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* The following Euagaves are more or less complete 

 naturalized in different parts of India, viz., 



A. unidentified ; perhaps allied to A. Keratto Miller 

 seen from Burma only, fibre not known ; 



D. A. Vera-Cruz Miller. A. lurida H. B. 0. (not of 



Jacquin, doubtfully of Aiton), fibre not fully 

 known ; 



E. A. Cantala Roxb. fibre exported from Bombay 



with that of other species; often, but wrongly 

 called * Agave vwipara ' ; 



P. unidentified; approaches A. sisalana, Perrine and 

 may possibly be Engelmann's "A. rigtda, Miller " 

 or a closely allied form; there is some ground 

 for supposing that this plant is grown as 'A. 

 chngata' in the West Indies; received in H. 

 B. C. under the name of " A. mexicana" which, as 

 shewn above, is unmaintainable ; fibre wants to 

 be reported on ; 



H. unidentified, planted in Bengal and in the Ganges 

 " Doabs " ; naturalized at Saharanpur, and there 

 (wrongly) named " A. lurida " ; probably allied 

 to A. sisalana, fibre wants to be reported on ; 

 J. A. Wightii (nobis)=A. vivipara, "Wight (not of 

 Linnaeus or of L am arc k), fibre reported on as 

 good, but shorter than A. sisalana. 



Of the remaining species of Agave in the Descriptive List 

 (Part I) B (A. americana, Linn.) and C are not naturalized 

 or grown except as ornamental garden plants in India, while 

 Gr.=A. sisalana is a comparatively recent introduction. It 

 is believed, however, to be spreading in some places sponta- 

 neously. 



Only one FurcraBa has so far shown any tendency to become 

 naturalized in India, which is usually identified with F. gigan- 

 tea, Vent. We think this may be rather F. Commelynii, Salxn- 

 Dyck, but information as to it is very scanty. 



* While this was in the press specimens have been received from the Tanjore 

 and Tinnevelly Districts of Madras through Mr. C. A. Barher, F. L. s., Govern- 

 ment Botanist in that Presidency, to whom we are greatly indehetd for speci- 

 mens, of a small-leaved Agave with a granulated cinnahar-coloured terminal 

 spine j this species is said to be planted on mud walls, as a sort of coping 

 apparently. Its characters and uses are still under enquiry. 



