AGAVE IN THE WEST INDIES—TRELEASE. 41 
Agave Millspaughii n. sp. 
Plates 87 and 88. 
Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves somewhat glossy, green, narrowly oblanceolate, con- 
cave, 15 by 125 cm. or more; spine red-brown, smooth, rather dull, straight, conical, trique- 
trous or V-grooved below the middle, 3—4 by 15-20 mm., decurrent for its length or more; prickles 
usually 15-25 mm. apart, 3-5 mm. long, straight and spreading or occasionally reflexed some- 
times with upcurved tips, narrowly triangular, scarcely lenticular at base, the intervening mar- 
gin nearly straight. Inflorescence large, paniculate; bracts broadly triangular; pedicels about 
10mm.long. Flowers (yellow?) 50 mm. long; ovary 25 mm. long, little longer than the perianth, 
fusiform; tube conical, about 7 mm. deep; segments 4 by 15-20 mm., three-fourths as long as 
the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, scarcely 30 mm. long, about one-half longer 
than the segments. Capsules short-oblong, 20 by 35 mm., shortly stipitate and beaked; seeds 
5 by 7 mm. 
Bahamas. The “bamboo” of the south central islands. 
Specimens examined: Great Exuma (Britton and Millspaugh, 3091, the type, and 3038; 
- both in 1905). 
Agave cacozela n. sp. 
Plates B and 89 to 91. 
2A. rigida HARSHBERGER, Phytogeogr. Surv. North America, p. 689, 1911. 
Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves yellowish green, somewhat overcast with gray, typic- 
ally roughish, lanceolate, deeply concave, 20 by 150-200 cm.; spine from brownish becoming 
gray, smooth, dull, straight or the tip slightly refracted, triquetrously conical, openly grooved 
below the middle, 3-5 by 15-20 mm., decurrent; prickles usually 10-15 mm. apart, 2-5 mm. 
long in the middle, nearly straight or the larger ones appressed-recurved, narrowly triangular, 
rarely lenticular at base, the intervening margin straight or somewhat concave. Inflorescence 
6-7 m. high, the upper third densely ovoid-paniculate with horizontal or slightly ascending 
branches; bracts broadly triangular, not imbricated; pedicels about 10 mm. long. Flowers 
golden, 50-60 mm. long; ovary 35-40 mm. long, about half as long again as the perianth, 
oblong-fusiform; tube rather open, about 7 mm. deep; segments 4—5 by 20 mm., about half 
as long as the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 40-45 mm. long, rather more 
than twice as long as the segments. Capsules narrowly oblong, 15 by 35-45 mm., shortly con- 
ical-stipitate, beaked; seeds 4 by 6-7 mm. Said to be bulbiferous sometimes. 
Bahamas. The ‘‘bamboo” of New Providence. 
Specimens examined: New PRovipENCE (Cunningham, 1907, the type; Britton, 867, 1904; 
Britton and Brace, 523, 1904; Brace, 1909, 1910). 
Seedlings raised from the typical Cunningham material are decidedly papillate-roughened 
on both leaf surfaces. 
z Agave acklinicola n. sp. 
Plate 91. 
Aspect of A. bahamana. Spine from red-brown becoming gray, smooth, glossy, somewhat 
flexuously recurved, conical, involutely grooved to or beyond the middle, 4-6 by 20-25 mm., 
decurrent; prickles 5-10 mm. apart, 1-1.5 mm. long, straight or gently curved, rather acumi- 
nately deltoid often from oblique green prominences, or with lenticular bases, the intervening 
margin nearly straight. Inflorescence, flowers, fruit, and bulbils unknown. 
Bahamas. Acklin Island; perhaps to be expected on Fortune and Crooked islands and 
possibly also on Mariguana. 
Specimens examined: AcKLIN IsLanD (Brace, 4442, 1906, and in Feb., 1910, the types). 
Perhaps a similar Agave said to be from the Turk Islands, cultivated at Kew under the 
number 273/00 and at La Mortola (Berger, 53), of which I have seen only immature material 
with slenderer spine and unrepand margin, is also to be referred here, but Dr. Millspaugh has 
failed to find such a plant in either the Turk or Caicos group. 
