AGAVE. 



197 



Perianth a little over an inch long ; tube subcylindrical ; segments 

 very short. Stamens exserted above an inch. 



Hab. Probably INIoxico. Fi^cnred and described by M. Marion in the 

 ' llevue Horticole des Bouches du Ehone,' Sept. and Nov., 1882. We received a 

 living plant in 188-A from M. Deleuil labelled AUiherlJiiem intermedia. 



132. A. {Manfrcda) pubescens Eegel & Ortgies m Garfcenfl. 

 1874, 227, tab. 804.— Leaves 12-15 in a rosette, spreading, lan- 

 ceolate, 9-12 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, papilloi-e and minutely 

 pubescent all over both surkces, dull green spotted with purple 

 towards the base, not serrulate. Peduncle 3 ft. long. Spike ^ ffc. 

 long, laxly 12-15-flowered. Perianth 1^ m. long ; tube sub- 

 cylindrical, longer than the linear-oblong greenish segments, which 

 are \-\ in. long. Stamens much exserted. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced by Koezl about 1870. Seen at Mr. J. T. 

 Peacock's, December, 1877, but not in flower. 



133. A. (Mav/mla) virgixica Linn. Sp. Plant. 416 ; Jacq. Ic. 

 t. 378; Bot. Mag, t. 1157, non Miller. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 10-15 m a rosette, spreading, lanceolate, ^-1-|- ft. long, 1-3 in. 

 broad at the middle, plain green or mottled with brown spots, the 

 narrow white edge very obscurely serrulate. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long. 

 Flowers brownish green, arranged m a lax raceme 1-1| ft. long; 

 lower pedicels |-i- m. long. Perianth 1-1| in. long ; tube sub- 

 cylindrical, h in. long ; segments linear oblong, ^-i in. long. 

 Stamens 2-3 times the length of the segments. Capsule 2-f in. 

 long. 



Hab. Southern United States. 



134. A. (Manfreda) brachystachys Cav. Descr. 453. A. spicatu 

 DC. in lied. Lii. t. 485, non Cav. A. j'oh/nntkoides Cham, et 

 Schlecht. A. saponaria Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxv. t. 55. A. hwuiUs 

 Roem. — Acaulescent. Leaves 12-15 in a rosette, spreading, lan- 

 ceolate 1-1 i ft. long, 1-1|- in. broad at the middle, glabrous, plain 

 green, the pale edge very indistinctly serrulate. Peduncle 3-4 ft. 

 long; bract-leaves distant, small. Spike lax, 1 ft. or more long. 

 Flowers 2 in. long ; tube subcylindrical, f-1 in. long ; segments 

 linear, greenish yellow, |- in. long. Stamens twice as long as the 

 segments. Capsule f in. long. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced into cultivation at the beginning of the century. 

 Coulter 1555 ! Aiulrieux 61 ! We had it alive in 1877, from the Rev. H. N. 

 Ellacombe. The native name is Mole, and the root is used as soap. 



135. A {Manfreda) planifolia S. Wats. Contrib. xiv. 479. — 

 Rootstock persistent for three or four years. Leaves lanceolate, 

 flat or nearly so, 8-12 in. long, 1-2^ in. broad at the middle, not 

 spotted, minutely denticulate. Peduncle 4-5 ft. long. Perianth 

 f in. long exclusive of the ovary ; segments 3-4 times the length 

 of the tube. Stamens much exserted. 



Hab. Mexico ; province of Chihuahua, gathered by Mr, C. G. Pringle in 

 1886. 



13G. A. [Man/rcda) protuberans Engelm. incdit. A. (/tittata 

 FLemsl. Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot. iii. t. 87 — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 8-12 in a rosette, spreading, lanceolate, above a foot long when 



