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slightly concave, the end-spine very small, black, the small teeth 

 crowded in the lower part of the margin, at first greenish, finally 

 brown. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced into cultivation about 1842. This species also 

 I have never seen. 



120. k.{Eunfjave) viviPAEALinn. Sp. Plant. 461 (Rumph. Amboin. 

 V. 273, tab. 94) ; Wight, Ic. t. 2024, non Salmdyck. A. Cantula 

 Roxb. A. Ihiwphii Hassk. Fourcrotja Cantula Haw. — Shortly 

 caulescent. Leaves 20-50 in a dense rosette, ensiform, 2-3 ft. 

 long, 1^-2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 1-1^ in. above the 

 base, dull green when mature, glaucous in an early stage, thin but 

 firm in texture, the subpungent brown end-spine ^ in. long, the 

 deltoid subdistant brown hooked teeth -|-1 line long. Inflorescence 

 reaching a length of 12-20 ft. ; thyrsoid panicle much shorter 

 than the peduncle. Flowers 1^-2 in. long, often turned into bulbill^e 

 like those of Fiircnr.a ; tube very short ; segments greenish 

 yellow, f-1 in. long. Filaments twice as long as the segments. 



Hab. Mexico and Honduras. Introduced early and now spread widely in 

 the Old World. It is common in India, and we have it also from Fernando Po. 

 It has been twice flowered lately by Mr. Thos, Hanbury at Mortola. It is 

 fully described by Jacobi under the name of A. Cantula Galeotti, in his first 

 Nachtrage, p. -15-47. I cannot from the descriptions separate A. bulbifera 

 Salmdyck and A. stenopliylla Jacobi. 



121. A. RUBESCENs Saluidyck, Hort. 1834, 306. A. fiaccida 

 Haworth ? — Acaulescent. Leaves lanceolate, 2 ft. long, 1^ in. 

 broad, glaucescent, turning reddish in bright sunlight or when 

 fading, subHaccidly recurved, the upper part deeply channelled, the 

 end-spine slender and brownish, the minute crowded deltoid teeth 

 whitish with a pale brown tip. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico. Described by Prince Salmdyck from his own collection in 

 1834. 



122. A. LAXA Zuccar. in Salmdyck, Hort. 1834, 8 ; Baker in Gard. 

 Chron. 1877, ii. fig. 151. — Shortly caulescent. Leaves 50-60 in 

 a rosette, ensiform, 2-2^ ft. long, l-|-2 in. broad at the middle, 

 narrow^ed to an inch above the base, and very gradually from the 

 middle to the small dark brown subpungent tip, bright green, slightly 

 glaucous towards the base in an early stage, the distant hooked 

 brown marginal prickles about a line long. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico. First described by Prince Salmdyck from his own collection 

 in 1834. It may be a variety of A. vivipara. 



123. A. BROMELi^FOLiA Salmdyck, Hort. 1834, 303. A. tcoxa- 

 muliana Karw. — Acaulescent. Leaves ensiform, resembling those 

 of Karatas PiiKjuin, 2-2^ ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed to an inch above the base, rather shining green, the end- 

 spine weak, the moderately crowded deltoid hooked red-brown 

 teeth l-12th to l-8th in. long. Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced into cultivation by Karwinski about 1884. 



124. A. (Eiuq/ave) sobolifera Salmdyck, Hort. 1834, 307 

 (Herm. Lugd. 16-17, with figure). A. antillaniin Desc. — Shortly 

 caulescent. Leaves 20-40 in a rosette, oblong, 2-3 ft. long, 



