~~ PLATE CCCCLXXIII. 
YUCCA GLORIOSA. 
Superb Yucca. 
CLASS VI. ORDER I. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx EMPALEMENT no 
Coroiia males nulata, sex- partita, unguibus ‘Brossom bell- sabi, six-divided, fastened toge- 
cohzrens : laciniis ovatis, maximis, paten- the claws. The segments ovate, 
tibus. large, and rBbirse 
mg ob Filamenta sex, brevissima, superne Cuives. Six threads, very short, thick above, 
ra, reflexa, and reflexed. ‘Tips sma 
Pistittom. Germen oblon ngum, obtusum, tri- 
staminibus longius. Stylus nul- 
lus, Stioma trisulcum, obtusum : laciniis 
TViis 
bifidis, pe 
a Capsula ob onga, obtusa, tri- 
angularis, trilocularis, pe 
SEMINA ‘indica, gemino ordine incumbentia. 
SPECIFIC 
Yucca floribunda, ramosa, patens: corollis 
siformi- 
pons Jae pendulis : — 
bus, plicatis, apice mucro 
Habitat in America boreali. 
P: 
PoINnTAL. pigs bud oblong, blunt, — 
Sha 
longer than the chives ft no 
mit three-furrowed, obtuse. The segments : 
° ule 
angled, three-celled, three-valved. 
Szgps many, two-ranked, lying on each other. © 
CHARACTER. 
Apam’s NEEDLE, with _ numerous flowers 
ms 
sha nd hanging down. Leaves sword- 
shaped and plaited, with a mu 
poin' 
Native OF "otk America. 
a 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1. The end of a leaf. 
2. The plant in miniature. 
3. The chives and pointal. 
. Seed-bud and pointal. 
5. The seed-bud cut teinnaveicly. 
Or i ges of plants there are as Bea aa —. but four species. The present one, from 
magnificent exterior of unrivalled beauty 
it is a Sind giciie a in fine bloom, the term of esti utifal. It 
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i want -_ 
- Seo ten feet high, in luxuriant bloom, at Hedsor Lodge, 
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