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110. A. Thomsoniana Jacobi, Monogr. 240. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves 30-40 in a rosette, oblanceolate-oblong, 12-15 in. long, 

 3i-4|- in. broad above the middle, narrowed to 2-|~3 in. above the 

 base, very bright green, the siibpungent brown end-spine ^ in. 

 long, the teeth close, red-brown, very irregular, the largest l-12th 

 in. long. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico ; San Luis Potosi. Described by Jacobi from a plant seen 

 at Kew in 1865, and named in compliment to Dr. Thomson. 



111. A. Wallisii Jacobi, Nacht. ii. 78. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 few, lanceolate, 9-10 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 to If above the base, bright green, the short end-spine brown, the 

 teeth crowded, minute, brown, deltoid. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Cokmibia, sent by Wallis to Linden in 1867. 



112. A. (Littaa) chloracantha Salmdyck in Bonpland. vii. 93. 

 — Trunk sometimes ^ ft. long. Leaves about 30 in a rosette, 

 oblanceolate-oblong, 18-20 in. long, 4-5 in. broad above the 

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

 end-spine small and weak, the very small close deltoid marginal 

 teeth scarcely tipped with brown. Peduncle 5-6 ft. long, including 

 the dense 2 ft. spike. Flowers 1^ in. long, bright green. Stamens 

 above 2 in. long. 



Hab. Mexico, introduced about 1860. Described from a plant of Mr. J. T. 

 Peacock's, which flowered at Kew, March, 1882. 



113. A. Brauniana Jacobi, Monogr. 240. — Nearly acaulescent. 

 Leaves 30-40 in a rosette, lanceolate, 15-18 in. long, 2i-2| in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed to If-lf in. above the base, bright 

 green, the face flat in the centre, the subpungent brown end- spine 

 i in. long, the moderately close deltoid-cuspidate brown teeth 

 |-1 line long, sometimes confluent into a continuous brown border, 

 the upper ones curved up and the lower down. Inflorescence 

 unknown. 



Hab. Mexico ; San Luis Potosi. Described by Jacobi from a plant seen 

 at Kew in 1865, which is still there and has never flowered. 



Group 10. — Serrulate. 



114. A. PRuiNOSA Lemaire ; Jacobi, Monogr. 168. A. Deharyana 

 and KeUockii Jacobi. A. Gheishreghtii and dentata Hort. — Shortly 

 caulescent. Leaves 10-20 in a rosette, spreading oblanceolate- 

 oblong, 11-2 ft. long, 4-5 in. broad above the middle, narrowed 

 to 2-2f in. above the base, the face flat, pale glaucous green, the 

 texture soft and fleshy, the end-spine not at all pungent, the edge 

 furnished with irregular minute deltoid spreading pale green teeth 

 not tipped with brown. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced by De Smet of Ghent in 1863. Habit of 

 attenuata, from which it differs by its serrulate leaves. 



115. A. [Litt(Ba) BRAGTEosA S. Wats, in Proc. Amer. Acad. xi. 

 162; Engelm. in Gard. Chron. 1882, ii. 776, figs. 138-139.— 

 Acaulescent. Leaves about 15 in a rosette, linear, 1|— 2 ft. long, 

 1^ in. broad low down, narrowed gradually to the non-pungent tip, 



