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AKDOliETUM AND FRUT1CKTUM. 



PART 111. 



Spec. Char., Sec With a stem. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, very stiff; elongated at the apex. 

 Flower-stem branched at the base; branches 

 simple. Flowers orbicnlate, bell-shaped. (Sims.) 

 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 yellow. The flowers are globular, 

 greenish, with a purplish tinge, and large. The 

 flower-stem is about 4 ft. or 5 ft. high, growing 

 very upright, and branching at the base. ' It was 

 found in Carolina by Lyon, and introduced about 



18 l7 - J/ 2396 



» G. Y. recurvifo v lia Salisb. The recurved-leaved Yucca. 



Identification. Salisb. in Parad. Lond., 31. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 228. 

 Synoiiyme. Y. recurva Hort. 



Spec. Char.ySfc. With a stem. Leaves linear-lanceolate ; green, recurved> 

 deflexed, slightly thready on the margin. Petals broad in the interior. 

 (Salisb.) Stem about 3 ft. high. Flowers a greenish yellow, with a tinge of 

 purple. Found on the sandy shores of Georgia by Le Comte ; flowering 

 in July and August. Introduced in 1794. 



m 7. Y. filamento v sa. The filamentose Yucca, or thready Adam's Needle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 457.; Reich., 2. 84.; Willd., 2. p. 184. ; Trew Ehret, t. 37. ; Mart. Mill., 

 No. 4. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 2. p. 291.; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 147. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; Bon 

 Jard., ed. 1837. 



Synoni/mes. Y. fdliis filamentosis Moris. Hist., 2. 419. ; Y. virginiana, &c, Pluk. Aim., 396. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 900. ; and our fig. 2397. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves serrated ^ i ft**. 2397 



and thready. ( Willd.) The stalk 

 and leaves are like those of Y. 

 gloriosa ; but the leaves are ob- 

 tuse, and have no spines at their 

 ends. The flower-stalk rises 

 o ft. or 6 ft- high, and is generally 

 covered with flowers for most of 

 its length. The flowers are larger 

 and whiter than those of Y. glo- 

 riosa, and sit close to the stalk. 

 On the sides of the leaves are 

 long threads, which hang down. 

 Morison states that he saw this 

 species bearing seeds in the garden of Mr. George Crook of Waterstock, 

 near Oxford, in 1075 ; and that the capsules were 3-sided and 3-celled. It 

 is a native of Virginia, and flowers in September and 

 October. It is perfectly hardy. 



• 8. Y. (f.) angustifo v lia Pursh. The narrow-leaved 

 Yucca. 



Identification. Pursh PI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 227. ; Nuttall Gen. PI. 



ft HIT. 1. p. 218. ; Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 2236. 

 Kngravingx. Bot. Mag., t. 2236. ; and our fig. 2398. 



8pei Char. t &rc. Without astern. Leaves long-linear, 

 r\'/\<\ ; margin slightly filamentose. Capsules large, 



oborate-cyUQdricaL (Purth.) This species has been 



anfoonded with Y. stricta; but the leaves 



an; narrower, and more recurved, and the threads 



on the margin much longer. The whole plant is of 



humbler growth : the flower-stem is not branched ; and 



the flowers arc more oblong than round, and of a greenish white, without 



any tire of purple. Pound by Nuttall on the banks of the Missouri; and 



