oe sey 
Y. angustifolia. Y. acaulis ; foliis longa linearibus rigidis men raro fit 
mentosis, capsulis magnis obovato-c cylindraceis. On the banks of the Mis- 
Souri, 2% July, Aug. v.s.in Herb Nattal. From two to three as high, leaves © 
very narrow, capsules lar, 
Y. recurvifolia. 3. Y. caulescens ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis viridibus re- 
curvo deflexils margine raro- filamentosis petatis interioribus latioribus. 
br in parags lond. 31.) On the sandy shores of Georgia. ——. e, 
uly, Aug. v Flowers perme yellow, with a tinge of pu purple ; j stem 
stint three feet | teh: ‘This species has been confounded with the flloy 
. glorioso. A, Y. caulescens, "winded: foliis lato-lanceolatis a 7 
gerrimis, oe Rhvociatis. (Wild. Sp. pl. 2, .183; Icon. Bot. Rep. 4 
Bot. Mag. 1,260.) On the sea — of Carolina, July, Aug. v. v. Powers 
white ; plant ne ten feet 
Y. aloifolia. 5. Y. citeiReaenty ramosa ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis cao 
crenulatis strictis. (Wild. Sp. pl. 2, p. 184; "Teo. Dil. elth 323, f.416; C 
a9 t.14.) On the coast of Mirokina and Florida, 4 Aug. Vv. Ve torso 
white. 
Eliot's Botany of South Carolina. 
Agave Magers Stemless, herbaceous, leaves — cartilaginous serra- 
tures. Scape s mple. Root perennial, tuberous cal leaves 
jon Liveualati; acute, very énivots, sticculent. * Stem leaves serie isla. 
caul, acute, resembling scales. Scape four to six feet high, terete, glabrous. 
Flowers sessile. Calyx, none. Corolla fragrant, of an obscure yellow color, 
tubular, furrowed, segments shorter than the tube, acute. Filaments spotted, 
twice as long as the corolla, inserted into the base. Styleteretes shorter than 
the filaments, spotted. Capsule globular, slightly three-furrowed, three- 
celled, three- valved, Seeds numerous, compressed, angular, two-rowed in 
each cell, ieee toa central receptacle. Grows in pine barrens. Flowers 
in July. Common names and synonymes: Virginian Agave. Rattlesnake’s. 
_ Master. Thick-leaved aainkardot the root is bitter; in some neighborhoods 
it is given in tincture as a remedy for flatulent colic, and as such seems 
ing of notice. 
Remarks by Henry Perrine. 
he: foreign authors who have noticed this indigenous Agave of the 
United States, are chiefly the following: Linnzus, Sp. pl., p. 461; Willde- 
pod = e er and Schultes, Syst. Veg., VI., 725 ; Botanical 
igazine, Lamarck, ine yetonsy ltt gen. plate, 235, ‘fig. 2; Jacquin. 
. pies aE: “plite 378. ‘The latter as a detailed spe cranes 
‘ollows the observation of the range of this species. “” 
from the southern -soyies of P ivania to florida near 
Our nee S uccas have extended into the eesti States, as orna- 
mental plants, and. ave endured the winters of many years without injury 
to their leaves. In the garden of David Thomas, Cayuga county, N. Y., the 
Yucca filamentosa exists through the coldest seasons with the leaves creen 
and undamaged. ‘The Yueca fiaccida also grows well there, is periectly 
hardy, and increases readily by offsets. At Princeton, N. J., in January, 
aaa ats of the Yucca filamentosa were dressed in a common flax. 
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