136 MISSOUIU BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



IRIDEiE. 



Gladiolus, L. Gen. 1737; Tourn. Inst. 1700. 

 G. Gandavensis. 



Escaped around Abbey Green, Blue Mts. 



AMARYLLIDI7K. 



Hypoxis, L. Syst. x. 1759. 

 H. decumbens, L. Syst. x. 1759. 

 Port Antonio. 



Hemsl. Biol, gives synonym, Anthericum sessile, Miller Fig. PI. t. 39, 

 fig. 2. This, however, is a polynomial, A. sesile foliis linearibus 

 plants, etc. The title page and Pritzel give the date as 1760, but the dates 

 of the plates vary. The above is 1755, Sept. 30th. It is quoted by Linn. 

 Syst. x. 



Crinum, L. Gen. 1737. 



C. erubescens, Ait. Hort. Kew. 1789. 



Port Morant. 



Bulb brought from Jamaica flowered at the Garden, Aug. 3d, 1891. 

 The segments were pure white, slightly tinged with purple near the aper 

 instead of claret purple on the back as described by Baker (Amaryll.). 



Hymettocallis, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 1812. 

 H. sp. 



Cat Is. ; Eleuthera. 



Near H. lacerum, Salisb. (H, rotatum, Ker) . Flowers 7 or 8 in a senile 

 umbel; tube 7 or 8 cm. long; perianth divisions not quite as long, nar- 

 rowly linear. Leaves distichous, 7 or 8, linear, 2 cm. broad, 30 to 40 cm. 

 long, rounded at apex. Bulbs 3 to 6 cm. in diameter. 



Sandy or rocky soil near the sea, often within the range of the tides. 



Agave, L. Syst. vi. 1748. 



A. sobolifeka, Sahn-Dyck Hort. 1834. A. Antillarum, 



Desc. Fl. Ant. iv. 1827. Engelm. notes on Agave, 313 



(25). Gard. Chron. ii. 1877, p. 780, fig. 150. 



Eleuthera. 



Common also on Cat Is., called by the natives. " Bamboo." referring 

 to the flower stalk which rises to the height of 25 ft. 



DIOSCOREACEiE. 



Dioscorea, L. Gen. 1737; Plum. Gen. 1703. 



D. alata, L. Spec. 1753. 



