belong here. Some species, A. Ixtli , Karw., in the gardfen ofC ! 0 beswide-spi'>' 1 
H, The spikes 
tfe,e slate. Mr./Thi&ret,of Antibes, bears both capsules and bulblets ; 
andt so appears to do A. sobol&fera (A. viviftara , Lam.) None, 
of our species possess this peculiarity. 
' The native country of the Agaves is preeminently Mdxicof dm 
the southwestern parts d£ the? United States, mostly in Arizona*! 
■Agave maculosa, 
Lesubterraneo era 
lundulatis demum i 
Jeo-denticulatis; spic 
lovaio-lanceolato b 
\ ' 13' species are found ; but only one of these extends to the 39 0 and ■ ^ subeylindrk 
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even 40° N. Laf., while in California the northern limit df tfejj 
Agaves is.about34 0 . A few species seem to' be natives of the. 
West Indies, and a few more may be.peculiar to South America*. 
The Agaves said to come from the E ast Indies,. St. Helena, and; 
other ;.parts of the old world, are propably all forms of A. <Am$^, 
ricana? originally brought there from America.- 
I now proceed to the enumeration of the species of the territory, 
of the United States, and of a few undescribed or i.mperfeq%& 
known foreigh Agaves of which f possess sufficient mater^ai:l*«H 
5 ,r ~~TA gave, Lin. 
f Perianthium superum tubulosum vek&affipanulaturp, subregtxf 
! lare, subpersistens, limbo 6-fido, lacixiiis, valvatis. Stamina $ 
\ filamenta ‘ tubo plus minus adnata, inalabastro inflexa, de^Wm 
plerumque longe exserta ; anthetae lindares vef|atiles : , r - Of ari^m 
inferum, triloculare, oyulis anatropis horizontalibus in locplp^ 
singulo biseriatis ; stylus apice incrassatQ.trilpbus. Capsula‘^gS| 
acea, loculicide trivalvis ; semina 6-seriata numerosis$ima, 'planp-^ 
compressa, nigra ; embryo axilis, longitudine albuminis cornei ^ | 
Plantae American®, praecipue Mexicahae, afcaules vel caule 
scentes, saepius giganteag ; foliis. crassis saapissime aQuleato-derxjta 
ti s sp i no so- m u cr-o n a ti s. 
I. SlKGUIilFLOR^E. 1 ' ’ 
FloVes e hraotearurn axitlis s 
gul.i, laxe spicati. X . 
The species -of this section have a more herbaceous ch arncter 
than'those'of the two others ; they are stemless, with softer, p rm 
bably; always annual leaves^ not contracted above t-he basqf with 
ibrevioribus, stai 
Lstylum plerumque 
Erdatis ; capsula obi 
|a -A.inaculata. b 
I Regel; A. Virgin i 
lard. BREV 1 TUBA : 
llongis, antheris loi 
Kong the Rio Gra 
lizeiras, 1847 ; Bij 
■fisn, Wright, No. 
lewhsat different fi 
k{-| inches thick 
■fcaPfibres at the b 
He. concave* flexux 
pe 6^12 inches lc 
KHnches long ; ov 
fc, filaments* anc 
fcarkable on acco\ 
k which form is < 
■Polyanthes. TV 
kg, i inch thick) 
fc species. Seed 
kus, marked by i 
1 2. AgAVE VIRG 
kceolatis concavi 
pus herbaceo rr 
ritix s i L 
marginal asperities more thap teeth, and a terminal bristle mog^ * This« 
than a spine. They are the Lferbacece- and Subinermes of aiL-^ 1 
thors, which, however, include sbme species of the next section 
Only about a dozen species are known, three of them within c^l^^hichcharacters 
® regard to Poly anil 
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