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Hab. Mexico. Described by Sir W. J. Hooker from a plant that flowered 

 at Kew in May, 1856, received from M. Gels, of Paris. It flowered a,'^ain in the 

 summer of 1879, and a small variety with leaves only 8—9 in. long, with Mr. 

 Corderoy in July, 1883. 



91. A. {LittcBci) Ehrenbergii Jacobi, Monogr. 136. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves moderately numerous, obloug-spatliulate, 1|— 2 ft. long, 

 5 in. broad above the middle, narrowed to 2^ in. above the base, an 

 opaque rather glaucous green on the concave face, the brown end- 

 spine short, the crowded minute deltoid marginal teeth brown at 

 the tip only. Peduncle 4-5 ft. long. Flowers 1| in. long ; tube 

 short ; segments linear-oblong, above I in. long. Filaments above 

 2 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Described by Jacobi from plants seen at Berlin and Erfurt 

 in 1864. It flowered with Herr AUardt at Berlin in 1867. I cannot from the 

 description separate specifically A. Legrelliana Jacobi, Monogr. 253. 



92. A. LiNDLEYi Jacobi, Nacht. 37. — Trunk 1\ ft. long below 

 the rosette of leaves. Leaves numerous, oblong-spathulate, 6-7 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed to 3-3|- in. above the base, very 

 thick, flat in the middle, glaucous, the end-spine dark brown, the 

 marginal prickles close, deltoid, with a horny black tip. In- 

 florescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico, described by Jacobi from a plant seen in the collection of 

 Mr. Wilson Saunders in 1867. 



93. A. [LittcBa) Goeppertiana Jacobi, Monogr. 243. — Stem 

 reaching a length of half a foot. Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, 

 oblanceolate-oblong, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 

 3-3| in. above the base, bright green, the short brown tip scarcely 

 pungent, the crowded spreading brown deltoid teeth under a line 

 long. Peduncle including the dense 4-5 ft. spike 8-9 ft. long. 

 Flower nearly 2 in. long ; tube as long as the oblong segments. 

 Stamens 2 in. long. Capsule f in. long. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 1865 from plants seen at 

 Breslau and Eeigate, the former of which flowered in 1874, and is figured in the 

 ' Index Seminum ' for that year of the Breslau Garden, of which Dr. Goeppert 

 was Director. 



94. A. [Littcea) horizontinalis Jacobi, Nacht. 33. — Caulescent. 

 Leaves few in a rosette, oblanceolate-oblong, 2 ft. long, 4-5 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed to 2^ in. above the base, the broad 

 channelled face bright light green, glaucous when young, the 

 subpungent brown end-spine short, the marginal teeth crowded, 

 minute, brown, deltoid. Peduncle including the dense 2-2|- in. 

 spike 6-7 ft. long. Flowers under 2 in. long ; segments oblong, 

 reddish brown, about as long as the broadly funnel-shaped tube. 

 Stamens 2-2^ in. long. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 1865 from a plant that 

 flowered in the collection of Von Elemeet, of which we have a photograph. 



95. A. Smithiana Jacobi, Monogr. 250. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 about 30 in a rosette, oblanceolate-oblong, 2-2^ ft. long, 4-5 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed to 2-2|- in. above the base, bright 

 green on the flat face, the subpungent brown tip ^ in. long, the 

 close deltoid brown marginal prickles l-12th in. long. Inflorescence 

 unknown. 



