106 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL, HERBARIUM. 



1. Furcraea longaeva Zucc. Act. Aciid. Caes. Leop. Carol. 16^: 665. 1833. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Mount Tanga. Also in adjacent Guatemala. 



A tall unbranched monocai-pic tree, finally surmounted by a gigantic panicle 5 

 meters long or more. " Yahuindayasi " (Oaxaca, Mixtec, Reko). 



2. Furcraea roezlii Baker, Amaryll. 203. 1888. 

 Fourcroya roezlii Andr6, Rev. Hort. 59: 353. 1887. 

 Furcraea longa Smith, Teysmannia. 7: 131. 1897. 



Pachuca, Hidalgo ; described from plants cultivated in Europe ; type locality 

 sometimes said to be near Juquila, Oaxaca, but this report probably refers to 

 the preceding species. 



A short-trunked plant, finally with panicle of equal length, the leaves 

 characteristically sweeping the ground. 



Much cultivated in warm regions under the garden names of Agave argy- 

 rophylla, A. toneliana, Beschorneria floribunda, Lilia regia, Lilium regium, 

 Roezlia bulMfera, R. regina, Yucca argyraea, T. argyrophylla, Y. bulbifera, Y. 

 parmentieri and Y. toneliana. 



3. Furcraea bedinghausi Koch, Wochenschr. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 6: 234. 



1863. 



Distrito Federal ; described from plants cultivated in Europe, the type locality 

 unrecorded. 



A short-trunked smaller plant with shorter, stiffer, and flatter leaves. 



Sometimes cultivated as Beschorneria multiflora. Specimens have been dis- 

 tributed as Yucca pringlei Greenm. 



4. Furcraea quicheensis Trel. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 23: 148. 1915. 

 Guatemala ; type collected near Quichg. 



In size and habit intermediate between F. longaeva and F. bedinghausi. 

 " Clieech." 



5. Furcraea cahum Trel. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg II. Suppl. 3: 908. pi. 39.. 



1910. 

 Yucatan ; type collected near SisaL 



Subacaulescent, with narrow green flat leaves, these straight-margined be- 

 tween the finally blackish teeth. " Cajum " or " cajum-ci " ; also " catana " ( ?). 



6. Furcraea melanodonta Trel. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 23 : 150. 1915. 

 Eastern Guatemala ; type from Cruz. 



Somewhat caulescent, with gray or bluish concave leaves, the margins hol- 

 lowed between the black-chestnut teeth. " Maguey." 



7. Furcraea selloa Koch, Wochenschr. Ver. Beford. Gartenb. 3: 22. 1860. 

 Furcraea samalana Trel. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 23 : 149. 1915. > 

 Western Guatemala ; type from the Samaia Vqlley. 



Somewhat caulescent, with green broad long-channeled leaves, these usually 

 toothed only below the middle, the margins hollowed between the red-brown 

 teeth ; bulbils elongate. " Maguey." 



8. Furcraea guatemalensis Trel. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 23: 149. 1915. 

 Eastern Guatemala ; type collected about Guatemala City. 



Nearly acaulescent, the broad and long-channeled leaves grayish beneath and 

 toothed throughout, the margin somewhat hollowed between the red-brown or 

 chestnut teeth ; bulbils ovoid. " Maguey." 



9. Furcraea cabuya Trel. Ann. .Tard. Bot. Buitenzorg II. Suppl. 3: 906. 1910. 

 Furcraea tuberosa Seem. Bot. Yoy. Herald 216. 1854. Not F. iuberosa Ait. 



1811. 



