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( 3654 )<br />

ag a v e am e r i c a n a; var. foli<strong>is</strong> variegat<strong>is</strong>. gr e a T<br />

am e r i c a n al o e ; with variegated leaves.<br />

❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈❈<br />

Class and Order.<br />

hex a n d r i a mo n o g y n i a<br />

( Nat. Ord.—br o m e l i a c e æ. )<br />

Generic Character.<br />

Corolla infundibuliform<strong>is</strong>, basi tubulosa; limbo erecto,<br />

6-partito, æquali. Stamina exserta, summo tubi inserta;<br />

filament<strong>is</strong> long<strong>is</strong>, subulat<strong>is</strong>, compress<strong>is</strong>, stiberect<strong>is</strong>.<br />

An theræ magnæ, lineares, versatiles. Stylus filiform<strong>is</strong>,<br />

subtri gonus. Stigma capitato-trigonum. Capsula oblonga<br />

v. obovata, subtrigona, trilocular<strong>is</strong>, polysperma. Semina<br />

numeros<strong>is</strong>sima, b<strong>is</strong>erialia, plana.<br />

Specific Character and Synonyms.<br />

ag a v e * Americana; foli<strong>is</strong> dentato-spinos<strong>is</strong>, scapo ramoso, tubo<br />

corollæ medio angustato staminibus corolla longioribus<br />

stylo subbrevioribus.<br />

ag a v e Americana. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 461. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Peruv.<br />

v. 3. p. 66. Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. v. I. p. 238. Andr.<br />

Bot. Rep. t. 438. Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 722.<br />

Spr. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 78.<br />

Var. b. foliorum marginibus flav<strong>is</strong>. (Tab. nostr. 3654.)<br />

The Aloe, that Patriarch of the Flowers, which “ blooms<br />

once in a hundred years, and whose blossoms then are developed<br />

with such rapidity, as to occasion an explosion resembling<br />

the firing of a cannon,” <strong>is</strong> the theme of a tale that<br />

all have heard from their infancy, arid to which many still<br />

give credence. In regard to the age at which the plants flower,<br />

that <strong>is</strong> extremely uncertain, and depends much upon<br />

the<br />

* From agauoς, admirable, on account of the stateliness and grandeur of<br />

th<strong>is</strong> plant.

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