28 MEMOIRS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, VOL. XI. 
Agave Eggersiana n. sp. 
Plates 31 to 33. 
A. americana GRISEBACH, Syst. Unters. Veg. Karaiben, p. 124, 1857 —Eccrrs, Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren., 
1876, pp. 77, 79, and 155; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 13, pp. 7 and 109, 1879.—MiuspaueH, Publ. Field Mus. 
Bot., vol. 1, p. 480, 1902.—Ursan, Symbol. Antillanae, vol. 4, p. 152, 1903.—All as to St. Croix. 
Agave sp. Luoyp, Journ. New York Bot. Gard., vol. 4, p. 195, 1903.—Agric. News, vol. 6, p. 133, 1907.—As to St. Croix. 
Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves dull green, transiently a little glaucous, narrowly lanceo- 
late, gradually acute, concave, 10-15 by 150 cm.; spine brown, smooth, rather glossy, usually 
somewhat upcurved, conical awl-shaped, often compressed from the side, with slender dull- 
brown involute basal thickening reaching 3 by 10-15 mm., decurrent for its length or more 
and dorsally intruded into the green tissue; prickles red-chestnut, usually 10 mm. apart, 1 mm. 
long, nearly straight, narrowly triangular from lenticular bases, the at first reddish intervening 
margin nearly straight. Inflorescence 5 m. high or more, the upper fourth narrowly oblong- 
paniculate with ascending branches; bracts narrowly triangular, rather distant, apreading or 
reflexed; pedicels 20-25 mm. long. Flowers yellow, pumpkin-scented, 50-60 mm. long; ovary 
20-30 mm. long, scarcely equaling the perianth, oblong-fusiform; tube broadly open, 5-7 mm. 
deep; segments 5-8 by 20-25 mm., equaling the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 
45-50 mm. long, about twice as long as the segments. Not known to bear capsules. Freely 
bulbiferous. 
Caribbees. The ‘‘karaté”’ or ‘‘corita’’ of St. Croix. 
Specimens examined: St. Crorx. Without locality (Eggers, 162, 1870). Bassin (Rick- 
secker, 282, 1896, the type; Mrs. Ricksecker, 104, 1897; Trelease, 12,1907). A few individuals 
are cultivated at the castle, Charlotte Amalia, St. THomas (T’release, 13, 14, 1907; Emanuel, 
1907, 1908). 
No really spontaneous specimens have been seen. 
Agave barbadensis n. sp. 
Plates C, 34-38, 65, and 107. 
Aloe barbadensis mitior, laete virescens et splendens. DiLEeNius, Hort. Elthamensis, vol. 1, p. 23, pl. 19, 1732; pl. 
19, 1774.—Trew, Commerc. Norimbergae, 1744, p. 367. 
Aloe americana muricata. Hucues, Nat. Hist. Barbados, p. 223, 1750. 
Agave americana DittENtus, Hort. Elthamensis Icon. et Nomina, text to pl. 19, 1774.—Maycock, Fl. Barbadensis, 
p. 138, 1830.—ScnomBurGxK, Hist. Barbadoes, p. 588, 1848.—GrismBacu, Syst. Unters. Veg. Karaiben, p. 124, 
1857; Fl. British West Indian Islands, p. 582, 1864; Geogr. Verbr. Pfl. Westindiens, p. 49, 1865, as to Barbados.— 
DrumMMoND and Prat, Bengal Bull., 1905, No. 8, p. 46; Agric. Ledger, 1906, p. 122, as to Dillenian citation. 
A. vivipara Satm, Bonplandia, vol. 7, p. 89, 1859.—As to Dillenian citation. 
Furcrea tuberosa Drumuonp, Rept. Missouri Bot. Gard., vol. 18, p. 35, 1907.—As to Dillenian citation. 
Giant aloe. FREEMAN and CHANDLER, World’s Commercial Products, p. 326, fig., 1907. 
Acaulescent, not cespitose though exceptionally suckering. Leaves dull dark green, 
glaucous when young, broadly lanceolate, rather abruptly acute, concave, almost cochleate 
and plicate toward the end, 25-30 by 150-200 cm.; spine black-brown, smooth, polished near 
the tip, rather unguiculately conical awl-shaped, 3-5 mm. long with dull-brown conical or 
laterally compressed involute basal thickening, making the whole about 7 by 10-15 mm., 
decurrent and dorsally intruded into the green tissue; prickles usually 10-12 mm. apart, 2-3 
mm. long, straight or recurved, narrowly or acuminately triangular from somewhat lenticular 
bases, the at first reddish intervening margin nearly straight. Inflorescence 5-6 m. or more 
high, the upper third or more narrowly oblong-paniculate with very ascending branches; bracts 
deltoid, approximated, appressed; pedicels 10 or even 20 mm. long, the longest bibracteate 
below the middle. Flowers yellow, 65-75 mm. long or more; ovary 45-55 mm. long, consider- 
ably exceeding the perianth, oblong-fusiform, somewhat constricted shortly above the base; 
tube conical, about 15 mm. deep; segments 8-10 by 20-25 mm., about half as long as the 
ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 35 mm. long, less than twice as long as the 
segments. Not known to bear capsules. Freely bulbiferous. 
