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Agave Braceana n. sp. 
Plate 83. 
Agave sp. Eaton and Srtcxett, Johns Hopkins Univ. Circular, No. 6, p. 46, 1886. 
? A. mexicana DoLLEY, GARDINER, and Bracz, Proc. Philadelphia Acad. Nat. Sci., 1889, p. 356, as to upper Bahamas. 
? A. lurida Kew Bull., 1889, pp. 61 and 254. 
Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves gray, broadly oblanceolate, nearly flat, 19 by 65 cm. 
(or larger ?); spine from brownish becoming gray, smooth, dull, straight or gently curved, 
conical, flat or round-grooved to about the middle or becoming involute, 3 by 10-15 mm., 
slightly decurrent; prickles usually 5-10 mm. apart, 2-3 mm. long, straight or the lower gently 
recurved, triangular, scarcely lenticular at base, the intervening margin straight, or concave 
when they are raised on low green bases. Inflorescence about 7 m. high, paniculate; pedicels 
about 10 mm. long. Flowers golden-yellow, 40-45 mm. long; ovary 20 mm. long, nearly 
half as long again as the perianth, oblong-fusiform; tube conical, about 7 mm. deep; segments 
3-4 by 15-17 mm., three-fourths as long as the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 
35 mm. long, about twice as long as the segments. Capsules broadly oblong, 20 by 35 mm., 
shortly stipitate and beaked; seeds 6 by 8mm. Bulbils unknown. 
Bahamas. The ‘‘manilla plant” or ‘‘bamboo” of the northern islands on Little Bahama 
Bank. 
Specimens examined: ABaco. Opposite the Cherokee settlement (Brace 1982, 1904, the 
type). Great Banama. KEight Mile Rocks (Britton and Millspaugh, 2467, 1905). West End 
(Brace, 3510, 1905). Mastic Point (Brace, 7110, 1907). 
Agave bahamana n. sp. 
Plates 84 to 86. 
2A. americana DoLLEY, GARDINER, and BraAce#, Proc. Philadelphia Acad. Nat. Sci., 1889, p. 356, in part. 
A. sobolifera Hircucock, Rept. Missouri Bot. Gard., vol. 4, pp. 136 and 169, 1893, as to Eleuthera and Cat Island. 
A. rigida Norturor, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 12, pp. 28, 78, and 94, 1902; Naturalist in Bahamas, pp. 10, 11, 68, 
145, and 195, 1910.—Coxsr, Vegetation of the Bahama Islands (From Shattuck, The Bahama Islands), p. 251, 
1. 40, 1905. 
a sp. Brrrron, Journ. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 6, p. 82, figs. 19 and 20, 1905; vol. 8, pp. 73 and 78, 1907; Dis- 
covery, vol. 1, pp. 30 and 31, 2 figs., 1907.—Florists’ Exch., 1906, p. 500.—TRr.EaseE, Pop. Sci. Mo., vol. 70, pp. 
207-209, fig. 1, 1907. 
Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves dull grayish, rather narrowly lanceolate, concave, 
occasionally somewhat plicate, 15 by 200-300 cm.; spine from brownish becoming gray, smooth, 
dull, slightly recurved, stoutly conical, usually becoming involutely grooved below the middle, 
4-5 by 10-15 mm., decurrent; prickles usually 5-10 mm. apart, 3-5 mm. long, reduced above 
and below, straight or the longer ones appressed-recurved, triangular, scarcely lenticular at 
base, sometimes on small green prominences, the intervening margin nearly straight. Inflores- 
cence about 10 m. high, the upper third or so ovoid-paniculate with slightly ascending branches; 
bracts deltoid, not imbricated; pedicels about 10mm. long. Flowers golden, 50-60 mm. long; 
ovary 30-35 mm. long, half as long again as the perianth, oblong-fusiform; tube conical, about 
7 mm. deep; segments 4 by 15 mm., about half as long as the ovary; filaments inserted nearly 
in the throat, 30-35 mm. long, more than twice as long as the segments. Capsules oblong, 
25 by 50 mm., shortly stipitate and beaked; seeds 6 by 8 mm. 
Bahamas. The “bamboo” of the north-central islands. 
Specimens examined: Great Harpor Cay, Berry Islands (Britton and Millspaugh, 2340, 
1905, the type). Cave Cay, Exuma Chain, where the next would be expected (Britton and 
Millspaugh, 2829). Cat Istanp. The Bight and vicinity (Britton and Millspaugh, 5931, 1907). 
ELEUTHERA. Governor’s Harbor (Mitchcock, 1890). Glass Window to Harbor Island (Britton 
and Millspaugh, 5881, 1907). Anpros. Red Bays (Northrop, 501). Deep Creek (Brace, 5127, 
1906). Possibly also on Exuma, judging from a small living plant supposed to represent 
Brition and Millspaugh, 3038; and on New PRovmeENcE, judging from a small living plant 
supposed to represent Britton, 867. : 
