PLATE 115. 
AGAVE SISALANA (p. 49). 
[Plates B, 118, and 114 also.] 
Figure 1. A withered perianth, section and fragments of capsules, and large seeds, showing 
the oblong form of the fruit, which is very rarely produced, and its short stout stipe and beak. 
From herbarium material (New Providence, Mrs. Britton, 3415). Natural size. 
Figure 2. The base of a flowering plant, with other panicles in the background, showing 
the elongated straight sword-like leaves and the narrowly triangular bracts. 
St. Croix by the author. About one-twentieth natural size. 
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