AGAVE. 191 



7-8 ft. long inclucling the dense 2 ft. spike. Flower under 2 in. 

 long, segments oblong, yellowish, equalling the funnel- sha^Ded tube. 

 Stamens 2 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Sent by Karwinski to the Petersburg Botanic Garden, 

 where it flowered in 1863. 



106. A. (Littcea) Bouchei Jacobi, Monogr. 120. — Trunk reaching 

 a foot in length. Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, oblanceolate, 1-1-| ft. 

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

 the base, bright light green, rather glaucous when young, the dark- 

 brown subpungent end-spine ^ in. long, the brown deltoid teeth 

 crowded and very minute. Peduncle about 6 ft. long. Flowers 

 under 2 in. long, yellowish green ; segments oblong, as long as the 

 tubes. Stamens under 2 in. long. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Introduced to the Berlin Botanic Garden in 

 18G1, and flowered there in 1864. I have seen it both at Kew and Eeigate. 



107. A. [Littma) mickacantha Salmdyck in Bonpland. vii. 93 ; 

 Baker in Saund. Eef. Bot. t. 327. — Shortly caulescent. Leaves 

 20-30 in a rosette, oblanceolate, 15-18 in. long, 3-5 in. broad 

 above the middle, narrowed to 2-3 in. above the base, bright green, 

 the face flattish, the end-spine red-brown and moderately firm, 

 the copious close reddish-brown deltoid teeth l-12th in. long. 

 Peduncle including the dense 3-4 ft. spike 6-7 ft. long. Flow^ers 

 1^-1| in. long ; segments oblong, yellowish, as long as the funnel- 

 shaped tube. Stamens 2 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced about 1860, now frequent in cultivation. 

 Described from a plant that flowered in 1870 with Mr. Wilson Saunders at 

 Eeigate. Flowered at Kew in 1867 and 1878. 



108. A. {LittcBo) MiTis Salmdyck in Bonpland. vii. 93 ; Baker 

 in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 717, fig. 137.— Shortly caulescent. 

 Leaves about 80 in a rosette, oblanceolate, 12-15 in. long, 3 in. 

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

 green, flat in the middle, the end-spine weak, the crowded deltoid 

 teeth very small, entirely green, or obscurely tipped with red- 

 brown. Peduncle including the dense 3-4 ft. spike 9-10 ft. long, 

 Flower about 2 in. long ; segments oblong, about as long as the 

 tube. Stamens above 2 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced about 1860. Flowered at Berlin in 1869, and 

 by Mr. Thomas Hanbury, at Mortola, in 1877. Seen alive both at Kew and 

 Hammersmith. Scarcely more than a variety of A. micracantha. 



109. A. (Littwa) albicans Jacobi, Monogr. 137 ; Baker in Gard. 

 Chron. 1877, ii. 737, fig. 138. A. Ousselghemiana Jacobi. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves about 30 in a rosette, oblanceolate, 12-15 in. 

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

 base, persistently glaucous, with a small weak end-spine, the close 

 deltoid brown horny teeth under a line long. Peduncle, including 

 the dense 1^-2 ft spike 5-6 ft. long. Flower 1|- in. long; seg- 

 ments greenish yellow, linear-oblong, twice as long as the funnel- 

 shaped tube. Stamens under 2 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced above 18G0. Flowered in 1867, by Count 

 Kerchove d'Ousselghem, and in 1882 by Mr. Justus Corderoy, at Blewbury. 

 Scarcely more than a variety of micracantha. There is a form with variegated 

 leaves. 



