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Group 14. Herbace/E. 



127. A. (Mcmfreda) maculata Regel, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 

 1856, 16. A. maculosa Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5122 ; Fenzi in Gard. 

 Chron. 1872, 1194, fig. 273.— Acaulescent. Leaves 12-20 in a 

 rosette, lanceolate, siDreading, ^-1 ft. long, |-1 in. broad at the 

 middle, glaucous green, mottled on both sides with irregularly 

 brownish blotches, the point not at all pungent, the edge distinctly 

 rather distantly serrulate. Peduncle l|-3 ft. long ; bract-leaves 

 few and much reduced. Flowers in a lax subspicate raceme -1-1 ft. 

 long ; lower pedicels finally f, in. long. Perianth 1|- in. long ; tube 

 subcylindrical, curved, f in. long ; segments linear-oblong, purplish 

 green, not longer than the tube. Stamens scarcely longer than 

 the segments. Capsule f-1 in. long. 



Hab. Texas and the north of Mexico, C. Wright 483 ! 1905 ! Palmer 1306 ! 

 1307 ! 



128. A. [Manfrcda] sessiflora Hemsl. Bot. Cent. Amer. iii. 

 350, tab. 88b. — Acaulescent. Piootstock 2|- in. diam. Leaves 

 linear or ensiform, 1-1^ ft. long, ^-f in. broad at the middle, 

 tapering gradually to a long point, closely serrulate on the margin. 

 Peduncle 2 ft. or more long. Spike short, lax. Flowers l:^-l|-in. 

 long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, as long as the linear-oblong 

 brownish segments. Stamens much exserted. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Mexico, Bouryeau 412 ! 3003 ! 



129. A. (Manfreda) revoluta Klotzsch in Otto & Dietr. Garten- 

 zeit. 1870, 274. — Acaulescent. Leaves a dozen or more, lanceolate, 

 6-8 in. long, ^-f in. broad low down, plain green, pruinose 

 beneath, falcate, channelled down the face, entire on the margin. 

 Peduncle 4 ft. long, including the dense spike. Perianth l^-li in. 

 long ; tube equalling in length the greenish linear-oblong segments. 

 Stamens exserted. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced to the Berlin Botanic Garden in 1840. 



130. A. (Manfreda) variegata Jacobi, Monogr. 180 ; Baker in 

 Saund. Pef. Bot. t. 326. — Acaulescent. Leaves 15-18 in a rosette, 

 spreading, lanceolate, 12-15 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, deeply 

 channelled down the face, copiously spotted with brown, a green 

 ground, the narrow cartilaginous edge very obscurely serrulate. 

 Peduncle 3 ft. long, including the 12-15-flowered lax spike. 

 Flowers 1^-1^ in. long ; tube subcylindrical, equalling the linear- 

 oblong greenish-brown segments. Stamens much exserted. Cap- 

 sule oblong, under an inch long. 



Hab. Northern Mexico ; valley of the Kio Grande. Discovered by Dr. 

 Gregg in 1847. Described from a plant that flowered with Mr. Wilson 

 Saunders in 1870. 



131. A. (Manfreda) Aliberth Baker in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 

 176. AUibertia intermedia Marion. — Rootstock sheathed by several 

 fleshy scale-leaves. Leaves 10-12 in a rosette, lanceolate, 12-16 in. 

 long, narrowed gradually from a little above the base to an acute 

 channelled tip, serrulate on the margin. Peduncle including the 

 inflorescence 4-5 ft. long. Flowers subspicate ; pedicels very short. 



