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MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
Dr. Wislizenus, No. 373, May 31, 1847; Cultivated at 
Missouri Botanical Garden, July, 1861; July, 1879; Otto 
Ludwig, San Antonio, 1877; Dr. V. Havard, Eagle Pass, 
1883 ; Albert Turpe, 1893 ; A. A. Heller, June, 1894, Cor- 
pus Christi; Dr. Schott, Rio Bravo del Norte, Lizard 
Hills, April, 1854, somewhat intermediate in form. — Yar. 
brevUuba :~Wnght, No. 1905, below El Paso; Gr. C. 
Nealley, 1887, 1895 ; with protruding filaments, Dr. Edward 
Palmer, 105 miles southeast of San Antonio, September, 
1879, No. 1306. 
Dr. Schott in a note, April, 1854, states that the leaves 
of A. maculata are recommended by the Mexicans as an effi- 
cient remedy against the bites of rattlesnakes. Mr. A. A. 
Heller makes a very similar statement. 
* * Acaulesceat; perennial, from scarcely distinguishable rootstocfc; 
roots fibrous, fleshy; leaves ascending, turned to one side, 
relatlTely narrow, thick, fleshy, fibrous, persistent; end-spine 
homy; flowers normally in pairs, forming a dense subspicate 
inflorescence.— LiTTAEA (Tagl.). G^eminiflorae (Engelm.)- 
^ Leaf with a flliferoos margin; marked with white lines made by 
separatmg from the bud.— Filifekab (Baker). 
** Marginal fibers delicate. 
A. ScHOTTii Engelm. — Leaves 15 to 35 cm. long, 6 to 
12 mm. broad, con ve.x on lovver side: end-spine 6 to 10 
ram. long, slender, terete, brownish-gray ; margin of base 
membranous, sometimes (in variety) serrulate; scape 15 
to 20 dm, high: bracts very slender; flowers pale yellow 
with agreeable fragrance; 30 to 40 mm. long; perianth in- 
fundibular ; lobes linear to oblong, or short and broad ; 
filaments inserted a little above the middle of the tube ; 
anthers 7 to 12 mm. long; ovary broad; capsules nearly 
globular or oblong, 10 to 15 or 25 mm. long, including 
stipe.— Trans. St. Louis Acad. iii. 305, Collected Writings, 
307; Baker, Handbook of the Amaryllideae, 166. A. 
geminijlora var. Sonorae Torrey, Bot. of the Boundary 
(1858), 214. A. geminijiova vnr. Jilifera Terr. Monogr. 
