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15  -—£ 300} 
uen oy) ongrtess, he fears that the new charter of the Legislative 
Council will also fail to attract associates and capital for the experiment. 
RY PERRINE. 
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Nuital’s genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species 
to the year 1817; Philadelphia,1818. ‘ 
Genus 318. Yucca, L., (Adam’s needle.) Corolla inferior, campanulate, 
Segments not nectariferous.. Filaments, of the stamina subelavate. Style, 
none. Capsule oblong, with three obtuse angles, three celled, opening at 
the summit; seeds flat. 
_ Proper stem, none; caudex inconspicuous or assurgent,and shrubby, leaves 
omose, (or crowded and terminal,) uniform, spiny at the point, sometimes 
with a sphacelate filamentiferous margin ; flowers ina terininal, irreg 
panicle, each protected by two spathes ; corolla white,roundish campanulate. 
‘Species 1. Y. filamentosa; 2. angustifolia. Stemless, leaves. glaucous, 
ng linea and mucronate, margin filamentose ; capsules large and dry 
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of the river Platte to the mountains; flowers large and white: leaves 
carcely half an inch wide: 3. recurvifolia. In sandy fields, Narth Caro- 
lina, v.v: 4. gloriosa. Capsule internally filled with a sweetish pulp of a 
purple color. "This plant is celled Petre by the Mexican Spania 
used for cordage, ropes, &c., as well as for packing cloth, and is extremely 
durable: 5. alotfolia. There is also a 6th species ofthis genus, discov- 
ered by the late Mr. John Lyons, improperly called z ate by 
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An American genus, affecting the sand coasts. 
