HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



AGAVE. 



Coroiiari;ic Lin. — Biomelmi. Jnss. — Broinoliaccao. Brown. 



BoL 



amcricana. A. acaulis, foliis dentato-spinosis^ scapo 



ramoso, tubo corollas medio angustato, 

 staminibus corolla longioribtis, stylo 

 staminibus loiigiore. Willd, Sp. ri 2. 



2?. 192. Hort, Kew. 2. p, 301. 

 Mepos. t. 438, 

 u, foliorum margine concolore. 



A. foliis subcompressis. Br. 199. 



May-Fole. HugJws. 223. 



Great American Aloes, or Caratoe. 



Long. 2,p, 710. 



Common American Agave. Miller. 

 Silk-Grass. 







* I am much inclined to think that this is a distinct species; 

 it however stands as a variety in Willdcnovvj and I recently saw 



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