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ON DASYLIRION AND BEAUCARNEA. 
By J. G. Baket, FLS. 
HE ite dia 
a genus that ought to ept up as distinct from Dasylirion up 
v eei that has not been clearly pointed out, and which involves 
ASYLIRION, Zuccarini in Otto’ and Dietr: Allgem. Carth s 
1838, no. 33, p. 258, ex parte ; Endlich. Gen. no. 1361, ex parte ; b T ot 
in Otto and Dietr. Allgem. Gartenzeit. 1841, no. 16, p. 121, TA Na. 
Enum. Plant. v. p.38, ez parte. — Roulinia, 4. Bron . Amn. 2 por 
ser. 2, vol. xiv. p. 319, ex parte. Yu species, Schiede, Linnea, v. 49. 
. . cu- 
sub ; Stigma capitatum, peltatum, distincte trilobatum, pans 
latis crispatis. Ca ranacea, triquetra, indehiscens (P), ang vice 
membranaceo-alatis. Semina perfecta non vidi. Caudex lignosus, 
LH * * - " . . cole E lense 
dricus, interdum 4-5. pedalis. Folia ad apicem. caulis 100 Mem 
rosulata, lineari-ensiformia, coriacea, dura, persistentia, margine spin dine 
arcuata, inter spinas serrulata. Scapus foliis reductis bracteze ; 
instructus. Pani thyrsoidew, bracteis magnis lanceolatis Mies 
ramulis siepe. densifloris cylindricis, floribus minutis, pedicellis apt 
culatis, 
Clavis Specierum 
Panicule anguste, ramulis ultimis densifloris. 
Folia apice in fibris tenaeibus dissoluta : injfolium. 
Braeteolze albidse conspicue serrulate , 1.5 dete dus. 
Bracteolz fusce, vix serrulatæ ` : : 2. acrotric 
