YUCCA 



YUCCA 



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striata 



forms into which th 



sported, the following are i 



Lvs. very glaucous, 

 T5:301. Kep. Mo. Bot. Gard 



pith median whitish stripe ou the lvs. is var. medio- 

 Planch. Among the numerous varieties and 

 t-cultivated Yucca, has 

 t worthy: Var. plic4ta, 

 gly plicate. G.C. III. 

 pi. 6. Var. recurvifdiia, 

 Engelm. {Y. recumi- 

 fdtia, Salisb. r. re- 

 cirva, Haw. V. pin- 

 dula, Hort. Has the 

 Its. less plicate, soon 

 green, gracefully re- 

 curved, occasionally 

 with a few detaching 

 marginal threads. Car- 



p. -133; 1859, p. 488. 

 Variegated forms of 

 this are the following: 

 Var. margin4ta, Carr. 

 Livs. yellow-margined; 

 var. variegita, Carr. 

 Lvs. with yellow me- 



filegans, Hort. Lvs. 



dracanoides , Y. striatula, Y. Massiliensis, Y. ensi- 

 fera, Y. Iwvigata and Y. juncea. R.H. 188G. p. C3; 

 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. 



C. aloiidlia, Linn. Slender simple trunk 10-15 ft. 

 high: lvs. d;it'L'er-slK.pr.l. 1-L' in. wide. Hat, very stiff 

 and iiinif,'.-iit, ii.it j.li' :iic : 1 :iM. Ii compact, close to the 

 lvs.: lis. wliih-. I. II. I : I ! ill green or purple; 

 oviiry ilistiTirilv -iVi . -. ,■ , irrn U. S. and West 

 Indi.-s. ]!.M. 171111. -\, III, -.,:,, I h.iinsarc: Var. margi- 

 nita, HomnuT. Lvs. with yellow margin, and often 



when young also tinged with rose. Var. quadricolOT, 

 Hort. Lvs. with median yellow band, and also when 

 young with rosy coloration. Var. Dracdnis, Engelm. 

 {Y. Dracdnis J Linn.). Branching above. Lvs. broad 

 and arching, less pungent. B.R. 22:1894. Var. consploua, 

 Engelm. (Y. consplcim, Haw.). Tall, the stems clus- 

 tered at base: lvs. broad, recurved, softly green-pointed. 



7. GuatemaWnsifl, Baker. Tall, swollen at base, 

 branching above in age: lvs. about 3 in. wide, flat, 

 glossy green, sometimes plicate, rather thin but 

 scarcely recurved: panicle compact, close to the lvs. 

 Guatemala. G.C. 111. 18, 519, 523, 525. Rep. Mo. Bot. 

 Gard. 4, pi. 1, 2, 19. 



8. Treouleina, Carr. 



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ally loosely branched in cultivation: lvs. 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. S. W. Tex. to N. E. 

 Mexico. B.M. 5201. 



2767, Yucca Treculeana— A much suckered specimen. 



9. baccita, Torrey. Spanish Bayonet. Low, from a 

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

 very thick marginal threads : panicle rather loose 

 within the leaf -cluster : fls. and frait very large. S. 

 Colo, to Ariz. B.B. 1:426. Wm. Trelease. 



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