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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM, 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves entire. (Willd.) A low evergreen shrub. Virgi- 

 nia and Carolina. Height 2ft. to 5 ft., rarely 10 ft. Introduced in 1596. 

 Flowers white ; July and August. 



Variety. 



m Y. g. 2foliis variegatis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves variegated. 



The leaves are broad and stiff, 

 but thin : they are of a very dark 

 green, and end in a sharp black 

 spine. The flower-stalk is gene- 

 rally about 3ft. high, branching 

 out on every side to a considera- 

 ble distance ; but the flowers are 

 very wide asunder on the stalk. 

 Sometimes the panicles of flowers 

 spring at once from the centre of 

 the leaves, without the interven- 

 tion of a stalk. The flowers are 

 bell-shaped, and hang downwards ; 

 and each petal is white within, 

 but is marked with a purple stripe 

 on the outside. They are scent- 2 65. Y. gionbsa. 



less, and are seldom succeeded by 



seeds in England. The fibres of the leaves are used by the Indians to make 

 a kind of cloth, and also cords, which they use to fasten their houses to- 

 gether, and to make their swing beds, called hammocks. 

 At Carthagena, a starch, or rather glue, is made from 

 the stem, which may be eaten or made into paste. 



. 2. Y. (G.) SUPE'RBA. The superb Yucca. 



Identification. Haworth Suppl., Plant. Suec., p. 35. ; Bot. Reg., 1698. 



Sunonume. Y. gloribsa And. Bot. Rep. t. 473. 



Engravings. Bot. Rep., t. 473. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1698. ; and our fig. 2066. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem arborescent. Leaves sword- 

 shaped and plaited, with a very strong spine. Flowers 

 ovate, bell-shaped, and drooping; pure white. (And.) 

 A low evergreen shrub, resembling the preceding 

 species, but rather larger in all its parts. 



3. Y. ^LOIFO^LIA L. 



2066. Y. (g.) superba 



The Aloe-leaved Yucca, or Adam's Needle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 457. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed 2., 2. p. 291, 



Synonumes. Y. arborscens, &c., Dill. Elth. 435. ; Y. caul^scens Michx. Fl. Bar. Amer. 5. p. 196. 



Engravings. Dil. Elth., t. 323. f. 416. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1700. ; and our fig. 2067. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves crenulate, stiff. (Willd.} 

 A low tree, with the habit of a palm. South 

 America. Height 10ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 

 1696. Flowers white ; August and September. 



Variety 



JL Y. a. 2 pendula Cat. Hort. Par. p. 24. 



Leaves pendent. 



This species has a thick tough stem or trunk, 

 crowned with a head or tuft of stiff narrow light 

 green leaves, the edges of which are slightly serrated, 

 and the points ending in sharp, strong, very hard 

 spines. The flower-stalk rises from the centre of the 

 leaves, and is 2 or 3 feet high, branching out so as 

 to form a pyramid. The flowers grow close to the 

 branches, and form a regular spike : they are pur- 

 plish without and white within. When the flowers 20 67. v. aiovfoiia. 



