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AMARYLLIDACE&. 



Rootstock a tunicate bulb ; leaves not 

 strongly nerved, flat, smooth ; flowers 

 usually umbellate at the apex of a 

 scape ; perianth white or pink, large and 

 showy : 

 Filaments attached to the perianth-lobes, 



but not connate. . . . .5. CHINUM. 

 Filaments united towards their base by 



an intervening petaloid membrane . 6. PANCRATIUM. 



1. AGAVE, Linn. The following key to the species of Agave which 

 are cultivated or have become naturalized in N. India is based on a 

 paper in the Agricultural Ledger of 1906, No. 7, by Mr. J. R. 

 Drummond and Sir David Prain : 



Leaves in section flat to concave, but never 

 channelled throughout : 

 Teeth minute, close set . . . 



Teeth larger, more or less remote : 



Leaves in a lax rosette or tufted, never 

 less than 3 ft. long : 

 Perianth-segments not constricted 

 towards the tips : 

 Leaves broadest in the middle, taper- 

 ing to both ends : 

 Leaves oblong -lanceolate, neck 

 sharply constricted . 



Leaves linear-oblong, neck not 



constricted : 



Marginal prickles of upper por- 

 tion of leaf pointing upwards, 

 leaf deeply trough -shaped in 

 upper fourth . . 



Marginal prickles pointing uni- 

 formly downwards ; leaf flat- 

 tish throughout 



Agave species under 

 letter A in D. & P. 

 page 83. 



A g ive a ner ic ana, 



L. under letter B. 

 in D. & P. page 84. 



A gave species, under 

 letter C. in D. & P, 



page 85. 



A grave Vera-Crnz, 



Miller., under letter 

 D in D. & P. page 



88. 



