LXXX. ZILIA'CE^E : YU'CCA. 



1103 



2068. Y. draconis. 



have dropped, the head from which they sprang dies ; but, generally, one or 

 two young heads come out from the side of the stalk, below the old head. 

 Rather more tender than F. gloriosa. 



* 4. F. DRACO NIS L. The Dragon Yucca, or drooping-leaved Adam's 

 Needle. 



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



Si/nonyme. Dracbni &rbori, &c., Bank. Pin. 506. 



Engravings. Dili Elth., 324. 117. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1894. ; and our fig. 2068. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves crenated, nodding. (Wi/ld.) A low evergreen shrub. 

 South Carolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. ; some- 

 times 6 ft. Introduced in 1732. Flowers 

 white ; October and November. 



Leaves narrow, dark green, hanging down, 

 serrated, and ending in acute spines. Flowers 

 pendulous, milk-white, with a strong unpleasant 

 smell. One of the most stately species of the 

 genus, conve3'ing no bad idea of a palm tree. 

 The great peculiarity by which it appears to be 

 distinguished is, the spreading of the flowers, 

 the segments of which, instead of remaining 

 closed in a globose manner, as in most of the 

 other species, expand till they diverge from the ^^ - 

 flower-stalk nearly at a right angle. 



* 5. F. STRI'CT A Sims. The upright Yucca, or Lyon's narrow- leaved Adam's 



Needle. 



Identification. Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 2222. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2222. ; and our fig. 2069. 



Spec. Char., Sec. With a stem. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, very stiff'; elongated at the apex. 

 Flower stem branched at the base ; branches 

 simple. Flowers orbiculate, bell-shaped. (Sims.) 

 An evergreen shrub. Carolina. Height 4 ft. to 

 5ft. Introduced in 1817. Flowers large, green- 

 ish white, with a purplish tinge ; July and August. 



The leaves are very long, straight, and tapering to 

 a long point, with a very few scattered threads on 

 the margin. They are of a deep green edged with 

 yellow, and rigid in texture. soeg. y. strict*. 



n. 6. F. RECURVIFO'LIA Sallsb. The recurved-leaved Yucca. 



Identification. Salisb. in Farad. Lond., 31. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 228. 

 Synonyme. Y. recurva Hort. 

 Engraving. Gurfig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., $c. With a stem. Leaves linear lanceolate; green, recurved, 

 deflexed, slightly thready on the margin. Petals broad in the interior. 

 (Salisb.) An evergreen shrub. Georgia, on sandy shores. Height 2 ft. to 

 3 ft. Introduced in 1794. Flowers greenish yellow, with a tinge of purple ; 

 July, August, and September. 



& 7. F. FILAMENTO'SA. The filamentose Yucca, or thready Adam's Needle. 



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



Synonymes. Y. fbliis filamentbsis Moris. Hist. 2. 419. ; Y. virginikna, &c., Pluk. Aim. 396. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 900. ; and our fig. 2070. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves serrated and thready. (Willd.) A low evergreen 

 shrub, with the habit of a herbaceous plant. Virginia. Height of the leaves 

 in. to 12 in. ; of the flower stem 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1675. Flowers 

 large, white ; September and October. 

 The flowers are larger and whiter than those of Y. gloriosa, and sit close 



