LXXX. LILIA‘CEHR: YU'CCA. 1101 
« 4, R. RacEmo'sus ZL. The racemose Ruscus, or Alexandria Laurel, 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1474. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 421. 
Synonymes. R. angustifdlius, fructu summis ramulis, &c., Tourn. Inst. 79.. Du Ham. Arb. 4.3 
Fragon 4 Grappes, Fr. ; Trauben Mausedorn, Ger. ; Lauro ideo, Ital. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 145. ; our fig. 2063. to our usual scale ; and fig. 2064. of the natural size. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers hermaphrodite, produced at 
the ends of the branches. (Willd.) A low evergreen 
shrub. Portugal. Height 4 ft. In- 
troduced in 1739. Flowers greenish 
yellow; May. Berries red, with a 
round coriaceous white disk at the 
base ; ripening during winter. 
According to some, this species is 
supposed to be the plant with which 
¢\3J the ancients crowned their victors ; 
but, though the stalks are flexible 
enough to wreath easily, and the leaves 
resemble those represented on ancient 5 
busts, yet the fruit being terminal, does 
not agree nearly so well with the fruit * 
represented in the crowns on these 
busts as that of the Zatrus ndbilis, 
which is axillary, and resembles that shown in the 
coronal wreaths of classical sculpture. 2064. R. racemodsus. 
20635. R. racemésus. 
Genus II. 
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YU'CCAL. Tue Yucca, or Apam’s NEEDLE. Lin. Syst. Hexandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 456. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 2. 291.3; N. Du Ham., 3. 145, 
Derivation. The name of the plant in Peru. 
Gen. Char, Perianth campanulate, 6-parted, regular. Stamens 5, thickest 
at top. Anthers small. Stigmas sessile. Capsule oblong, bluntly trigonal ; 
3-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. Seeds flat. (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; ensiform, pointed. 
Flowers large, white ; disposed in spikes or panicles, terminal.—Shrubs ever- 
green, with the habit of palm trees ; natives of North and South America, 
chiefly on the sea coast. 
In British gardens, most of the species are somewhat tender. They prefer 
a dry and deep sandy soil, or a sandy loam ; and they are readily propagated 
‘by suckers, which are thrown up by the roots, or by side shoots, which are 
occasionally produced on the stem. They sometimes ripen seeds, wl ich, if 
sown immediately after they are gathered, and placed in.a moderate h t-bed, 
will come up in six weeks. In their native countries, their leaves, -eated 
like the stalks of hemp or flax, afford a fibre which may be used like inat of 
those plants, in the manufacture of cloth or cordage; and the stems, mace- 
rated in water, deposit a feculent matter, from which starch may be procured. 
In a floricultural point of view, all the species are highly ornamental ; and 
no lawn or flower border ought to be without some of them. As the yucca 
grows naturally on the sea shore, it is particularly adapted for marine gardens. 
1. ¥. grorio‘sa ZL. The glorious Yucca, or Adam’s Needle. 
ification. Lin. Sp., 456.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 2. p. 291. 
ieee Y. canadéna ‘Ald. Hort. Par.33.; Y. indica, &c., Barr. Rar. 70. t. 1194.3 Y., or Yécca, 
peruana Ger. Emac. 1543. ; Y. nova gloridsa, &e., Lob. Adv. 2. p. 507.; the superb Yucca; Yueca 
nain; Yucca a Feuilles entiéres, Fr. ; prachtiger Yukka, Ger. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1260. ; and our fig. 2065. 
