Handbook of the Amaryllideae, including the Alstroemerieae and agaveae / by J.G. Baker.

  • Baker, John Gilbert, 1834-1920.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Handbook of the Amaryllideae, including the Alstroemerieae and agaveae / by J.G. Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hab. Mexico; San Luis, Potosi. Described by Jacobi from a plant seen at Kew in 1865, which is still there and has never flowered. I cannot clearly separate from the descriptions A. lamprochlora and A. perlucida Jacobi. 96. A. Humboldtiana Jacobi, Monogr. 251. — Acaulescent. Leaves 30-40 in a rosette, oblanceolate-oblong, 2|-3 ft. long, 5-G in. broad above the middle, narrowed to 3 in. above the base, bright green, slightly glaucous when young, the subpungent brown end-spine 4 in. long, the close very minute deltoid marginal prickles tipped with brown. Inllorcscence unknown. Hab. Mexico; San Luis, Potosi. Described by Jacobi from a plant seen at Kew in 1865, which is still there and has never flowered. 97. A. Kewensis Jacobi, Monogr. 242.—Trunk 4 ft. long below the rosette of leaves. Leaves 30-40 in a rosette, oblanceolate- oblong, 84-4 ft. long, 7-8 in. broad above the middle, narrowed to 4 in. above the base, bright green, the subpungent end-spine short and brown, the face concave in the middle, the marginal prickles small, close, brown, deltoid. Inflorescence unknown. Hab. Mexico. Described by Jacobi from a plant seen at Kew in 1865, which is still there. 98. A. (Litteca) Sartorii K. Koch Woclien. I860, 37; Bot. Mag. t. 6292. A. NoacJdi and rufocincta Jacobi. A. pendula Sclmitt. A. cccspitosa Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. t. 8.—Trunk 1-2 ft. long, some- times forked. Leaves 30-40, spaced out in a lax rosette, ensiform, 14-2 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 2-24 in. above the base, bright green, with a pale band down the centre, the face flat, the end-spine small and not pungent, the minute, crowded deltoid spreading teeth tipped with red-brown. Peduncle lateral, including the 2-3 ft. often cernuous spike 6-8 ft. long. Flowers greenish, 1J-14 in. long ; tube 4 in. long; segments lanceolate, 4 in. long. Stamens about three times as long as the segments, inserted at their base. Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. Introduced about 1863. Frequent in cultivation. This is distinctly polycarpic, and flowers at Kew usually every year. 99. A. (LitUca) oblongata Jacobi, Naclit. 40. — Acaulescent. Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, lanceolate, 2 ft. long, 34 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 3 in. above the base, light glaucous green, the face nearly flat in the centre, the end-spine small and weak, the marginal prickles close, minute, brown, deltoid. Peduncle 4 ft. long. Spike dense, twice as long as the peduncle, Flowers 14 in. long; tube short. Stamens 24 in. long. Capsule oblong, 14 in. long. Plab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 1868, from a plant in the collection of Herr Tonel at Ghent. Perhaps a mere variety of micracantha; the name is not appropriate. 100. A. (Littcca) Haseloffii Jacobi, Monogr. 244. — Shortly caidescent. Leaves about 20 in a rosette, lanceolate, 14-2 ft. long, 8 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 2 in. above the base, bright light green, the smbpimgent brown end-spine 4 in- long, ^ie marginal teeth close and brown, the central ones lanceolate, 4 in.