Jacobi 



March 19, 186? 



A dif f erent, equally intere sting , because diverging fron all 



other Agave flowers, is A.. Euenettiana (could be Elleraettiana.E.D. ) , , 



William ? E.D. 



which flowered past Spring at Sir Willan Wilson Saunders in E ng"- 

 land. Descriptior of the plant pacre 178 of the Garden News; awl- 

 shaped leaves (the German is ahrenf orraig - forned like the ears of 

 a grass.E.D. ) i>^ pairs fron each leaf node; perianth funnel-shape^ 

 eonsisting of unconnected t thinlined points around the rin of the re- 



ceptacle (Gernan: f lower-base, E. D. ) ; the point opposite,, 



entirely free Standing on the flower base, the & stamens rising 

 above the (corolla ? E.D.) by 3 tines, 2 inches long. Pistill rising 

 fron the middle of the flower base wlth head-shaped scar,l J/k n 

 long, The position of the points is almost exactly like that of the 

 Fondaffnogen , which are also incised into the floral base , whereas 



th e are entirely that of the Agavae.. 



You see fron this, what distinctly caracteri stier dif f eren- 

 ces the flowers of A^a^ae love.and how little one can think at pre- 

 sent, considering the State o£ knoT, 7 ledge, about a Classification 

 accordin^ to the flowers.. 



Conce^ninsr the Ap-avae nentioned by you, I cone first to the 

 Leckuig-uila fron Satillo. This seens to ne to be a nore conpressed 

 form of A. stricta Gin. No. 83, also often in our gardens as A.. 

 histris. Should this f orn cone into bloon for us, ny suspicion would 

 imnediately cone to a decisiom In the report by Emory, table II 

 p. 213 an A. pa-viflora is nentioned-, which according to the leaves 



and points also toward the plant nentioned by you,, 



only, the leaves are distinctly shorter. On the other hand,, the des« 

 cription of the flower points agairr to your plant.. Only, unf or turnte- 

 ly nothinp* is noted about the length of the points.. 



Also, the plant, which you consider to be A. .f ilanentosa . seens 



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