
called 5 pe artea rigida, B. striata, and B. hystrix, but what 
are called Bonapartea gracilis and B. gracilis glauca belong to 
|». Dasylirion. 
2 A. das ylirioides, Jacobi. Had just flowered at La Mortola. A, deal- 
9 bata, itg is substantially identical with Jacobi’s plant. 

: Group IxTEGRIFOLLE. 
A. Houlletii, Jacobi. As already stated, this cannot remain in this 
group, but is A. rigida, var. sisalana, in an imperfect state of develop- 

Group GEMINIFLORJE. 
A. geminiflora, Gawl. Is grown at La Mortola under the name of | 
Littea geminiflora. This does not differ materially from the plant of | 
English conservatories. 
Group Atom. 
A, “eh geris Hook. Seen at Hyéres only, just like the form grown 
; at 
= d. HER Salmdyck. Gets better developed at La Mortola than any 
I have seen in England. Shortly caulescent ; leaves lanceolate, 2 feet 
long, 4 inches broad at the middle, green, with a slight glaucous tinge ; 
tip small, not pungent; teeth very minute, coloured brown in the sun 
remaining green when in the shade. 
A. albicans, Jacobi. Seen at La Mortola only. I do not think it —. 
can stand as more than a glaucous- -leaved variety of A. micracantha. —— 
A, chlorocantha, Salmdyck. Seen at La Mortola in a young state. 

Group ÅTTENUATÆ. 
A, elemeetiana, voto A plant seen at La Mortola, agreeing well 
with what we have : P 
B A. attenuata, Salm uitis ck. Has lately flowered at La Mortola, with a 
= cernuous spike 8-9 feet long, and a peduncle about half as long. 

Group Yvocarorrx. 
A. yuccefolia, DC. Seen both at Hyères and La Mortola, flowering 
freely and better rh te than we get it in Vous Leaves We 
1} inch 

base. Spike dense, P feet lou 
the things that interested me most at La 
in full perfection an Agave which cannot | 
dert : 



e tt a small non-pungent end-spine an 
very close minute greenish-white marginal teeth. In the La Mortola 
