LM, 2, 
AGAVE VIVIPARA (p 18). 
(The ‘‘Koeki indian’’ of Curacao.) 
[Plates B, 1, and 3 also.] 
Figure 1. Two representative plants showing the very short and broad leaves and the 
cespitose habit of growth, photographed by Dr. I. Boldingh. About one-twelfth natural size. 
Figure 2. Two leaf-tips showing the lightly curved spine grooved from above the middle 
and slightly prickly on the inrolled edges toward its base; and two leaf-margins at about the 
middle, showing the slender prickles with widened bases raised on low prominences of the fleshy 
margin. (Boldingh, A3.) Natural size, from herbarium material. 
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