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The brown branches of the inflorescence are horizontal, the 
larger about one foot long. They are subdivided at the apex, 
the erect flowers being crowded in clusters at the apex of the 
divisions. The flowers themselves, as is often the case in this 
genus, exhale an unpleasant odor and exude a sticky substance. 
The perianth is about three inches long, green at the base and 
fading into a yellowish green at the apex of the segments, the 
free summits of which are three quarters to one inch long and 
soon withering. The stamens are attached a short distance above 
the ovary ; the filaments are two and a quarter to two and three - 
quarter inches long, e mae other one being cain pean than 
its mate, making the entire flower, including the ov nd 
stamens, about four nae long ; the aiher a is oe one 
and a quarter inches long, is versatile, that is, attached to the 
apex of the filament, so that it vibrates at the least touch. The 
pistil reaches to about the middle of the filaments or a little above. 
he plant was given to the Garden in the autumn of 1900, 
under the name of Agave /urida, by Mr. John Lewis Childs, of 
Floral Park, Long Island, who has no record of its origin. 
Specimens and photographs have been submitted to Dr. William 
Trelease, Director of the Missouri Botanic Garden, who is mak- 
ing a special study of these plants. He reports that it is the 
plant grown on the Riviera as Agave (rida, and should be called 
gave Vera-Crus Miller, the older name. 
The agaves usually produce ‘‘suckers”’ from the base, these 
finally producing other plants. The plant of Agave Vera-Crus 
now in bloom in the conservatory court is producing one of 
these suckers from the base, but what is very unusual is that 
this sucker is also bearing flowers. The suckers commonly 
grow into mature plants before doing this. 
Georce V. Nasu. 
