683 LILIACE*. 



2*. ALOE, L. 



Perigone tabular, deciduous : limb 6-fid. Stamens hypogynons : anthers introrse. Style 

 simple : stigma 3-lobed, or snbentire. Capsule loculicide : seeds black. — Succulent, often 

 woody plants ; flowers racemose. 



3*. A. vulgaris, Lam. Stoloniferous, nearly stemless ; leaves few, rosulate, fleshy, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, glaucous, spinose-dentate ; flowers yellow, nodding : perigone eqnal-, 

 stamens shortly exserted. — Desc. Fl. 3. t. 130. — A. barbadensis. Mill. A. perfoliata, var. 

 vera, L. — Scape 2'-3' high, li"-2" thick at the base, often few-branched ; perigone 1" long. 

 — Hab. Naturalized and cultivated in Jamaica, Antigua !, Wullachl. ; S. Vincent I, Guild. ; 

 Barbadoes, on dry hills ; [said to be introduced from the Canary islands, or the Bermudas, 

 {SI.), naturalized in the southern Mediterranean region !]. 



3. YUCCA, L. 



Perigone 6-partite, persistent. Stamens perigynous, included : anthers introrse, erect. 



Stigmas 3, sessile. Capsfile fleshy, tardily loculicide at the summit, many-seeded ; seeds 



depressed, black. — Woody plants; leaves rosulate at the summit of the simple trunk; 



Mjiicle terminal. 

 l^'S. Y. aloifolia, L. Stout ; leases lanceolate-acuminate, or lanceolate-linear, thickish, 



■ngii, crenttlate-scabrous at the- margin, pungent at the summit, interior erect ; perigone 

 .'lurid : segments erect, ovate, or ovate-oblong, pointed. — Thiss. Fl. 2. t. 29. — 10'-12' high ; 

 'leaves li"-l" broad; perigone li" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al.; Antigua!, Wullschl.; 



[Southern United States, Mexico]. 



Tmbe II. AMAETLLIBM.m.—Omry inferior. 



4. AGAVE, L. 



Ferigonial limb 6-partite, persistent : stamens inserted intp its tube, exserted : anthers 

 incumbent, introrse. Style simple. Capsule loculicide, many-seeded : seeds flattish, black. 

 — Leaves fleshy, rosulate at the lose of a stout, many-flowered, peduncle or scape; lobes 

 of the perigone narrow. 



4. A. americana, L. Stemless ; leaves thick, glancons, linear-acuminate, spinose at 

 the point and margin, exterior recurved; flowers greenish-yellow, densely clustered at the 

 summit of the alternate branches of the scape ; perigone constricted above the ovary. — 20'- 

 36' high ; perigone li"-2" long. — Hab. Jamaica, (JP. Br.), common on barren, rocky hiUs ; . 

 Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Dominica, Imr. ; [Cuba-, Mexico ; naturalized in Southern Europe I 

 and East Indies !]. 



No other Agave oecms in our collections: A. antillarum, Desc. Fl. 4. t. 284. ("flowers 

 orange-coloured, leaves 5" broad, pointed") is to be compared mtli A. soiol^era, Sulm.j 

 said to be introduced from Jamaica and Haiti ; A. Keratto, Mill., (" leaves 3" broad, green, 

 suberect "), introduced from S. Kitts, is doubtful. 



5. FOURCROYA, ent. 



Character of Agave, but perigonial tube filiform, lobea elliptical, stamens included, filaments 

 dilated below. — Woody plants ; leaves fleshy, rosulate at the summit of the simple trunk ; 

 flowers racemose, simple-ternate along the branches of stout, terminal peduncles, often 

 transformed into biilbilli. 



5. P. cubensis, Haw. Leaves linear-lanceolate, coarsely spinose-dentate; bnlbilli 

 " ellipsoidal." — Jacg. Amer. Pict. t. 261. /. 25 : the flower. — Agave, Jacj. — Trunk short, 

 erect ; peduncle 30'-35' high ; perigone whitish : limb about 1" long, as long as the tube. — ■ 

 Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, Prf.; Tabagoj [Cuba to Brazil]. 



6. P. gigantea, Vent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, muoronate, quite entire; bnlbilli 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. — Jacj. Ic. Bar. t. 379. Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 25, 26. — Agave foetida, 

 L. — Trunk at length 3'-4', peduncle 35'-30' high ; perigone greenish-white : limb about 



