sii fs eee 
264 BOTANICAL GAZETTE. [ October, 
long, and below covered with older dead and reflexed leaves. 
This species was some years ago largely collected and man- 
ufactured into paper and paper pulp. It forms, in some 
places, quite extensive scattered forests, which have a very 
peculiar appearance. The narrow-leaved Yucca (Y. elata) 
occurs on dry hills and ridges, has a trunk three to ten 
feet high, with extremely narrow leaves one foot to eighteen 
inches long, and throws up a narrow panicle as long as the 
It is one of the most stately of Yuccas. Yucca 
Whipplei is abundant in Southern California, extending east- 
ward into Arizona. It has a short trunk, with leaves ten to 
twenty inches long, and sends up a lower scape to the height 
of from four to twelve feet, bearing a densely flowered, nar- 
row panicle of greenish-white flowers, which are succeeded 
by capsules one to two inches long. The leaves furnish a 
coarse fiber which is used for stuffing saddles and similar 
purposes. 
ans. 
A striking feature of some of the dry, sheltered canons 
of western Arizona and southern California is the American 
palm, Washingtonia filifera. It attains a height of thirty OF 
forty feet, with a cylindrical trunk two to three feet in diam- 
