LXXX. LILIA‘CEH: YU'CCA. 1103 
have dropped, the head from which they sprang dies ; but, generally, one or 
two young heads come out from the side of the stalk, below the old head. 
Rather more tender than Y, gloridsa. 
= 4, Y. praco nis L. The Dragon Yucca, or drooping-leaved Adam’s 
Needle. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 457. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 2. p. 291. 
Synonyme. Dracdni arbori, &c., Bauh. Pin. 506. 
Engravings. Dill. Elth., 324, 117.; Bot. Reg., t. 1894.; and our jig. 2068. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves crenated, nodding. (Willd.) A low evergreen shrub. 
South Carolina. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. ; some- 
times 6ft. Introduced in 1732. Flowers 
white ; October and November. 
Leaves narrow, dark green, hanging down, 
serrated, and ending in acute spines.. Flowers 
pendulous, milk-white, with a strong unpleasant 
smell. One of the most stately species of the 
genus, conveying no bad idea of a palm tree. 
The great peculiarity by which it appears to be : 
distinguished is, the spreading of the flowers, 7 
the segments -of which, instead of remaining 
closed in a globose manner, as in most of the 
other species, expand till they diverge from the : 
flower-stalk nearly at a right angle. 2068. Y. dracinis. 
# 5. Y. stricta Sims. The upright Yucca, or Lyon’s narrow-leaved Adan’s 
Needle. 
Identification. Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 2222. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2222.; and our fig. 2069. 
Spec. Char., §c. With a stem. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate, very stiff; elongated at the apex. 
Flower stem branched at the base; branches 
simple. Flowers orbiculate, bell-shaped. (Sims.) 
An evergreen shrub. Carolina, Height 4 ft. to 
5ft. Introduced in 1817. Flowers large, green- 
ish white, with a purplish tinge; July and August. 
The leaves are very long, straight, and tapering to 
a long point, with a very few scattered threads on 
the margin. They are of a deep green edged with j 
yellow, and rigid in texture. 2069. Y. stricta. 
» 6. Y. REcuRVIFO'LIA Salish. The recurved-leaved Yucca. 
Identification. Salisb. in Parad. Lond., 31. 5 Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 228. 
Synonyme. Y.recarva Hort. 
Engraving. Our Jig. .inp. 
. Spec. Char., §c. With a stem. Leaves linear lanceolate; green, recurved, 
deflexed, slightly thready on the margin. Petals broad in the interior. 
(Salisb.) An evergreen shrub. Georgia, on sandy shores. Height 2 ft. to 
$ft. Introduced in 1794. Flowers greenish yellow, with a tinge of purple ; 
July, August, and September. 
7. Y.ritamento'sa. The filamentose Yucca, or thready Adam’s Needle. 
ificati i ; Ai . Kew., ed. 2., 2. p. 291. 
cence yeinive Bi ao ca a 2419. virginiana, &e., Pluk. Alm. 396. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t.900. ; and our sig. 2070. 
Spec. Char., &c. ‘Leaves serrated and thready. (Willd.) A low evergreen 
Y hed with the habit of a’herbaceous plant. Virginia. Height of the leaves 
& in. to 12 in.; of the flower stem 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1675. Flowers 
large, white ; September and October. 
The flowers are larger and whiter than those of Y. gloridsa, and sit close 
