Unlike the "Bengal Plants", "Botany of Bihar and Orissa" features 5
*Agave* spp.,
and provides KEY -
*I. Leavers over 3 ft. in length, in lax rosette or tufted :-*
* A. Perianth segments not constricted towards the tip :-*
1. L. broadest in the middle, tapering to both extremities :-
L. oblong-lanceolate, neck sharply constricted
.......... *americana* L.
<http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319063-2>
(common ornamental plant throughout the province)
L. linear-oblong, neck not constricted
................. *vera-cruz* Miller
<http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62336-1>. (more
or less naturalized in Singbhum etc)
2*. *L. linear-lanceolate, hardly widened in the middle .
........ *cantula* Roxb
<http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62336-1>.
(cultivated)
*B. Perianth segments narrowed from about the middle to a ligulate tip
:-*
L. straight and narrow, often spineless .............
*sisalana* Perrine
<http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6701-2>
(introduced into Tirhut etc)
*II. Leaves never exceeding 3 ft., in a close globose rosette* ........
*wightii* Dr. & Prain
<http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62361-1>
(Tirhut)
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