SOAPTREE YUCCA 1 



Yuc'ca ela'ta, syn. Y. radio' so. 



B157 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers bracted, stalked, in a large, 

 long-stalked, much-branched cluster 

 (panicle) 







Outer flower parts (sepals) 3, waxy- 

 white, petal-like, about /j as broad as 

 petals, pointed et tips 



Petals 3, waxy-white, about 3 in. 

 long 



Stamens 6 



-Seed-producing organ (pistil) oblong, 

 with short but evident stalk (style) 

 which has a 3-lobed tip (stigma) 



Seed pod (capsule) oblong, erect, up 

 to 2 in. long, 3-ribbed, abruptly pointed 

 at tip, 3-celled with many seeds in 2 

 rows in each cell, splitting between the 

 cells at maturity 



Leaves 20 to 30 in. long, % to J4 in. 

 wide, numerous, flat, sword-shaped, 

 stiff-pointed at tip, the narrow, pale 

 margins thread-fringed 



Stems usually 3 to 15 or 20 (occasion- 

 ally 30) ft. tall, bare except for dense 

 tuft of leaves at top 



1 This name is adopted from a suggestion contained in IMPORTANT WESTERN BROWSE 

 PLANTS (U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Pub. 101), footnote 5, p. 14. Soapweed has been in 

 almost universal use for this species but the name is applied to other species of Yucca 

 as well and is obviously inappropriate for arborescent plants. 



Lith. A. Hoen & Co. 



