568 
Lingua, 
fl’catilis, 
variegata, 
'Viscesa. 
Jpiralis. 
rttusa, 
Mnerkana. 
^ivipara, 
'virginica. 
cubemis, 
lurida. 
HEXAND. MONOG. 679. Agave. 
Nearly ftemlefs ; leaves tongue-fhaped, denticulate-. 
rous, 2-rowed : flowers racemed, ered, cylindr'^^ 
The Cape, Comm. hart. 2. /. 8. Knorr. del. l. t A \1- ' 
a-r® 
Nearly flemlefs ; leaves tongue-fhaped, fmooth 
flowers racemed, pendulous, cylindrical. 
Africa. Curt, mag. r. 457. Comm. hort. 2. t. e. t. 3- .jiit 
with 3 or 4 heads at top, compofed of conipreiTed 
pliable leaves placed in a double row. j 
Nearly ftemlefs : _ leaves in 3 ranks, painted, chaoni,’ 
with cartilaginous angles: flowers racemed, cyltt'^*'^* 
Ethiopia. Comm.pral jt). t.z'i. rar. t.z-]. ^ 
,^umm.prai 79. /. 2». rar. t.zi. , 
Leagues triangular, llightly ferrate, finely veined and fputtea- 
o — , — jiijtiy vcinea ana 
Somewhat caulefcent : leaves imbricate, in % rankS; 
flowers racemed, drooping, cylindrical. 
1 he Cape. Comm, pratl. /. 3 1 , Dill. elth. r.i3./.l3. 
Somewhat caulefcent; leaves imbricate, in 8 rows- 
flovt'ers racemed, recurved. 
1. Leaves fpiraJly imbricate. 
2. Lewes imbricate in 5 rows, 
Africa. Comm. pral. /. 32. Dill.ehb. 16. t. 13./. 14. 
Stemlefs: leaves in 5 rows, deltoid. 
Africa. Curt mag. t. 455. Comm. hort. z.p.n.t. 6. 
Lea<ves fhort, fucculent, comprefied on the upper-fide 
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675). AGAVE. Cere/ ereft, fuperior: caly>-'^'‘ 
ments eredl, longer than the corol. ^ 
Stemlefs: leaves tooth-fpinous ; fcape branched: 
the corol narrowed in the middle: ftamiiW 
than the corol : ftylc longer than the ftamina- 
North America. Borlafe Cornzcall. p. tab. 
cape nhng to 20 feet high ; fo^:ers forming a pyramid* eg 
I A . 1 .. .... . .« * .nT* 
Stemlefs: leaves toothed: ferape branched- tube 
corol narrowed in the middle; ftamina equall'hS 
corol in length. 
America. Comm.pr^I. t. 1 5, Rumph. amb. 5. t. 94. ^5 ; 
Stemlefs, herbaceous: leaves with cartilaginous ferrat*^^' 
Icape very Ample. 
Virginia. Jacq.ic.rar. 2. tab. 
Stemlefs : corols 6-petaIled; leaves ciltaie wkh fpin^' 
t-uDa. Jacq. Amer. too. t. 175./. 28. ^|i- 
Somewhat caulefcent :_ leaves tooth-fpinous: fcape |f 
e ; corol cylindrical, fhorter than the ftamina * 
Ihorter than the ftamina. 
South America. Jarq. ColkB. 4. p. 94. /. 
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