1462 
150 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 
University of Illinois). Outskirts of Guatemala City 
(Trelease, 24). Palin (Trelease, 25,30). Fiscal (Deam, 
6107, 6176-7). Agua Caliente (Deam, 6149). 
Furcraea melanodonta n. sp. 
Caulescent, the trunk scarcely over 1 m. high. Leaves 
gray or bluish on both faces, narrowly lanceolate, acute, 
slightly rough on both faces, deeply concave, 7-8 150 
em. or more: spine scarcely 22 mm., blunt, grooved at 
base, slightly decurrent: teeth blackish chestnut, 10 or 
15 or sometimes 20 mm. apart, 5 mm. long, strongly up- 
curved, decurrent on fleshy elevations between which 
the margin is concave. Inflorescence, flowers, capsules 
and bulbils unknown. 
Specimens examined: Guaremaia. Cruz (Trelease, 26, 
March, 1915—the type in the herbarium of the Univer- 
sity of Illinois). 
