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ovoid-paniculate with slightly aacending branches; bracts deltoid, not im- 

 bricated; pedicels about 10 mm. long; flowers golden, 50-60 mm. long; ovary 

 30-35 mm. long, half as long again as the perianth, oblong-fusiform; tube 

 conical, about 7 mm. deep ; segments 4 by 15 mm., about half as long as the 

 ovary, filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 30-35 mm. long, more than twice 

 as long as the segments; capsules oblong, 25 by 50 mm., shortly stipitate and, 

 beaked; seeds 6 by 8 mm. 



Rocky plains and ridges, Berry Islands, Andres, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Cave Cay 

 and Great Exuma. Endemic. Erroneously referred by Dolley and by Urban to 

 Agave americana L. ; by Hltclicock to Agave soTioUfera Salm-Dyck. ; and by Mrs. 

 Northrop and Coker to Agave rigida Mill. Bahama Centcry-plant. 



The four following speeidfe described by Professor Trelease, may be but 

 races of A. idhamana. 



3. Agave MiUspaiighii Trelease, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 11: 41. 1913. 



Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves somewhat glossy, green, narrowly ob- 

 lanceolate, concave, 15 by 125 cin. or more; spine red-brown, smooth, rather 

 dull, straight, conical, triquetrous or V-grooved below the midffle, 3-4 by 15-20 

 mm., decurrent for its length or more; prickles usually 15-25 mm. apart, 3-5 

 mm. long, straight and spreading or occasionally reflexed sometimes with up- 

 curved tips, narrowly triangular, scarcely lenticular at base, the intervening 

 margin nearly straight; inflorescence large, paniculate; bracts broadly tri- 

 angular; pedicels about 10 mm. long; flowers (yellow?) 50 mm. long; ovary 

 25 mm. long, little longer than the perianth, fusiform; tube conical, about 7 

 mm. deep; segments 4 by 15—20 mm., three-fourths as long as the ovary; 

 filaments inserted nearly in the throat, scarcely 30 mm. long, about one-half 

 longer than the segments; capsules short-oblong, 20' by 35 mm., shortly stipi- 

 tate and beaked; seeds 5 by 7 mm. 



Low coppices and scrub-lands, Great Exuma. Endemic. Millspauqh's Ce,n- 



TUKT-PLAKT. 



4. Agave cacozfela Trelease, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 11: 41, 1913. 



Acaulescent, not cespitose. Leaves yellowish green, somewhat overcast 

 with gray, typically roughish, lanceolate, deeply concave, 20 by 150-200 em.; 

 spine from brownish becoming gray, smooth; dull, straight or the tip slightly 

 refracted, triquetrously conical, openly grooved below the middle, 3-5 by 15-20 

 mm., decurrent; prickles usually 10-15 mm. apart, 2-5 mm. long in the middle,, 

 nearly straight or the larger ones appressed-recurved, narrowly triangular, 

 rarely lenticular at base, the intervening margin straight or somewhat concave ; 

 inflorescence 6-7 m. high, the upper third densely ovoid-paniculate with" 

 horizontal or slightly ascending branches; bracts broadly triangular, not 

 imbricated; pedicels about 10 mm. long; flowers golden, 50-60 mm. long; 

 ovary 35-40 mm. long, about half as long again as the perianth, oblong-fusi- 

 form; tube rather open, about 7 mm. deep; segments 4^5 by 20 mm., about 

 half as long as the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 40-45 mm. 

 long, rather more than twice as long as the segments ; capsules narrowly oblong, 

 15 by 35-45 mm., shortly conical-stipitate, beaked; seeds 4 by 6-7 mm. Said' 

 to be bulbiferous sometimes. 



Rocky margins of salt marshes, New Providence. Endemic. New Peovidexce 



CENTUEY'PLANT. 



5. Agave acklinicola Trelease, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 11 : 41. 1913. 



Aspect of A. lahamana. Spine from red-brown becoming gray, smooth, 

 glossy, somewhat flexuously recurved, conical, involutely grooved to or beyond 

 the middle, 4-6 by 20-25 mm., decurrent; prickles 5-10 mm. apart, 1-1.5 mm. 



