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YUCCA RECURVIFOLIA. 
Recurved-Leaved Yucca. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Lilia. Juss. Gen. p. 48. 
Petala toro confluentia, marcescentia. Filamenta toro inserta, crassa, clavata. Anthere post 
anthesin minute. Pericarpium superum, oblongum, versus basin foveis 3-melliferum, 3-locu- 
lare, carnosum. Stigma grande, mitreforme, profunde umbilicatum. Semina angulo interno 
loculi duplici serie inserta, plana. Frutices Suffruticesve facie Agavium. Caulis cylindnaceus, 
parum decompositus. Folia imbricata basibus dilatatis, anguste lanceolata, swpius spinose 
mucronata, rigida, perennia. Flores paniculis terminalibus. Bractew 1-2 sub singulis ramis 
pedicellisque. Torus pedicetlo articulo connexus. In serie naturali Fritillarie et Lilio certe 
proximum genus est, licet prima facies adeo dispar. Pericarpii dehiscentiam adhuc nescio. 
» Caulescentes. 
Y. foliis viridibus, recurvo-deflexis, margine rare filamentosis: petalis interioribus parum 
latioribus. 
Sponte nascentem in Georgia, legit J. Cree. 
Floret Julio, Augusto. 
This species flowered last summer in the open ground, at Isaac rsa si PO Re Estee gn 
respects, Stem in our gardens from 1 to 3 feet high. Leaves green and recury 
and straight as in the Gloriosa, linear-lanceolate, very entire with the margm at length peeling 
off into a few short filaments, spinous at the point, concave, striated, smooth on their ta ed 
surface, very rigid. Flowers exhaling a strong smell mixed with that of citron. Panicle of an 
oval-pyramidal form, with alternate branches, some of the lower 2 feet ‘ong, and 
purple colour where exposed to the sun. Bractes dark purple. Torus dark 
like the nave of a wheel. Petals dull purple with a few minute spots where 
quite regular, the 3 upper being 
more recurved ; the inner series only a little broader than the outer, not much are = Poise. 
the Filamentosa, or so perceptibly uncinate at the points. ents whiter than the 4 
Anthers dull yellow and very minute. 
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REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1, An Anther and the top of the filament magnified. 
2, Back view of an Anther, shewing the partial filament. 
3. The Pistillum, natural size. : 3 
—G. Transverse section of the young fruit magnified. 
