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Flowers deep orange, 70-80 mm. long; ovary 40-45 mm. long, exceeding the perianth, oblong, 
somewhat contracted above the base and at top; tube about 15 mm. deep; segments 7 by 30 
mm., three-fourths as long as the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 60 mm. long 
and twice as long as the segments. Capsules rather narrowly oblong, 15-20 by 40-50 mm., 
stipitate and slightly beaked; seeds 4 by 7 mm. Not known to be bulbiferous. 
Greater Antilles. Northern Cuba. 
Specimens examined: Cuspa. Matanzas, the source of the type (Britton and Wilson, 77, 
1903). Cojimar, near Guanabacoa (Trelease, 1, 1907; Britton, Earle, and Wilson, 6217, 1910; 
Wilson, 9543, 1910). Cayo Romano (Shafer, 2770, 1909). 
A form of this species, with typical foliage but flowers only 55 mm. long, ovary shorter 
than the perianth, and filaments but 35 mm. long, which occurs on the hills near Chornera, 
Havana (Britton, Cowell, and Leon, 9578, 1911) may be known as var. breviflora. 
Though long disposed to place A. Offoyana among the Antillares in association with A. 
Willdingii, I have become convinced that if really a Cuban species, as was supposed when it 
was described, it should be allied with that native to Matanzas, which must be taken for A. 
Legrelliana, although mature plants differ much in prickle characters from those described 
for the type. On the other hand, the characters of this common species of the northern coast 
are so much less in accord with those published for A. Offoyana as to prevent the use of this as 
clearly the earlier name for the plant. 
Agave longipes n. sp. 
Plate 63. 
Foliage of the broader-leaved forms of A. sobolifera, but the often gray sometimes much 
compressed conical spine more heavy and persistently flattened on the upper face and less 
involute, and the narrowly triangular prickles often appressed-recurved. Pedicels 20 mm. 
long. Flowers yellow, larger, 60-70 mm. long; ovary 30-40 mm. long, exceeding the perianth, 
oblong-fusiform; tube openly conical, 6-8 mm. deep; segments 5-6 by 20-25 mm., shorter 
than the ovary; filaments 50-60 mm. long, more than twice as long as the segments. Fruit 
and bulbils unknown. 
Greater Antilles. Blue Mountains of Jamaica. 
Specimens examined: JaAMarca. Content Road near Chestervale (Mazon, 1624, the type). 
Chestervale (Harris, 1909, 1910, 1911). 
This part of the Blue Mountains is said by Mr. Harris to be from 3,000 to 3,500 feet above 
sea level, subject to heavy rainfall (over 100 inches per year), and with a moist warm atmos- 
phere. The rocks are conglomerate or of intrusive igneous origin in the main, without lime, 
and the soil is shaly or a stiff clay. 
Agave anomala n. sp. 
Plate 66. 
Leaves green, elongated lanceolate, rather gradually pointed, 10 by 75-100 cm.; spine 
reddish brown, smooth, rather dull, unguiculately recurved, conical-awl-shaped, openly grooved 
to about the middle, 3 by 10 mm., shortly decurrent and dorsally intruded into the green tissue; 
margin not repand, unarmed or with few and very small prickles toward the base. Inflorescence 
paniculate; pedicels slender and about 10 mm. long or much stouter and becoming 40 mm. 
long. Flowers yellow, 55-60 or even 70 mm. long; ovary 30-40 mm. long, rather exceeding 
the perianth, oblong-fusiform; tube conical, 8-10 mm. deep; segments 4-5 by 20-mm., about 
half as long as the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, about 40 mm. long and twice 
as long as the segments. Capsules (abnormal) narrowly pyriform-oblong, 15 by 40 mm., 
somewhat stipitate and beaked; seeds 4 by 6 mm. Not known to be bulbiferous. 
Greater Antilles. Eastern Cuba. 
Specimens examined: Cusa. Holguin to Myabe (Shafer, 1409, 1909, the type). 
The only indigenous Antillean species known ever to lack marginal prickles. The inflores- 
cence fragments with more scattered and longer pedicels appear to be from a sucker, and, like 
the fruit that they bear, aberrant. 
