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long, those of the lower two-thirds of the edge more or less 

 deflexed. Peduncle 7 ft. long including the dense 2 ft. spike. 

 Flowers green, 1^ in. long; tube short; segments | in. long. 

 Filaments 2-2^ in. long. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 18G4, from a plant in the 

 garden of the gentleman after whom it is named. I have seen it both at Kew 

 and Eeigate. 



101. A. {Littam) Muilmanni Jacobi, Nacht. ii. 7G. — Shortly 

 caulescent. Leaves about 30 in a rosette, lanceolate, 2 ft. or more 

 long, 2-2|- in. broad at the middle, bright green on the concave 

 face, the end- spine subpungent and reddish brown, the marginal 

 prickles crowded, minute, deltoid, red-brown. Peduncle including 

 the short dense spike 4-5 ft. long. Flowers under 1^ in. long ; 

 tube very short ; segments | in. long. Filaments IJ in. long. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 1871, from a plant in the 

 collection of Herr Muilmann at Utrecht. 



102. A. Martiana K. Koch, Wochen. 18G0, 38.— Acaulescent. 

 Leaves lanceolate, reaching a length of 2-2^ ft., 3-3^ in. broad at 

 the middle, narrowed to 2i in. above the base, a light opaque 

 green, the face nearly flat, the end-spine short, the edge in the 

 upper part furnished with a continuous brown line and minutely 

 toothed, lower down furnished with irregular small deltoid brown 

 teeth. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Dr. Karl Koch from a plant in the 

 Berlin Botanic Garden. 



103. A. (Euagave) carib^a Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 683. 

 — Acaulescent. Leaves about 30 in a rosette, lanceolate, 2-2|- ft. 

 long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 2^-3 in. above the 

 base, bright green, the face nearly flat, the weak brown end-spine 

 |- in. long, the marginal teeth close, very minute, all pale or only 

 tinged with brown at the very tip. Inflorescence a thyrsoid 

 panicle. Flowers 2 in. long; tube very short ; segments lanceolate, 

 yellowish, f in. long. Filaments scarcely longer than the seg- 

 ments. 



Hab. Martinique, Ilahn 114 1 Inflorescence described from a dried speci- 

 men, received from Dr. Cosson in 1873. We have what I suppose to be 

 the same species alive at Kew, but it has never flowered. The only other 

 species of this group known to have a thyrsoid panicle is A. Wildinrjii. 



104. A. Bernhardii Jacobi, Nacht. 38. — Shortly caulescent. 

 Leaves oblanceolate, 7-8 in. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed to 2^ in. above the base, light bright green, the face 

 rather concave, the chestnut end-spine short and slender, the teeth 

 rather crowded, deltoid, cuspidate, castaneous, fragile, unequal. 

 Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi about 18G8, from a plant in 

 the Leipsic Botanic Garden. 



105. A. {Littaa) rupicola Kegel in Gartenfl. vh. 312. — Shortly 

 caulescent. Leaves about 20 in a rosette, oblanceolate, 12-15 in. 

 long, 31-4 in. above the middle, narrowed to 2^-3 in. above the 

 base, bright green, the end-spine small and weak, the edge irregu- 

 larly jagged rather than toothed, the tips castaneous. Peduncle 



