Lxxx. xilia'ce^ : YU'CCA. 



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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 Y. gloriosa. 



4. Y. DRACO Nis L. The Dragon Yucca, or drooping-leaved Adam's 



Needle. 



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



Synonyme. Drac6ni ftrbori, &c., Bauh. Pr'n. 506. 



Engravings. DHL Elth., 324. 117. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1894. ; and our^_g:. 2068. 



Spec. Char.., Sfc. Leaves crenated, nodding. (IVi/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, conveying 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. 



2005. V. draconis. 



5. Y. STRi'cTA Sims. 



The upright Yucca, or Lj/07i's nari-ow -leaved Adam's 

 Needle. 



2069. 1'. stricta. 



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

 Engravings. Bot. IVlag., t. 2222. ; and onvfig. 2069. 



Spec. Char., S^c. 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 



5 ft. 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. 



H. 6. Y. RECURViFO^LiA Salisb. The recurved-leaved Yucca. 



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

 Synonyme. Y. reci'irva Hort. 

 Engraving. Out Jig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., S^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. 



a^ 7. Y. FiLAMENTo'sA. The filamentose Yucca, or thready Adam's Needle. 



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



Synom/mes. Y. foliis filamentdsis Moris. Hist. 2 419. ; Y. virginiana, &c., Pluk. Aim. 396. 



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



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves serrated and thready. ( Willd.) A low^ evergreen 

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



6 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 



