Refugium Botanicum.| [July, 1872. 
TAB. 319. 
Natural Order Linracem. 
Tribe YuccomwE2®. 
Genus Yucca, Linn. 
Y. Guorrosa var. minor (Carriere, Rev. Hort. ix. 861).  Breviter 
caulescens, foliis 835—40 densis anguste lanceolatis rigide cori- 
aceis rectis 15—18 poll. longis medio 15—18 lin. latis glauco- 
viridibus facie prorsus concayis apice brunneo-pungentibus 
marginibus integris brunneo-lineatis, perianthii globoso-cam- 
panulati 18—21 lin longi segmentis oblongis, filamentis ovario 
equilongis, stigmatibus ovario triplo brevioribus.— Y. rubra et 
superba, Hort. 
A native of the Southern United States. 
Stem about a foot long below the tuft of leaves when developed. 
Leaves thirty-five to forty in a close rosette, narrow-lanceolate, 
fifteen to eighteen inches long, fifteen to eighteen lines broad at 
the middle, a bright rather glaucous green, a little thinner in 
texture than in typical gloriosa, narrowed upwards to a brown 
pungent point and downwards to half an inch broad above the 
base, the face more or less concave throughout, the entire edge 
marked by a distinct brown line. Scape slightly exceeding the 
leaves, the oblong-lanceolate moderately close panicle about two 
feet deep. Perianth eighteen to twenty-one lines long, rather 
longer than broad when expanded, tinged with red on the out- 
side; both rows of segments oblong, the inner ones an inch 
broad. laments nine to ten lines long, equalling the flask- 
shaped ovary. Stigmas ligulate, one-third as long as the ovary. 
Tas. ihe ae whole plant, reduced. 2, leaf; 8, branch with 
flowers; 4 and 5, segments of perianth; 6, stamens and pistil: all 
natural size. 7, stamen; 8, pistil: both magnified.—J. G@. B. 
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This dwarf variety of Yucca gloriosa I found growing and 
flowering beautifully, in the open border, in the garden of 
Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., at Brockham Warren, Surrey, who 
kindly allowed me to make the figure now given. For treatment 
see observations on culture, &c., Tab. 315.—W. W. S. 
