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“doubt to Miller’s old A. rigida, is 1-2 feet high ; leaves 14-2 feet 
“Jong, and as many inches wide, contracted above the broader base 
“with smaller ones interspersed, dark wn; terminal spin ch 
“ long, 1? lines in diameter, straight, or often somewhat twisted, terete, 
“ scooped ou at ut not channelled, dark red-brown, a dar 
upwards, l-inch longer than the perigone ; anthers 10-10} lines 
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stamens. 
Irtli, which in 1872 flowered in the gardens of the late M, 
“ hilum (in many other Agaves I find the hilum more basal, a charac- 
“ter which may be of some value). I believe this is the first time 
“ that the flowers of the Ixtli have been described ;* they identify the 
“ plant with the old A. rigida, or at least the above-described Chelem. 
+ A. Karwinskii, Zuce., is probably the same thing, 
A “With the name of longifolia I designate the variety known as 
Sacei (Saequi) and extensively cultivated in Yucatan ; it is princi- 
£ pally peinrnished by its much longer spiny leaves, 4-54 feet long, 
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‘to this form if the description did not expressly mention a channelled 
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a i aa the subsequent Indian wars. With this Agave, however, 
i ~i 7 been successful, as it is now fully naturalized, and is quite 
«ot lundant at Key West and the adjacent coast. Dr. Parry found it 
3 there in full bloom in February 1871, and gives the following de- 
2 Scription of it :—trunk short; leaves pale green but not glaucous, 4-6 
* This remark made r. i i i 5 
The ietlioides form (Agave e E danii Wat Snes red by. ‘Sir J. D. 
ooker from a plant which flowered at Kew in 187], (Bot. Mag. t. 5893.) 
