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gular, rather lenticularly widened into the nearly 
straight denticulate margin. Inflorescence 3-4 m. high, 
the upper half narrowly paniculate with extremely short 
branches. Flowers (?). Capsules oblong, 25-6 em., 
- campanulately dehiscent, reticulate: seeds ox<7 mm. 
(474 
—Specimens examined: Guaremaua. Mountainsides 
along the Samalé River about Esperanza, between Sta. 
Maria and Zunil (Trelease, 7, 9, April 10, 1915—the 
types in the herbarium of the University of Illinois; 8, 
April 4, 1915). 
Agave lagunae n. sp. 
Acaulescent, scarcely suckering. Leaves very glau- 
cous, spreading, lanceolate, acute, moderately concave, 
more or less minutely granular on the back and margin, 
8-10 30-40 em.: spine garnet, glossy, granular below, 
conical, often slightly flexuous, round-grooved from 
near the very sharp tip with acute shortly decurrent 
edges, somewhat dorsally intruded into the green tissue, 
3-5 20-30 mm.: teeth similarly colored, glossy, 20-40 
mm. apart, 3-5 or 6 mm. long, mostly upeurved above 
and partly recurved below, the rather slender mostly 
hooked cusps lenticularly widened into the margin or 
on the tops of fleshy prominences between which the 
margin is nearly straight. Inflorescence, flowers and 
fruit unknown. 
Specimens examined: Guatemata. Above Amatitlan, 
near the lake (T'release, 10, April, 1915—the type, in the 
herbarium of the University of Illinois). Palin to Es- 
cuintla (De Ham, 1908; K radolfer, 1908). 
On gravel, talus and cliffs, in the region between Ama- 
titlan and Palin on the flanks of the Volean de Agua, on 
the Pacific slope. 
44? Agave nivea nu. sp. 
Acaulescent, suckering. Leaves very glaucous, some- 
What transversely green-banded, narrowly lanceolate, 
