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p 6 . Agave parviflora, Torrey , Bot. Mex. Bound. 
parvula, acaulis ; foliis rosulatis term adpressis e basi lata vagi- 
nante dentata lineari-lanceolatis margine infra bruneo-dentato surrfl _ 
sum in filamenta brevia crassa alba soluto, spina terminali rigida jOn the Kio Orani 
supra plana ; scapo elatiore, pedicellis brevissimis; floribus g&- 
minis seu subquaternis parvis, ovario oblongo perigonio duplo 
breviore, tubo profunde campanulato lobis oblongis erectis 
longiore, filamentis basi tubi insertis subinclusis ; capsul m pisfflB (inon 
formi subglobosa breviter cuspidata. 
On various sierras in the Pimeria Alta in Southern Arizona, in S 1 
fl. & ff. in July, A. Schott.—The leaves of this prettiest and small- ; ;®)t n 
est of all Agaves are, together with the broad, sheathing base, not nog 1 
quite 3 inches long ; base i inch wide and a little longer ; blad& ||BBien th 
inches long, 4 lines wide, somewhat contracted above the base ; Jphas 
-spines 2 lines long, at last gray. On its lower third or half the inche 
leaf-margin bears very small, but rigid, sharp teeth, and higher ^ience 1 
f up separates into a few short, stout, white filaments—the only ,, 4 g(oi 
instance of this combination, I believe, in the whole genusv^&n bas 
Scape 4-5 feet high. Flowers 6, ovary over 2, tube 2 $, and lobes broutin^ 
il lines long, with stamens and style about 4 lines in length and bcjibes 
scarcely reaching beyond the lobes of the perigon ; anthers 3 ? ca!p- ^ , 
stale 4-5, and seeds if lines long. 
*** Folia margine aculeato-dentata. 
7. Agave heteracantha, Zucc. in Act. Leof. Car. 16, 2, 
675 ; Kunth , Bn. 5, 836: subcaulescens ; foliis crassis rigidis 
lineari-lanceolatis in margine corneo demum soluto aculeos com- 
planatos uncinatos gerentibus, spina terminali valida subterete 
versus basin leviter exarata ; scapo et spica bracteis e basi trian- 
versus oasm ievitei exmaia , &capu cl uiaucio c uaai uiau- ' “ 
gulari subulatis marcidis demum deciduis ornato ; floribus r m M ai k red-brow 
pedicellis brevissimis binis, perigonio^ ovario oblongo longiore,'% 
ear Ocotillo, direction of Tepic, in Western Mexico, leaves of p. 
1 scape 5-6 feet high, and which, like many narrow-leaved A||- 
L Palmiila by the natives; unfortunately no flowers came along, 
idescribed Agave, it may be designated as A. angustissimA : 
3 lines wide, convex on the back, filamentose on the margin, 
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