Agave Victoriæ Regina

Agave Victoriæ Regina (Queen Victoria) is a species of Agave.

Background
Leaves forty to fifty in & sessile rosette, stiff, rigid, lanceolate, 6in. long, 1 1/2in. to nearly 2in. broad above the dilated base, narrowed gradually to a rather  obtuse point, dead green, margined with a continuous white border, like that of A. filifera, not splitting up into threads,  but leaving distinct white vertical bands where it is pressed against the neighbouring leaves; terminal spine 1/2in. long, black, pungent, with usually one or two small spines on each side of it. Mexico, 1875. This is also much too rare a plant. SYN. A. Consideranti.