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Indian Tuberose {Polyanthes tuberosa Willd.), seen 

 only in gardens, where both the single and double 

 varieties flower in the rains; Furcrcea gigantea Vent., 

 a short-stemmed large shrub, radical leaves tufted, 

 fleshy, with spinous tips and edges, unarmed or 

 slightly armed ; Agave 

 Can tula Roxb. (fig. 

 258), the American 

 Aloe, an almost stem- 

 less shrub, radical 

 leaves tufted, large, 

 fleshy with spiny tips 

 and spinous serrate 

 edges, commonly used 

 as a hedge plant like 

 the last — the leaves of 

 both these plants yield 

 a strong coarse fibre ; 

 Crintim asiaficitm{?Lg. 

 259), a bulbous herb 

 common in gardens, 

 with long smooth ra- 

 dical leaves and large 

 umbels of regular 

 white flowers; Cnniim 

 latifolium (sukha-dar- 

 shan), also a com- 

 mon garden herb, 

 with white flowers 



more or less streaked with red or purple nectar - 

 guides; Pancratium verecundum., also a similar garden 

 herb, with flowers having a membranous corona unit- 

 ing the filaments at the base. Hypoxis aurea is a 

 small weed with tubercled seeds. Curculigo orchioides 

 is a small herb with blue flowers. 



Figf. 358. — Agave Canada (a kind ot murgti) 

 /, Flower, b. Bulbils, 1, Radical leaves. 



