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Refugium Botanicum.] (July, 1872. 
TAB. 326. 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDACER. 
Genus AGAvE, Linn. 
A. variecata (Jacobi, Hamb. Gartenzeit. xxi, 459). Acaulis foliis 
15—18 dense rosulatis carnosis lorato-lanceolatis medio polli- 
cem latis viridibus leviter glauco tinctis maculis luridis 
adspersis ad apicem haud pungentem sensim attenuatis 
facie carinato-concavis dorso convexis marginibus cartilagineis 
obscure crenulato-denticulatis exterioribus recurvatis, scapo 
bipedali, floribus 15—20 viridibus solitariis laxe spicatis, 
perianthio 14—15 lin. longo, ovario oblongo, tubo anguste 
infundibuliformi segmentis rubro-brunneis oblongo-lanceolatis 
flore expanso reflexis equilongo, filamentis rubescentibus 
bipollicaribus. 
Probably a native of Mexico. 
Acaulescent. Leaves fifteen to eighteen in a dense rosette, 
lorate-lanceolate, fleshy, not coriaceous in texture, finally twelve 
to fifteen inches long, an inch broad at the middle, narrowed 
slightly to the base, and gradually upwards to a non-pungent 
point, a slightly glaucous-green, with numerous faint lurid 
blotches, the innermost erect, the rest recurved, the face concaye, 
the back rounded, the horny edge obscurely denticulate. Flower- 
stem two feet long without the inflorescence, bearing more than a 
dozen bract-like leaves. Flowers about twenty, with a strong 
smell of honey, lax, quite sessile, solitary, with two to three 
minute membranous lanceolate bracts at the base. Perianth 
green on the outside, fourteen to fifteen lines long; the ovary, 
tube and segments all about equal in length, the ovary oblong, the 
tube narrowly funnel-shaped, the segments oblong-lanceolate, 
reddish brown on the inside, reflexed when the flower is fully 
expanded. Filaments two inches long, reddish brown, at first 
ascending, finally drooping. Anthers linear-oblong, three-eighths 
of an inch long. 
Tas. 326.—1, whole plant, reduced. 2, leaf ; 3, raceme: both 
natural size.—J. G. B. 
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This small, soft-leaved, interesting Agave I’ obtained from 
Mons. L. de Smet, of Ghent, under the name of maculata. I 
requires the protection of a warm greenhouse, and should not be 
