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81074 to 81208— Continued. 



nating in an openly grooved spine. 

 The maroon flowers, over an inch long, 

 are in a stout dense cluster on a scape 

 10 to 15 feet high. 



81082. Agave franzosini Baker. 



No. 58. An agave with roughish 

 white recurved ascending lanceolate 

 leaves up to 8 feet long, armed with 

 dark-gray marginal prickles and a 

 large terminal spine. The tall green 

 flower stem, 30 or 40 feet high, bears 

 flowers over 3 inches long. It is 

 probably native to Mexico. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79464. 



81083. Agave ghiesbrechtii Koch. 



No. 59. A short-trunked agave with 

 lanceolate, spreading, upcurved leaves 

 a foot long, with moderately large 

 prickles and an inrolled spine. Prob- 

 ably native to southern Mexico. 



81084. Agave hookeri Koch. 



No. 61. The rosette of leaves formed 

 by this agive is 5 feet in di , meter and 

 4 feet high. The narrow stout leaves 

 are over 3 feet long, with a stout 

 horny terminal spine 1% inches long 

 and irregularly triangular prickles of 

 variable size and shape. Probably 

 native to Mexico. 



81085. Agave lophantha Scheide. 



Crested agave. 



No. 63. An ; ! gnve, native to eastern 

 Mexico, with spreading, glossy, green 

 lanceolate leaves a foot or more long, 

 with small hooked marginal prickles, 

 and terminatng in a grooved brown 

 spine. The flowers, 1% inches long, 

 are borne on a spike 9 to 15 feet high. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 T9465. 



81086. Agave lurida Ait. 



No. 64. A short-stemmed or stemless 

 plant with a large dense rosette of 

 lanceolate, leathery, fleshy, gray-green 

 leaves 3 feet long, with a slender spine 

 and small prickles. The greenish 

 flowers are borne on a scape 15 to 20 

 feet high. Probably native to Mexico. 



81087. Agave oblongata Jacobi. 



No. 65. A trunkless agave with 

 fleshy bright-green oblong-lanceolate 

 leaves 2 feet ^ong, terminating in a 

 oonical horny spine and with small, 

 chestnut-brown triangular prickles. The 

 inflorescence is 4 feet high. Probably 

 native to Mexico. 



81088. Agave ousselghemiana Jacobi. 



No. 66. A trunkless cespitose plant, 

 related to Agave albicans, with spread- 

 ing glaucous thin oblanceolate leaves 

 about a foot long, with a small needle- 

 like spine and close-set brown prickles. 

 The reddish green paired flowers are on 

 a scape scarcely 3 feet high. Probably 

 native to Mexico. 



81089. Agave picta Salm-Dyck. 



No. 62. A large Mexican agave, of 

 the section Americanae, which develops 

 a rosette up to 10 feet across and 7 

 feet high, composed of 30 to 40 leaves. 

 These are dark gray-green, often re- 

 flexed at the middle, 5 to 7 feet long, 

 with a yellow margin set with numer- 



81074 to 81208— Continued. 



ous straight prickles and an awl-shaped 

 terminal spine about 2 inches long. 

 The bright yellow-green flowers are 

 borne in a large open panicle on a 

 scape 25 to 30 feet high. 



81090. Agave polyacantha Haw. 



No. 67. A cespitose plant, native to 

 southern Mexico, with lanceolate, up- 

 curving leaves sometimes 3 feet long, 

 terminating in a stout spine and mar- 

 gined with close-set brown prickles. 

 The flowers, 2 inches long, are in a 

 spikelike inflorescence 4 to 5 feet high. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79466. 



81091. Agave roezliana gilbeyi Tre- 

 lease. 



No. 60. A fleshy stemless agave, re- 

 lated to Agave horrida, with a simple 

 rosette of 25 to 35 upright thick, 

 hard-fleshed, gray, lanceolate-oblong 

 leaves 8 inches to a foot long. The 

 rather distant slender marginal prickles 

 are often nearly 2 inches long, and the 

 terminal spine is l 1 /^ inches long. Na- 

 tive to Mexico. 



81092. Agave rdpicola Kegel. 



No. 68. A cespitose plant with 

 fleshy, spreading, grayish green, broadly 

 lanceolate leaves up to 2 feet long, 

 armed with small close-set dark 

 prickles and a slender weak spine. 

 The brownish green flowers 1% inches 

 long are on a scape about 10 feet high. 

 Native to eastern Mexico. 



81093. Agave salmiana Otto. 



No. 69. An agave with gray-green, 

 very thick leaves about 3 feet lung, 

 with an elongated gray terminal spine 

 and triangular marginal teeth. The 

 scape is covered with long, somewhat 

 spreading bracts. Native to Mexico. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79467. 



81094. Agave sartori Koch. 



No. 70. The stem of this Mexican 

 agave becomes a foot high with age. 

 The deep-green spreading upright 

 leaves, up to 2 feet long, are narrow 

 lanceolate with a small horny terminal 

 spine and small, close-set triangular 

 prickles. The yellowish flowers, over 

 an inch long, are on a scape 3 to 4 

 feet high. 



81095. Agave schottii Engelm. 



No. 71. A cespitose agave, native 

 to southern Arizona, w T ith linear-tri- 

 angular leaves 6 inches to a foot in 

 length and curved yellow flowers an 

 inch or more long, scented like tube- 

 roses, on a slender scape 4 feet high. 



81096. Agave terraccianoi Pax. 



No. 72. A stemless agave with nu- 

 merous narrowly lanceolate green 

 leaves, spotted pale red and margined 

 with small horny teeth. The greenish 

 yellow flowers are borne in a dense 

 spike on a scape 5 feet high. Probably 

 native to Mexico. 



81097. Agave variegata Jacobi. 



No. 73. A stemless cespitose plant 

 with a rosette of 20 to 25 upcurved, 

 linear-lanceolate, rather fleshy leaves 

 1% feet long. The greenish flowers 

 are on a scape 3 to 5 feet high. Native 

 to northeastern Mexico. 



