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domain. The spikes are slender, the flowers fragrant, the stig- 
matic lobes wide-spreading. ^ 
1. Agave maculosa, Hook. Bot. Mag. 1859, t. .5122: foliis 
e caudice subterraneo crasso cylindrico lanceolato-linearibus con- ***** 
cayis undulatis demum recurvatis glaucis lurido-maculatis carti- 
lagineo-denticulatis ; spicae laxiflorae bracteis lanceolato-subulatis ; 
ovario oyato-lanceolato brevi, lobis lineari-oblongis erecto-patulis 
tubo gracili subeylindrieo sursum parum ampliato plerumque 
multo brevioribus, staminibus fauci ipsae insertis lobos vix aequan- 
tibus stylum plerumque superantibus, stigmatibus demum patulis 
obcordatis ; capsula oblonga longe cuspidata basi in stipitem con- 
tracta.— A. maculata* Engelm. in Bot. Mex. Bound. 1859, P* 2I 4 ’ 
non Regel; A. Virginica , Torr. ibid., non al. 
Var. ft. brevituba : lobis perigonii tubo magis ampliato fere 
aequilongis, antheris kmgioribus. 
Along the Rio Grande from below El Paso to Matamoros, 
Wislizenus, 1847; Bigelow, Schott, 1850-52; the variety below 
El Paso, Wright, No. 1095.—FI. May and June.—The caudex, 
somewhat different from the allied species, is a black cylindric 
stock i-f inches thick and 4-6 inches long, bearing thick white 
radical fibres at the base. Leaves 5-1 foot long, as many inches 
'wide, concave, flexuous, at length recurved ; scape 2-4 feet high, 
spike 6-12 inches long; fragrant purplish-green flowers, about 
2 t-2j inches long ; ovary 3-4 lines, tube 1 inch and lobes 7-9 lines 
long, filaments* and anthers as long as lobes. The stigma is 
remarkable on account of the deep emargination, almost biloba- 
tion, which form is only indicated in other Agaves, but is distinct 
in Polyanthus. The firmer texture of the capsule (i£ inches 
long, £ inch thick), and its stipe and beak, further characterize 
this species. Seed 2-2 J lines wide, thicker than usual in this 
genus, marked by a flat reticulation. 
2. Agave Virginica, Lin.: acaulis; foliis late seu oblongo- 
lanceolatis concavis undulatis flexuosis demum recurvis laete viri- 
dibus lierbaceo mucronatis margine asperatis; perigonii ovario 
they o 
e of the few Agaves with stam 
1 three sections. It is not i 
of these American plants wit! 
:ters are wanting in Polyanthe 
0 short that they may be called 
sible that superficial investi: 
Asiatic genus Polyanthes; bu 
tnd fila ments doubled u p in th< 
Lunth (En 5, p. 48) already suggests thi 
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