AGAVES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Dr. Wilcox states th:it after 
A. Palmeri is tli 
for making the 1 
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few fil)ers, broadly sp 
jrlaueoiis 45 to 120 cm. lonn:, thick at b.iM-. Lmafh-t f<.r 
5=omc distance in the middlo/and laporiii- m'vv nnm.uly tr» 
the compressed apex; end-spine brown, 30 to 55 nun. lon_<r, 
slender, terete, very pungent, decurrent as a narrow bor- 
der for a considerable distance; martrin somewhat repand; 
prickles commencing 10 to 15 cm. below apex, large, del- 
toid-cuspidate, 7 to 10 nnn. long, spreading or retiexed, 
rather remote; flowers 75 nnn. long; ovary 30 mm.; seg- 
ments 20 mm. ; tilamcnts attached a little above the middle 
of tube, 70 mm. long ; anthers very large, 25 to 30 mm. 
long:— Hamb. Gartenz. xx. (1864) 561, Monogr. 61; 
Baker, Amaryllideae, 173.— Plate 53. 
This plant is reported as occurring spontaneously in 
Texas at a point about twenty miles northeast of San 
Antonio, and at Eagle Pass . From the former place Mr. 
Gurney received a plant a number of years ago, and Dr. 
Ten Eyck has sent a specimen leaf from the latter. Dr. 
Ten Eyck was kind enough to search for fruiting capsules 
but without success. A specimen in the Garden Herbarium 
sent by Mr. 0. G. Pringle from " mesas near Jinmleo, 
State of Coahuila, Mexico, April 9, 1886,'' has prickles 
more numerous than those upon the Texas specimens. The 
plant should be looked for in Texas at other points between 
San Antonio and the Rio Grande. 
.«-^- Leaf without hornj margin ; edge repand; teeth prominent. — Amkb- 
ICAXAE (Baker). (Look for A. Palmeri tinder Submar^inatae.) 
A. Americana L. — Leaves oblanceolate to spatulate, 10 
to 20 dm. long, 15 to 22 cm. wide, glaucous; end spine 35 
