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7. F. sTiiicTA Jiicol)i, Naclit. 50. — Acaulescent. Leaves about 

 30 in a rosette, lanceolate, briglit green, not so firm in texture as 

 in F, cubcnsis, 2-2^ ft. long, 2-2{r in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 to 1^ in. near the base, smooth on the face, scabrous on the back, 

 subacutely Keeled, so deeply channelled as to be almost triquetrous 

 hi section al)Ove the middle, margined with distant large deltoid 

 uiicinate prickles. Peduncle with panicle 8-9 ft. long. Perianth- 

 segments an inch long. 



Hab. Tro])ical America. First descrilicd by Jacobi from a plant that 

 flowered with M. Demoulin, at Mons, iu 18GH. We received it lately at Kcw, 

 from the Berhn Botanic Garden. 



8. r. FLAvovmmis Hook. in. Bot. Mag. t. 5163. — Acaulescent. 

 Leaves 20-30, lanceolate, 2-2^ ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed to 1^ in. above the base, bright green, similar to 

 those of cubeiifiis in texture, smooth on the face, scabrous on the 

 back, margined with middle-sizud horny deltoid hooked prickles. 

 Peduncle with the panicle 12-15 ft. long, the latter shorter than 

 the barren portion. Expanded flower 3 in. diam. ; ovary glabrous, 

 an inch long. Segments greenish white, oblong-lanceolate, -|-| in. 

 broad. 



Hab. Mexico. Sent from Real del Monte by Mr. Repper to Kew, where 

 it flowered for the first time in 1859. Described from a plant that flowered at 

 Kew, November, 1887. 



9. F. PUBESCENS Todaro, Sopra Nuov. sp. Foucr. 1879. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves about 30, lanceolate, rigid in texture, not at 

 all wavy, 2 ft. long, 2^ in. broad at the middle, pungent at the tip 

 and armed with distant deltoid-uncinate middle-sized prickles. 

 Peduncle rather longer than the leaves. Panicle five times as long 

 as the peduncle ; branches ascending, arcuate, copiously compound. 

 Ovary densely pubescent. Perianth-segments greenish white, 

 above an inch long, |-^ in. broad. 



Hab. Tropical America. Described from drawings sent by Prof. Todaro. 



10. F. ELEGANS Todaro, Hort. Panorm. 13, t. 4. F. Ghrls- 

 hrajhtii and jnnjioni/ormis Hort. — Trunk none or very short below 

 the rosette of leaves. Leaves 40-50 in a rosette, lanceolate, 

 5-G ft. long, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 3 in. above 

 the base, bright green, smooth on the face, scabrous on the back, 

 with a short brown end-spine and lai-ge brown horny marginal 

 prickles. Peduncle 20-25 ft. long, panicled nearly down to the 

 base ; inflorescence 9 ft. diam. ; branches copiously compound, 

 the lower as long as the central ones. Ovary with short tube an 

 inch long ; segments greenish white, 1-| in. long, i— f in. broad. 



Hab. Mexico. Described and figured by Professor Todaro, from a plant 

 that flowered in the Palermo Botanic Garden in 1875. 



11. F. UNDULATA Jacobi, Nacht. 55 ; Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 

 GIGO. — Acaulescent. Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, lanceolate, 1^ ft. lonf, 

 l|-2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to |-1 in. above the base, 

 dull green, wavy, all recurring, deeply channelled down the face, 

 scabrous on the back, almost pungent at the tip, armed on the edge 

 with hooked deltoid brown prickles l-12th in. long. Peduncle 3 ft. 



