Agave. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 167 
Amica nocturna. Rumph, Amb. 5. p, 285, t. 98. 
Hind. Gool shubbo. 
Beng. Rujunee-gundha, 
In Gardens only, where both the saad and double 
varieties blossom all the year, but chiefly during the . 
rains. 
ALOE. Schreb. gen. n. 581. 
Calyx none. Corol erect, with the mouth expanded ; 
bottom nectar-bearing. Filaments inserted on the recep- 
tacle. 
oye perfoliata, Willd. 2. 185, 
Leaves ensiform, dentate, erect. Flowers racemed, re- 
flected, cylindric. 
Kadenaku, vel catevala. Rheed. Mal. 11. t, 3.. 
Taruni. Asiatick Researches. 4, 272. 
Sans. Ghrita-koomaree. 
Beng. Ghrita-koomaree. 
Hind, Gheekoomar. The gum Elwa. 
Itis common in gardens throughout India. 
AGAVE. Schreb. gen. n. 582. 
_ Calyx none. Corol erect, superior. Filaments longer ; 
than the corol, erect. | 
ih Cantula. R. 3 ! 
| Stemless. Leaves oleate Scape ramous. Tube 
of the corol contracted at the middle, Stamina much 
longer than the corol, Style about the same length. 
Aloe Americana. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 94. 
Sans. Kantula, which induces me to think it indigenous. 
Bilatee-ananas, (i. e. Europe*Pine apple) is the Hindoo 
name upich seems to imply that this plantis not an ve 
