72 LILIACEAE. 



Phormium tenax Forst., NEW ZEALAND FLAX, of New Zealand, recorded 

 by Lefroy as planted in Devonshire Marsh in 1875, but not flourishing, has 

 2-ranked, linear leaves about 4 long and 3' wide, its red or orange flowers 

 about y long, panicled on a scape longer than the leaves. 



Hemerocallis fulva L., DAY LILY, European, with long linear leaves, and 

 few large clustered yellow flowers opening for a day, on scapes l-2 high, its 

 roots fibrous-fleshy, its basal linear leaves i'-f wide, is occasional in gardens. 

 H. B. Small's description, under this name, applies to some wholly different 

 plant with broad crinkled leaves and white tubular flowers on a scape 6 '-8' high. 



Ornithogalum latifolium L., STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM, of the Levant, with long 

 racemes of large greenish-white flowers and long narrow leaves, is grown in 

 gardens and about houses. 



Abumon africanum (L.) Britton, BLUE LILY, South African, with an 

 umbel of blue flowers on a leafless scape, is common in cultivation, generally 

 known as Star-of-Bethlehem. The linear leaves, shorter than the scape, ap- 

 pear after flowering time. [Crinum africanum L. ; Agapanthus umbellatus 

 L'Her.] 



Gloriosa simplex L., CLIMBING LILY, African, an herbaceous climber 3 or 

 4 long, with alternate, broadly lanceolate, thin leaves 3'-4' long, their tips 

 tapering into a coiled tendril, the solitary long-peduncled flowers about 3' 

 wide, yellow or reddish-yellow, the perianth-segments 6, spatulate, was grown 

 at the Agricultural Station in 1913. 



Gloriosa superba L., CLIMBING LILY, of the Old World tropics, differing 

 from the preceding in having longer, wavy-crisped perianth-segments, is occa- 

 sionally planted. 



Kniphofia Uvaria (L.) Hook., BED-HOT POKER, African, seen in a Hamil- 

 ton garden in 1914, has narrowly linear, rough-margined leaves 2-3 long, the 

 dense racemes of flaming red nodding flowers on scapes as long as the leaves 

 or longer, the perianth nearly cylindric. [Aloe Uvaria L. ; Tritoma Uvaria 

 Ker ; K. aloides Moench.] 



Gasteria decipiens Haw., TUFTED GASTERIA, grown at the Agricultural 

 Station in 1913, native of South Africa, has fleshy, nearly triangular, thick, 

 concave leaves 2 '-3' long, tufted on a very short stem, and a stalked raceme 

 of curved tubular flowers about 1' long, the perianth-tube dilated below. 



Gasteria maculata Haw., SPOTTED GASTERIA, is a similar South African 

 species, with blotched leaves; it is recorded by Jones as grown in Bermuda. 

 [G. obliqua, Duval.] 



Hyacinthus orientalis L., HYACINTH, of southern Europe, is grown in 

 gardens to some extent. 



Sansevieria guineensis (Jacq.) Willd., AFRICAN BOWSTRING HEMP, of 

 tropical Africa, a fibre-plant with long, basal, flat mottled leaves up to 3 long, 

 1' 4' wide, and dense racemes of greenish-white, fragrant, tubular flowers on 

 scapes, the corolla 1'-1J' long, is common in gardens and occasionally seen in 

 waste places. [Aletris guineensis Jacq.] 



Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd., CEYLON BOWSTRING HEMP, of southern 

 Asia, similar, but with narrower concave leaves, was grown at the Agricultural 

 Station in 1913. [Aletris hyacinthoides zeylanica L.] 



Chlorophytum elatum E. Br., CHLOROPHYTUM, South African, with narrow 

 tufted basal leaves and small whiti?h flowers in a narrow panicle, is grown in 

 flower-gardens. 



