LILIACEA. 377 
Tribe XII. ALLIEZ. 
Alliee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iti. p. 756. 
This tribe numbers about 350 species, referred to twenty-four genera, whereof twelve 
are monotypic and about six consist of only two or three species, while Aldéwm itself 
is credited with 250 species. Seventeen of the small genera are restricted to America, 
many of them to Chili; but, with the exception of Australia, New Zealand, and 
Polynesia, the members of this tribe are generally dispersed. 
10. MILLA. 
Milla, Cav. Ic. Pl. ii. p. 76, t. 196; Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 799. 
As limited by S. Watson and Bentham and Hooker, this is a monotypic genus. 
1. Milla biflora, Cav. Ic. Pl. ii. p. 76, t. 196; Kunth, Enum. iv. p. 478; S. 
Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. p. 240, et xviii. p. 165; Bot. Reg. t. 1555; Flore des 
Serres, t. 1459. 
Diphalangium graminifolium, Schauer in Linnea, xix. p. 702. 
New Mexico; Sour Arizona.—Norts Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi (Parry & 
Palmer, 884; Schaffner); Sovra Mexico, Guadalupe (Bourgeau, 656), Huahuapan, 
Oaxaca (Andrieux, 66), Aguas Calientes (Hartweg, 233), Tlalpujahua (Graham, 359), 
Real del Monte (Coulter, 1545), near Morelia 5000 to 7000 feet (Galeotti, 5508), Vera 
Cruz to Orizaba (Miller, 135). Hb. Kew. 
Bentham and Hooker retain Diphalangium as a distinct genus near Milla, dif- 
fering, if correctly described by Schauer, in stature, in the insertion of the stamens, and 
in the half inferior capsule. 
11. BESSERA. 
Bessera, Schultes in Linna, iv. p. 121; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i, p. 801. 
A Mexican monotype. 
1. Bessera elegans, Schultes in Linnea, iv. p. 121; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 34; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. p. 477; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. p. 373. 
Pharium fistulosum, Herbert in Bot. Reg. t. 1546. 
Bessera multiflora, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. (reprint, p. 14) ; Kunth, Enum, iv. p. 699, 
Bessera miniata, Lemaire in Flore des Serres, t. 424. 
SoutH Mzxico, Michoacan, near Arumbaro and Uruapan, 3000 to 4000 feet (Galeotti, 
5506), Lagos and Aguas Calientes (Hartweg), without locality (Bates). Hb. Kew. 
12. NOTHOSCORDUM. 
Northoscordum, Kunth, Enum. iv. p. 457; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 802. 
A genus of ten species, one of which is a native of China, and all the rest of extra- 
tropical and Andine America. Two of the American species (especially V. fragrans) 
are naturalized in some parts of the Old World. 
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