YUCCA 



YUCCA 



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with median whitish stripe on the Ivs. is var. ircdio- 

 striata, 1'hiiich. Among the numerous varieties and 

 forms into which this, the first-cultivated Yucca, lias 

 sported, the following are most worthy: Var. plicata, 

 Carr. LvV very glaucous, strongly plicate. G.C. III. 

 T5:304. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 3, pi. (5. Var. recurvifolia, 



Engelm. ( Y. rtnn-ri 

 : fdlia, Siilisl). }'. re- 



cur nt, Haw. )". /ii'n- 

 dula, Hort. Has the 

 Ivs. less plicate, soon 

 green, gracefully re- 

 curved, occasionally 

 with a few detaching 

 marginal threads. Car- 

 olina coast region. Gn. 

 47, p. 337. R.H. 1858, 

 p. 433; 1859, p. 488. 

 Variegated forms of 

 this are the following: 

 Var. marginata, Carr. 

 Lvs. yellow-margined: 

 var. variegata, Can. 

 Lvs. with yellow me- 

 dian band : and var. 

 Slogans, Hort. Lvs. 

 with reddish median 

 band. Var.n6biliB,Carr. 

 ..Kllacbmbti, Bak.). 

 Lvs. glaucous, not pli- 

 cate, less recurved. 

 Var. Ilexilis, Trel. ( Y. 

 fUxilis, Carr.). Lvs. 

 long, narrow, less than 

 an inch wide, scarcely 

 plicate, glossy green, 

 gracefully recurved, 

 occasionally a little 

 rough on the margin. - 

 Hybrids of Y.gloriosa 

 with both capsular and 

 fleshy - fruited species 

 have been artificially 

 produced in Europe, 

 and are in some European gardens under the names F. 

 Deleuili, Y. sulcata, Y. Carrierei, Y. Andreana, Y. 

 draccenoides, Y. striatula, Y. Massiliensis, Y. ensi- 

 fera, Y. la>ri<j<ita and Y. juncea. R.H. 1886, p. 63; 

 1895, p. 81. For descriptions see R.H. 1893, p. 109. 

 Other hybrids not yet in the trade have more lately 

 been produced by Sprenger, of Naples. 



6 aloifdlia, Linn. Slender simple trunk 10-15 ft. 

 high: Ivs. dagger-shaped, 1-2 in. wide, flat, very stifl 

 and pungent, not plicate: panicle compact, close to the 

 Ivs.: fls. white, often tinged with green or Prple; 

 ovary distinctly stalked. Southeastern U. S. and ttest 

 Indies. B.M. 1700. - Variegated forms are: Var. margi- 

 nata, Bommer. Lvs. with yellow margin, and often 



2765. Flowers of Yucca filamen 

 tosa (X%). 



when young also tinged with rove. Var. quadricolor, 

 llort. Lv-. with iiii-diaM \rllo\v band, and ulo when 

 young with rosy coloration. Var. Draconis, Ki.. 

 ' 1 . Ih-ni-i'itiis, Linn.). Branching al.< !>road 



and arching, less pungent. H. K. L"J: 1M. Var. conipicua, 

 Knirelni. ( }'. - ,,,,.-I/M'.-I. Haw. I. Tall, the stem* elua- 

 tered at ba-c: Iv-. broad, recurved, softly green-pointed. 



7. Guatemalensis, Baker. Tall, swollen at bane, 

 br.incliing above in age: Iva. about .'( in. wi<le, flat, 

 glossy green, sometimes plicate, rather thin but 

 scarcely recurved: panicle compact, clone to the Ivs. 

 Guatemala, (i.e. III. IN. r.l'.i, .VJU, 525. Rep. Mo 

 Gard. 4, pi. 1, 2, 11. 



8. Treculeana, Carr. (Y. canaliculbta, Hook. F. 

 dspern. Keirel. }'. lonyi folia, Buckley. Y. Vanden-in- 

 nidno, Koch. Y. argospdtha, Verlot). Fig. 2767. Usu- 

 ally loosely branched in cultivation: Ivs. thick and very 

 rigid, deeply concave, rough, blue-green, at length with 

 a few fine fibers detaching from the brown margin: 

 panicle short -stalked, compact. 8. W. Tex. to N. E. 

 Mexico. B.M. 5201. 



J767. Yucca Treculeana A much suckered specimen. 



9. baccata, Torrey . SPANISH BATOIOCT. ix>w, from a 

 stout running caudex: Ivs. of a yellower green, with 

 very thick marginal threads : panicle rather loose 

 within the leaf-cluster : Hs. and fruit very large. 8. 

 Colo, to Ariz. B.B. 1:426. WM. TBILKAS*. 



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f Yucca ttlauca. better known 

 Y. aneustifolia. 



