

SPANISH BAYONET (Yucca aloifolia, Linn.). 10 to 25 feet. 

 Low, usually erect tree, with short trunk breaking into several 

 branches of equal size. Bark dark, thick, corky. Wood light, 

 fibrous, in concentric layers. Leaves with base widening into 

 a crescent, and bayonet-shaped blade, smooth, dark green, 

 saw-toothed on margins, sharp and stiff at point. Long per- 

 sistent. Flowers lily-like, in panicles, white, tinged with pur- 

 ple, leathery, June till August, 3 to 4 inches across when ex- 

 panded. Fruit August to October; soft, green, cucumber-like, 

 turning purple, bitter-sweet, edible, 3 to 4 inches long. Dist. : 

 Sand dunes along coast, North Carolina to Louisiana. A 

 very common garden plant in warm and temperate countries, 

 prized for its showy flowers and foliage, and its thriving with 

 scant rainfall. 



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