AGAVE.] 



AMAE YLLIDACE^. 



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Leaves hardly widened in the middle, 

 very narrow in proportion to 

 length : 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, curving 

 outwards throughout their 

 length, terminal spine acicular . 



Leaves narrowly oblong, not 

 curving, stiff, erect ; terminal 

 spine conical from a stout base . 



Perianth-segments narrowed from the 

 middle to the ligulate tip : 



Leaves straight 



Leaves drooping from 

 or less 



their upper 



Leaves in a close 

 exceeding 3 ft. 



globose rosette, never 



Leaves in section channelled throughout. 



Agave Cantata. 

 Eoxb. under letter 

 E in D. & P. page 

 87. 



A (/ * re species under 

 letter F in D. & P. 

 page 88. 



Agave sisalana, 

 Per. under letter G 

 in D. P. page 89. 



Agave species under 

 letter H in D. & P. 

 page 90. 



Agave WJghtit D. 



& P. under letter 

 J, page 91. 

 Agave decipiens, 



Baker under letter 

 K in D. & P. page 

 92. 



1. AGAVE. 

 Agave sp. (A) D. & P. in Agril. Ledger No. 7 (1906), p. 84. 



This is supposed to be the same as a plant cultivated in the Saharanpur 

 Bot. Garden under the erroneous name of " A. Ixtilli." A plant 

 reported to be naturalized in Burma seems to be very near to this, 

 and is perhaps allied to A. Keratto, Miller. No information regarding 

 the fibre is available, nor is the native country known. Leaves 

 deep-green with a glaucous bloom ; marginal prickles minute, sharp, 

 ruby-coloured when young, pointing both upwards and downwards ; 

 terminal spine brown, subulate. 



