PLATE, 3: 
AGAVE VIVIPARA (p. 18). 
[Plates B, 1, and 2 also.] 
Figure 1. A cluster of flowers preserved in fluid, showing the short pedicels, oblong 
ovaries slightly stipitate at base, short open tube, and rather short filaments; and a flower split 
longitudinally to show the shallow tube with filaments inserted at its top. (Boldingh.) Natural 
size. 
Figure 2. The upper part of a dried panicle branch, showing the short pedicels and short 
broad capsules stipitately contracted at base and very slightly beaked at top. (Boldingh.) 
Natural size. 
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