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ECOLOGY 



Fig. 921. Fig. 922. 



Fig. 921. — The century plant (Agave amerwina) at the time of the rapid develop- 

 ment of its gigantic inflorescence; note the growing flower-stalk with its large bracts and 

 the rosette of stiff foliage leaves ; Washington Park, Chicago, 111. — Photograph supplied 

 by Fuller. 



Fig. 922. — The century plant {Agave amerkana), showing a fully developed inflores- 

 cence; note that the leaves, deprived of their accumulated water and food by the growing 

 inflorescence, have fallen back limp ; the plant dies after the ripening of the fruit ; Wash- 

 ington Park, Chicago, 111. (the same plant as in Fig. 921, two months later). — Photo- 

 graph suppUed by Fuller. 



