iis 
138 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 
tion that a specimen had flowered with him and was still 
alive a year later. The only other records of its flower- 
ing, respectively on the Riviera!® and in New South 
Wales,” make no mention of this habit of surviving the 
flowering period; and it is possible that some other 
species was referred to by M. Ellemeet. That the seed- 
lings at Bull’s nurseries were very unlike was noted by 
Moore;'® and as early as 1869-70 Bull advertised, with 
fair characterization, in addition to his typical See- 
mannt the varieties acuta, papillosa and parvispina. In 
the list of his own plants published in 1878, Peacock also 
mentions a variety rotundifolia of A. Seemannii as he 
calls it. 
As has been stated above, 4. Seemanniana seems to 
have Segovia, Nicaragua as its type locality, and so is to 
be sought in the mountains between this locality and the 
Motagua valley in Guatemala. 
Agave Thomasae n. sp. 
Acaulescent, suckering freely. Leaves clear green 
with dense easily removable striate bloom, ascending 
with outeurved tip, spatulate-oblanceolate, acute or 
somewhat acuminate, rather thin and flexible, concave, 
smooth above, finely roughened beneath, some 15X60 
em.: spine chestnut, somewhat roughened, acicular, 
nearly straight, involutely grooved below the middle 
with acute edges, little decurrent or intruded into the 
green tissue, 2X25 mm.: prickles chestnut, 5-10 mm. 
apart, 1-2 mm. long, nearly straight, the extremely slen- 
der cusps slightly dilated at base, the straight interven- 
ing margin with numerous minute needle-like denticles. 
Inflorescence, flowers and fruit unknown. 
Specimens examined: Cultivated at the Hotel 
16 Baker, Kew Bull. 1892: 4; Add. Ser. 2: 220, 
1897. 
17 Finckh, Garden. 51: 407, a 
1s T. M., Gard. Chron. 1871: 
