Bot. Mag. t. 365b; Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monocot. Vol. Hi tab. 

 sec. ; Reichenb. Fl. Germ. ix. t. 37k. 



INDIA : Large gardens and parks throughout India. 



DISTEIB. Gardens throughout Northern Europe and North America. 

 Native country unknown. 



The plant, widely naturalized and commonly termed Ayaw 

 americana in Southern Europe, we believe to be A, Vera- 

 Crnz Miller. The remarks under A. amencana in Linnaeus' 

 Species Plant arum cover both the true A. americana and 

 Miller's A. ,Vera-Cruz. 



A. Milleri, Mart. Flor. Bras. Hi. 1. 183 appears to be 

 this species. A. americana, Mart, vix Linn., appears as regards 

 description and synonymy to refer for the most part to 

 A. Vera-Cruz Miller. The description of A. americana by 

 Mr. Baher in Gardeners Chronicle N. S. vii. 201 (1877) gives 

 an excellent account of A. americana Linn, but the remarks 

 apply in part to A. Vera-Cruz Miller. The Peruvian plant 

 named A. amencana by Ruiz and Pauon is perhaps different 

 from either. 



Agave sp C 



Leaves oblong-linear many from a very thick short caudex 

 which is hidden by their greatly thickened bases, dark-green, 

 glaucous, spreading from the stem but preseDtly ascending, tips 

 recurved stiffly, blade six feet long and upwards, measuring 

 eight to twelve inches at the widest part some way above the 

 middle, and there forming a deep trough through bending of 

 the leaf and rolling inwards of the margins, prickles very stout 

 and black, those above the trough-like portion of the leaf 

 spreading or ascending, the rest pointing downwards, terminal 

 spine about f in. long dark coloured. [Inflorescence not 

 available.] 



INDIA: cultivated in the Botanic Garden, Saharanpur, received from 

 Europe. 



DISTRICT. Native country unknown. 



This seems closely allied to Agave Vera-Cruz Miller. It is 

 known at Saharanpur as A, Jacquiniana, but it certainly is not 

 the plant figured under that name in Bot. Mag. t. 5097. The 

 leaves of this species when fresh cut smell like cut Ehubarb 

 stalks, and their juice soon ferments. 



