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down. I saw a tall one at Gave with 15-20 branches, each ending in 
a great tuft of pte The leaves are always bright green, and r 
length of 3-4 feet. Y. G@heisbre ghtii recedes from the type in vale 
direction of aloifolia by its rigid scabrous leaves. Y. Mazelli and Y. 
lenneana, on the other hand, have less firm recurving ates , and the 
marginal toothing is sometimes very obscure, and the a tr ace of a 
brown border. Y. conspicua, of the Riviera EA is ao a form of 
this species, and I have very little doubt now that Y. gigantea, Lemaire, 
which I know from description only, must also range here. It produces 
attains a greater size on the Riviera than with us at home, but has not 
been known to flower. The finest a I saw was in the garden of the 
Baroness von Huttner at San Remo, 5-6 feet high, the branching stems 
3 “ag in a dins, the recurving deit a foot and half long, I} inch 
Y. “Peacockii, Baker. Grown at La Mortola, but has not yet 
flowered. 
y. fear L. Not common in the Riviera, but I saw several forms 
at Y. rs Siebold, is substantially the same as our 
Pasa otjolin. Y. brasiliensis, is a form with much recurved very 
glaucous leaves. Y. glaucescens, os is a form of gloriosa, and 
quite different from aes plant so ¢ calle 
Y. macrocarpa, oe This I saw alive for the first time at La 
Mortola. It was caaumednt with a great tuft of very rigid glaucous 
ensiform leaves, 3 “feet ong, | inch broad at the middle, “with a ver y 
pungent apex and a narrow brown margin without any threads. Tt has 
not m PEES 
Y., culea and, Carriere. This is grown along the whole Birler 
Rh a development far beyond anything which we have at home 
In a plant at Gai pae years ago, branching into several heads, 
the stem was 30 feet | ong, 4 yards in cir cumference at the dilated base, 
and a foot and a half in diameter e distance above the base. I feel 
hee ao that canaliculata aha cornuta are forms of the same 
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E Aianei L. This is represented at La Mortola and by a form 
which quite agrees with Haworth’s glaucescens. 
Y. albospica, Hort. Grown both at La — and Hyères, in fine 
condition at the latter garden u goed name of Y. glata. It is the 
plant described in my monograph under the name of Y. constricta. 
Hanburii, Baker, n. sp. A new species, allied to albospica 
and fragilifolia, the seeds of which were sent to La Mortola many 
years ago by Mr. Sampson Hanbury from the Rocky Mountains. It 
is acaulescent, with a dense tuft of about 100 very rigid glaucous apie 
leaves 1} feet long, under half an inch broad at the m iddle, smo ooth o 
a very few slender threads split away. It was not in flower at the 
time of my visit. 
x. ES Torrey. What is commonly grown as baccata on the 
Riviera T filifera. Chabaud, which forms a trunk and inhabits 
Mexico, whilst the true baccata is parga and inhabits California. 
presented to Kew by M. de Falbe from his garden at Cannes, and is 
now in the Temperate House. I saw at Hyéres a curious plant called 
