90 189. AMARYLLIDEX.—140. TACCACEX. 
5. Lycoris straminea, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. iii. 
(1848) p. 76; Walp. Ann. i. p. 834 et iii. p. 616; Kunth, Enum. 
v. p. 946 ; Baker, Handb. Amaryll. p. 40. 
CurNA (Fortune ex Lindley). 
l. Pancratium biflorum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 125; Kunth, 
Enum. v. p. 661; Benth. FI. Hongk. p. 867 ; Maxim. in Engl. 
Bot. Jahrb. vi. (1885) p. 81; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 285; 
Baker, Handb. Amaryll. p. 119. 
Honexone (Champion, Hance ex Bentham). 
Northern India. ) 
Agave americana, Linn., Agave lurida, Jacq., and Pancratium 
zeylanicum, Liun., have been cultivated in China, but not found 
in a wild state. 
140. TACCACE. 
(By C. H. Wnranur, A.L.S.) 
1. Tacca pinnatifida, Forst. Char. Gen. p. 70, t.35; Lour. Fl. 
Cochinch. p. 300, excl. syn. Tacca sativa, Rumph. 
CHINA ex Loureiro. 
This has not been gathered by any recent collector, and its 
sole claim to be regarded as a Chinese plant rests on the state- 
ment of Loureiro. 
Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, and Poivnesia. 
1. Schizocapsa plantaginea, Hance, in Journ. Bot. xix. (1881) 
p. 292. 
Kwanetune: North River, Canton (Faber ex Hance, Ford, 
376! Gerlash!), Lienchau (B. C. Henry!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 
Kew. 
141. DIOSCOREACEX. 
(By C. H. Wrrent, A.L.S.) 
1. Dioscorea alata, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1033; Zour. Fl. 
Cochinch. p. 623; Kunth, Enum. v. p. 387; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. 
Or. t. 810; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 296; Bretschneider, 
Early Res. p. 177. 
CHINA (ex Loureiro). 
Tropical India. 
