Our figure represents the entire plant, from the nursery of Messrs. Colville, where it was first raised from seeds received from New South Wales. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCLXXIII. YUCCA GLORIOSA. _Superb Yucca._ CLASS VI. ORDER I. _HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal. GENERIC CHARACTER. CALYX nullus. COROLLA campanulata, sex-partita, unguibus cohærens: laciniis ovatis, maximis, patentibus. STAMINA. Filamenta sex, brevissima, superne crassiora, reflexa. Antheræ minimæ. PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, obtusum, triquetrum, staminibus longius. Stylus nullus. Stigma trisulcum, obtusum: laciniis bifidis, perviis. PERICARPIUM. Capsula oblonga, obtusa, triangularis, trilocularis, trivalvis. SEMINA plurima, gemino ordine incumbentia. EMPALEMENT none. BLOSSOM bell-shaped, six-divided, fastened together by the claws. The segments ovate, large, and spreading. CHIVES. Six threads, very short, thick above, and reflexed. Tips small. POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, blunt, three-sided, longer than the chives. Shaft none. Summit three-furrowed, obtuse. The segments are bifid, and may be passed through. SEED-VESSEL. Capsule oblong, obtuse, three-angled, three-celled, three-valved. SEEDS many, two-ranked, lying on each other. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. YUCCA floribunda, ramosa, patens: corollis campanulatis, pendulis: foliis ensiformibus, plicatis, apice mucronato. Habitat in America boreali. ADAM’S NEEDLE, with numerous flowers branching and spreading: blossoms bell-shaped, and hanging down. Leaves sword-shaped and plaited, with a mucronated point. Native of North America. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The end of a leaf. 2. The plant in miniature. 3. The chives and pointal. 4. Seed-bud and pointal. 5. The seed-bud cut transversely.