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DASYLIRION 
Very ornamental desert plants with either very 
short trunks or none at all. Leaves very long, 
straight and slender, usually spiny and toothed on 
edges. Flowers in very tall, dense spikes. Their 
whole appearance is novel, attractive and inter¬ 
esting. Require no care. 
D. acrotrichum (D. gracile). Mexico. Habit and 
general appearance similar to following, but leaves 
are clear green. 
D. glaucophyllum. Mexico. Trunk short if any. 
Leaves very glaucous; numerous, standing almost 
rigid in all directions, about two or three feet long 
and an inch broad. Margins armed with numerous 
small, spiny teeth. Flower spike about S ft tall. 
D. parryi. Leaves very slender, long and narrow, 
often strongly twisted, rough on both sides and 
minutely serrate, finely striped white and green. 
D. quadrangulatum. Mexico. Very distinct and 
handsome. Leaves about a third of an inch in 
diameter and four to six feet long when fully devel¬ 
oped; four-angled, edges rough but not spiny; ex¬ 
tremely numerous and usually stand almost per¬ 
fectly straight in all directions. Flower stalk about 
15 feet tall. Very fine. 
D. serratifolium. Mexico. Very similar to D. 
gracile. Leaves are longer and more recurving. 
NOLINA 
General appearance much the same as Dasy- 
lirion ; in fact, are only distinguished botanical!}-. 
N. beldingi. Lower California. Ultimately be¬ 
comes a tree eight or ten feet high. Leaves stri¬ 
ated, glaucous, about a yard long, nearly an inch 
wide, fiat, thin and tapering to a point; minutely 
and sharply serrate, mostly twisted. Center leaves 
form a compact bundle. 
N. longifolia. Mexico. In time forms a trunk 
five or six feet tall. Leaves much like preceding, 
not glaucous, about an inch or more wide; older 
ones very drooping. Center leaves loose and 
slightly spiral, usually forming a tube. Decidedly 
handsome. 
YUCCA 
Desert plants with spiny-pointed leaves. White 
flowers like lilies are borne in large, branching 
panicles on a stalk rising considerably above the 
leaves. 
Y. aloifolia rubra. Forms a tall trunk. Leaves 
stout and rigid with extremely sharp, terminal 
spine. Yellowish green, becoming strongly tinged 
with red on surface toward the sun. Flowers 
tinged purple outside. 
Y. aloifolia variegata. Habit same as preceding. 
Leaves striped light and dark green with yellow 
margins, minutely toothed, red at tip. 
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Dasylirion quadrangulatum 
Y. gloriosa recurvifolia (Y. pendula). Forms a 
short trunk. Leaves long, slightly glaucous, grace¬ 
fully drooping; smooth on upper surface, rough on 
lower. Flowers green in bud, white when fully 
opened. An excellent tub plant. 
Y. whipplei. SPANISH BAYONET. Southern 
California. Forms no trunk whatever, but sends 
up a tall, slim, panicled flower stalk. Leaves nar¬ 
row. stiff, glaucous and without threads. Very 
handsome in bloom. 
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