Agave
an extensive genus of plants leaves, with teeth ending in spinous tall scape of points. From the center of a circle of these leaves there rises, as the plant appopular points. From the center of a circle of these leaves there rises, as the plant approaches maturity, lidaceæ. The species have large, fleshy flowers. The idea that the agave blosmisconception the plant is known under the name of Century Plant. What really fable. But as a result of this pop misconception the plant is known under the name of Century Plant. What really happens is, that some species, taking many years (10 to 70, it is thought) to come to maturity, flower but once, and then die. The plant originally belonged to North America, and is chiefly found in Mexico. It is now cultivated in the south of Europe.