AGAVE IN THE WEST INDIES—TRELEASE. 49) 
or more rather laxly oblong-paniculate with spreading or recurved branches; pedicels mostly 
5-10 mm. long. Flowers yellowish green, 60-65 mm. long; ovary 25-35 mm. long, shorter than 
the perianth, oblong; tube quickly urceolate, 15-20 mm. deep; segments 6-8 by 15-20 mm., 
much shorter than the ovary; filaments inserted about the middle of the tube, 40-60 mm. long, 
twice or thrice as long as the segments. Capsules obovoid-oblong, 25 by 45 mm., slightly stipi- 
tate and beaked; seeds 6-8 by 8-10 mm., broad-winged. Freely bulbiferous. 
Cuba, escaping from fiber and hedge plantations locally. The “sacqui” or “henequen” of 
Yucatan, first introduced into the island about 1840. 
Specimens examined: Cusa. Cienfuegos (Grey, 1908). Playa de Marianao (Britton and 
Wilson, 4545, 1910). Bay of Mariel (Britton and Earle, 7588,1910). Chornera (Britton, Cowell, 
and Leon, 9580, 1911). 
Agave sisalana Perrine. 
Plates B and 113 to 115. 
Agave sisalana PERRINE, House Document No. 564, pp. 8, 9, 16, 47, 60, 86, and 87; Senate Document No. 300, pp. 
36, 105, and 140, pls. 1 and 2 (2d session, 25th Congress, U. S. A.), 1838. ; 
A. rigida sisalana Kew Bull., 1889, p. 254; 1892, pp. 27-35.—Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica, No. 21, p. 6, 1891.—Bull. Trini- 
dad Gard., No. 27, p. 329, 1901.—Norrturop, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, vol. 12, pp. 28 and 78, 1902; Naturalist in 
Bahamas, pp. 145, 195, and 212, figs., 1910.—Journ. Jamaica Agric. Soc., vol. 11, p. 271, 1907.—Agric. News, 
1908, p. 79.—Brawn, Pflanzer, vol. 4, pp. 69-72, 1908. 
Subacaulescent. Leaves finally green and somewhat glossy, at first lightly glaucous and 
transversely banded on the back, linear-lanceolate, nearly flat, about 10 by 150 cm.; spine 
dark brown, somewhat pitted and glossy, tumidly conical or triquetrous, slightly recurved, 
shallowly round-grooved near the base, 4-5 by 20-25 mm., not decurrent; prickles exceptionally 
nearly as in the last, but typically minute or almost entirely suppressed. Inflorescence about 
6 m. high, the upper half loosely oblong-paniculate; pedicels 5-10 mm. long. Flowers yellowish 
green, 45-60 mm. long; ovary 20-25 mm. long, shorter than the perianth, soon broadly fusiform; 
tube urceolate, 15-20 mm. deep; segments 6-8 by 15-20 mm., a little shorter than the ovary; 
filaments inserted about the upper third of the tube, 40-70 or even 80 mm. long, twice or thrice 
as long as the segments. Capsules, when produced, which is rare, oblong, 20-25 by 60 mm., 
stipitate and beaked; seeds 7 by 10 mm. Freely bulbiferous. 
Escaping from fiber and hedge plantations in various parts of the archipelago. The 
“vaxci’’ or “sisal,” originally from Yucatan, but chiefly introduced into the West Indies from 
southern Florida, where it has become naturalized from plants imported by Perrine. 
Specimens examined: Anpros (Brace, 7039, 1907). New Provipence. Lake Killarney 
(Eggers, 4348, 4400). Near Tea House (Mrs. Britton, 3415, 1905, in fruit). Ryswick (Northrop, 
164). Cat Istanp (Britton and Millspaugh, 5912, 5936, 1907). AmBrreris Cay, Caicos 
Islands (Millspaugh and Millspaugh, 9305, 1911). Sr.Crorx. Work and Rest Estate (T’release, 
27, 1907, established from an abandoned trial field). Barsavos (T'release, 28, 1907, introduced 
by Mr. Bovell, by way of Jamaica). 
The more prickly form (pl. 111), represented by Harris No. X, Britton and Millspaugh 
No. 6936, etc., may be known for convenience as var. armata 
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