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AGAVE geminiflora. 
Twin-flowered Agave. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDER. 
AGAVE \..—Perianthium superum, tubulosum infundibulare, carno- . 
sum, limbo sexfido, laciniis erectis revolutisve. Stamina sex, exserta, 
summo tubo inserta. ‘ Anthere lineares versatiles. Stylus simplex. Stigma 
3-lobum dilatatum carnosum.  Capsula clausa, trilocularis, polysperma. 
Semina nigra, nitida, plana, disticha. Plantee (Americanze)- caudice 
simplici, foltis ¢mbricatis, carnosis, margine dentatis v. jilamentosis ; scapo 
terminali, floribus herbacets. 
A. geminiflora ; foliis linearibus utrinque conyexis ancipitibus patentissimis 
apice spinosis, scapo simplicissimo, floribus sessilibus geminis, stami- 
nibus longé exsertis. Spreng. syst. 2. 79. 
A. geminiflora. Ker in journal of science, vol. 2. p. 88. tab, 1. 
Yucca Boscii. ‘ Desfontaine’s cat. hort. par.” 
Buonapartea juncea. Schlechtendahl suppl. ad enum. hort. ber. 
Litteca geminiflora. ‘* Tagliabue in Bibl. ctal. 1. 100 —l11.” | Haworth’s 
succulent plants suppl. p. 38. 
Radix ramosa, paucis onusta radiculis flecuosis, colore obscuro. Caudex 
erectus, teres, levis, cicatricibus foliorum squamosus. Folia obscure 
viridia, in orbem ad apicem caudicis congesta, sessilia, ancipitia, bast 
tuntummodo incrassata, farcta, substriata, glabra, flaccida, mucrone osseo 
(sphacelato) terminata, marginibus per atatem filamentosis. ~ Scapus 
centralis, simplex, erectus, teres, levis, substriatus, inferne squamosus, 
squamis lanceolato-dentatis, superné multiflorus, floribus in seriem spiralem 
crebram interruptam dispositis. Flores sessiles, geminati, in spicam 
longissimam digesti, bractea lineari - lanceolata, subciliata, florem sub- 
equante suffulti, ochroleuco viridi-violacet (viridescentes), bust cujusdam 
floris duabus aliis bracteolis, ovato-acutis, ciliatis, scariosis preditt. Corolla 
(perianthium) tubuloso-campanulata, sexangularis :. limbus sexfidus, revo- 
lutus, luciniis lanceolatis. Filamenta erecta, laciniarum limbi basi inserta, 
-eoque dupld longiora. Antherse versatiles, magne, oblonge ; | longztudi- 
naliter sulcate. °Germen (ovarium) inferum, ovatum, 6-gonwm. » Stylus 
erectus, simplex, teres, superné crassior, corolld pauld longior. ~Stigma 
inconspicuum. Capsula polysperma, 3-gona. Semina duplict serie in 
singulo loculo, semiorbicularia, plana, nitida, negra. Ker. loc. cit. 
ee epeeranr peerage ee ea ae TE a a NS SRS SET STAD NET 
_ A native of South America, whence it is supposed 
to have been introduced to Europe about 1795. In 1810 
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