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We have so far tried to extricate the two species that 

 are most widely spread in India, with the result that for the 

 plant of Roxburgh the name given in the Hortus Bengalensis 

 remains unaffected (species E of List = A. Cantala 

 Roxb.). 



For Wight's "vivipara" we conclude that a new name 

 must be proposed, and have shown this in our List as Species 

 J = "A. Wightii" accordingly. 



Eeasons have at the same time been adduced for holding 

 that the Sisal Hemp (of India) has nothing to do with the 

 plant usually styled Agave rigida in gardens. 



We may now take up the species known in the Calcutta 

 Garden as "-4. lurida." This is not the "A. lurida" of 

 Jacquin, nor is it the plant portrayed at No. 1522 of 

 Sims 9 Bot. Magazine and described as A. lurida of the 

 Hort. Kewenm by Gawler. The leaves of that, as^well as 

 those of the A. lurida of Baker (in Saunderi Refugium T. 

 807) are on far too small a scale for the Calcutta "lurida" 

 while the habit of the latter is quite different ; on the 

 other hand, except that the segments of the perianth open 

 campanulately in the figure, the flower in the Refugium is 

 similar. 



The earlier figure must be given up, we think ; and the 

 description, which was made solely from the figure, goes 

 with it. 



Aiton's description might apply to several Euagaves, but he 

 doubtless meant to indicate the Agave Vera-Cruz of Miller and 

 the only ground on which Miller's name could be set aside would 

 be that it is not classical; but at all events it does not pretend 

 to correct latinity as does " Vera Cuds, " which is manifestly 

 wrong, or " Verae Cruets, " which is questionable. No caveat 

 can apparently be lodged on the score of priority. We 

 therefore venture to restore for this Agave Miller's name 

 of Agave Vera-Cruz, without attempting to pronounce 

 whether A. atrovirens of Karwinski, and certain other forms 

 that seem very much akin to it are specifically distinct or 

 otherwise. This is D. of our Descriptive List = A. Vera- 

 Cruz Miller. 



Closely allied, it would seem, to the preceding is a plant 

 which we have not seen except from the Saharanpur Botanic 

 Garden, where it was received from the continent of Europe 



