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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



ed. 1836. Leaves variegated. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves entire. (Wilfd.) A low evergreen shrnb. Virgi- 

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

 Flowers white ; July and August. 



Vmiefi/. 



Y. g. 2 fuliis variegaiis Lodd. Cat. 



The leaves are broad and stiiF, 

 but thin : they are of a very dark 

 green, and end in a sharp black 

 spine. The flower-stalk is gene- 

 rally about 3 ft. 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 interveur 

 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- 

 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. 



a. 2. Y. (g.) supe'rba. The superb Yucca. 



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



Synonyme . Y. gloribsa Anii. Bot. Rep. t. 473. 



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



Spec. Char., ^c. 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. 



2063. Y. glori6sa. 



a. 3. Y. ^loYfo'lia L. 



2066. Y. (g.) suptirba 



The Aloe-leaved Yucca, or Adams Needle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 4.'i7. ; Ait. Hort. Kevv., ed 2., 2. p. 291, 



Si/nonymes. Y. arborcscens, &c., Dill. Elth. 435. : y. caul^scens Michx. Ft. Bor. A?ner. 5. p. 196. 



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



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves crenulate, stiff". (Willd.) 

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

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

 1696. Flowers white ; August and September. 



Variety. 



a. 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 pyramiti. The flowers grow close to the 

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

 plish without and white within. When the flowers wr.i. v. aioifoiia. 



