Agave fourcroydes

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Agave fourcroydes, Lem. (A. ixtli elongata, Auct. A. ixtlioides, Lem. (A. longifolia, Auct. A. rigida, A. rigida elongata and A. rigida longifolia of most writers). Trunk 3-6 ft.: lvs. 3-4 x 60-90 in., gray, with round-grooved spine and slender curved prickles: infl. ample; fls. 2 1/4-2 1/2 in.; ovary 1-1 1/4 in. segm. and tube 1 3/4 in. each: caps. obovoid, slightly stipitate and beaked. Yucatan. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 49, pl. 32. Wiesner Festschr., 349. Mem. Nat. Acad. 11, pl. 110-112.-The sacci, gray agave or henequen, largely grown for fiber in Yucatan. A form with greenish white median variegation is var. medio-picta, Trel.,-Wiesner Festschr., pl. 12. The shorter-lvd. but similar chelem of the Yucatan coast is A. ixtli, sometimes called A. silvestris or A. prolifera, and a related plant has been called A. minima. A large-lvd. poorer form of A. fourcroydes is known as chucumci, and a shorter-lvd. form of this as babci. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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