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plant the iduncls and bracts were just like those of yuccefolia, the 
feet long, and the oblong capsule an inch long, dehiscing 
loculicidally to the base. 
Genus Furcrma, Vent. 
F.g igantea, Vent. The typical form is quite at home at La Mortola 
in the open air, with Night eren glossy rigid ensiform leaves, 4—5 feet 
a 
w deci r teeth about. the middle of the blade. I did not see 
. cubensis or any of its allies anywhere on the Riviera, except young 
plants just reöeivéd at La Mortola from Kew. 
F. a bescens, te Seen at La Mortola in a young state. 
F. Bedinghausii, K. Koch. Frequent in the Riviera gardens from 
Hyéres x ER "r he caudex is always short, the piz reach a length 
of 4 feet, and are persistently very glaucous and scabrous on the 
under parinte: I saw itin flower in two gardens at Mentone, gei 
copious bulbille. At Hyéres it was labelled Roezlia regia. I do 
think F. Roezlii, André, can be a distinct species. 
Genus DomvANTUES, Correa. 
D. excelsa, Correa. Is grown at La Mortola and elsewhere in the 
open air, but I do not think it has ever flowered. 
Genus BrscHoRNERIA, Kunth. 
B. viridiflora, Hort. Hanbury. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 feet 
long, 3-4 inches broad at the middle, glaucous grec, scabrous on the 
under surface eduncle about 2 feet long; panicle 3-4 feet long, 
central branches nearly a foot long, each bra anch er at its apex a 
few cory e. flowers ; bracts large ovate ; pedicels 11-2 inches long. 
Capsule o elon. trigo ous, 14 inches long, ‘dehiscing loculicidally to the 
ase. This is s probably B. udcondes (Hook in Bot. Mag. t. 5,203) in a 
state of full development. 
Order LILIACE®. 
Genus Yucca Linn. 
aloifolia, Linn. Common all along the virus pite ng and 
fruiting freely. Tbe typical form has stems 6 or 8 feet long, green 
ensiform leaves, 1} feet long, n inches broad ii de; mid, keen : 
diameter. 
Y. guatemalensis, Baker. This is one of the commonest species along 
- the whole Riviera, in a great variety of forms, and L had the opportunity 
of studying it far more fully than I had M" he eto do before. It is 
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usually raconis, but is not the of Linnæus, which i 
ounded upon a figure in the ~ Hortus Ehi kenes " of Dillenius. > 
gets up toa hei f 15 or 20 feet, sometimes branching from low 
a great tuft y: leaves. The leaves are always bright green, and reach a 
length ot eet. F Ghei isbreghtii recedes from the type in the 
direction of aloifolia by its rigid scabrous leaves. F. Mazelii and Y. 
- lenneana, on the other hand, have less ye recurving leaves, and the 

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