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ARBORETUM AND FRUTJCETUM.

PART HI.

Spec. Char., fyc. With a stem. Leaves linear-lanceolate, very stiff; elongated at the apex.

Flower-stem branched at the base; branchessimple. Flowers orbiculate, bell-shaped. (Sims.)

The leaves are very long, straight, and taperingto a long point, with a very few scatteredthreads on the margin. They are of a deep green,edged with yellow. The flowers are globular,greenish, with a purplish tinge, and large. Theflower-stem is about 4 ft. or 5 ft. high, growingvery upright, and branching at the base. It wasfound in Carolina by Lyon, and introduced about1817.

» 6. Y. recurvifo'lia Salisb. The recurved-leaved Yucca.

Identification. Salisb. in Parad. Lond., 31.; Pursh FI. Amer, Sept., 1. p. 228.

Synonyme. Y. rectirva Hort.

Spec. Char., Sfc. With a stem. Leaves linear-lanceolate; green, recurved,deflexed, slightly thready on the margin. Petals broad in the interior.(Salisb.) Stem about 3 ft. high. Flowers a greenish yellow, with a tinge ofpurple. Found on the sandy shores of Georgia by Le Comte; floweringin July and August. Introduced in 1794.

» 7. Y. filamento'sa. The filamentose Yucca, or thready Adam's Needle.

Identification. Lin. Sp., 457.; Reich., 2. 84.; Willd., 2. p. 184.; Trew Ehret, t. 37.; Mart. Mill.*No. 4.; Ait Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 2. p. 291.; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 147.; Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836; BonJard., ed. 1837.

Synonymes. Y. fdliis filamentbsis Moris. Hist ., 2. 419.; Y. virgini&na, &c., Pluk. Aim., 396.

Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 900.; and our fig. 2397.

Spec. Char., Src. Leaves serratedand thready. ( Willd.) The stalkand leaves are like those of Y.gloriosa; but the leaves are ob-tuse, and have no spines at theirends. The flower-stalk rises5 ft. or 6 ft. high, and is generallycovered with flowers for most ofits length. The flowers are largerand whiter than those of Y. glo-riosa, and sit close to the stalk.

On the sides of the leaves arelong threads, which hang down.

Morison states that he saw thisspecies bearing seeds in the garden of Mr. George Crook of Waterstock,near Oxford, in 1675 ; and that the capsules were 3-sided and 3-celled. Itis a native of Virginia, and flowers in September andOctober. It is perfectly hardy.

* 8. Y. (f.) angustifo'lia Pursh. The narrow-leavedYucca.

Identification. Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 227.; Nuttall Gen. PI.

Amer., 1. p. 218.; Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 2236.

Engravings. Bot. Mag., t, 2236.; and our fig. 2398.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Without a stem. Leaves long-linear,rigid; margin slightly filamentose. Capsules large,obovate-cylindrical. (Pursh.) This species has beensometimes confonnded with Y. stricta; but the leavesare narrower, and more recurved, and the threadson the margin much longer. The whole plant is of■ humbler growth: the flower-stem is not branched ; andthe flowers are more oblong than round, and of a greenish white, withoutany tinge of purple. Found by Nuttall on the banks of the Missouri ; and

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