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ner. * 
136 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 
Specimens examined: Guaremana. Cruz (T'release, 
2, March, 1915—the type in the herbarium of the Univer- 
sity of Illinois). 
Agave Hurteri n. sp. 
Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves somewhat glau- 
cous, ascending or outcurving in a rather dense rosette, 
lanee-oblong, rather acute, openly concave, smooth, some 
1075-100 em.: spine chestnut, glossy above, somewhat 
pitted below, heavily half-conical, nearly straight, very 
openly grooved from near the end, usually with median 
keel, the very acute edges decurrent for about its length, 
more or less intruded into the green tissues on both 
faces, about 8X40 mm.: teeth similarly colored, 10-20 
mm. apart, 5-10 mm. long, straight or mostly variously 
curved, the narrowly triangular cusps _lenticularly 
dilated into the straight pale-denticulate margin. In- 
florescence about 5 m. high, the upper third or half ob- 
long-paniculate with slender outeurved branches at the 
ends of which the flowers are densely clustered: bracts 
narrowly triangular, spreading: pedicels thick, 5-10 
mm. long, densely invested by short bracts. Flowers 
greenish white or pale yellow, 60-70 mm. long: ovary 
25-30 mm. long, shorter than the perianth, oblong: tube 
narrowly conical, 12-15 mm. deep: segments more yel- 
low, 25 mm. long, nearly equaling the ovary: filaments 
inserted nearly in the throat, 60-70 mm. long, maroon- 
dotted like the style. Capsules oblong, 2050 mm., 
neither stipitate nor beaked: seeds 5x8 mm. Appar- 
ently not bulbiferous, 
Specimens examined: Guatemaza. Zunil, on the 
Samala River (T'release, 3, April, 1915—the type in the 
herbarium of the University of Illinois). 
Dedicated to Sefior Don G. Hurter, of Quezaltenango, 
who has made exquisite photographs of this and other 
plants characteristic of this part of Guatemala. 
