from Leichtlin, labelled A. gracili- 

 spina. Var. hrevifolia Hort., is a dwarf form. 



58. A. Maxbiiliana Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 202. A, 

 Gustaviana Hort. — Acaulescent. Leaves about 20 in a rosette, 

 oblanceolate-spathulate, 1^—2 ft. long, 2^-3 in. broad above the 

 middle, narrowed to 1^-2 in. above the base, a slightly glaucous 



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