1102 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves entire. (Willd.) A low evergreen shrub. Virgi- 
nia and Carolina. Height 2 ft. to 5ft., rarely 10 ft. Introduced in 1596. 
Flowers white ; July and August. 
Variety. : 
a Y. g. 2 foliis variegatis Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836.— Leaves variegated. 
The leaves are broad and stiff, 
but thin : they are of a very dark 
green, and end in a sharp black 
spine. The flower-stalk is gene- 
rally about 3ft. high, branching 
out on every side to a considera- 
ble distance ; but the flowers are 
very wide asunder on the stalk. 
Sometimes the panicles of flowers 
spring at once from the centre of 
the leaves, without the interven- 
tion of a stalk. The flowers are 
bell-shaped, and hang downwards ; 
and each petal is white within, 
but is marked with a purple stripe 
on the outside. They are scent- 2065. Y. gloridsa. 
less, and are seldom succeeded by 
seeds in England. The fibres of the leaves are used by the Indians to make 
a kind of cloth, and also cords, which they use to fasten their houses to- 
gether, and to make their swing beds, called hammocks. Zt ‘ 
At Carthagena, a starch, or rather glue, is made from gW 
the stem, which may be eaten or made into paste. : i) 
» 2. Y. (c.) supe/rpa. The superb Yucca. 
Identification, Haworth Suppl., Plant. Suec., p. 35.; Bot. Reg., 1698. 
Synonyme. Y. gloridsa And. Bol. Rep. t. 473. 
Engravings. Bot. Rep., t. 473. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1698.; and our jig. 2066. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem arborescent. Leaves sword- ff 
shaped and plaited, with a very strong spine, Flowers 
ovate, bell-shaped, and drooping ; pure white. (And.) j | 
A low evergreen shrub, resembling the preceding i 
species, but rather larger in all its parts. . 
2066. Y. (g.) supérba 
« 3. Y. auoiro‘tia L. The Aloe-leaved Yucca, or Adam’s Needle. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 457.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed 2., 2. p. 291, 
Synonymes. Y. arboréscens, &c., Dill. Hlth. 435.; Y. cauléscens Miche. Fl. Bor. Amer. 5. p- 196. 
Engravings. Dil. Elth., t. 323. f. 416.; Bot. Mag., t. 1700.; and our fig. 2067. 
Spec. Char. §c. Leaves crenulate, stiff. (Willd.) 
A low tree, with the habit of a palm. South 
America. Height 10ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 
1696. Flowers white ; August and September. 
Variety. 
« Y. a. 2 péndula Cat. Hort. Par. p. 24.— 
Leaves pendent. 
This species has a thick tough stem or trunk, 
crowned with a head or tuft of stiff narrow light 
green leaves, the edges of which are slightly serrated, 
and the points ending in sharp, strong, very’ hard 
spines. ‘The flower-stalk rises from the centre of the 
leaves, and is 2 or 3 feet high, branching out so as 
to form a pyramid. The flowers grow close to the 
‘branches, and form a regular spike: they are pur- 
plish without and white within. When the flowers inert BAR SAAEON 
