REPORT ON THE BOTANY OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS. 69 



"During the administration of Governors Browne and Hamilton (1785-1789), with the 

 view of encouraging agriculture, the Colonial Legislature passed laws for granting bounties 

 and advancing loans to landholders cultivating cotton and aloes. The latter occupation, 

 as I have heard in my youth, was soon discontinued, by reason of several women having 

 died who were employed in collecting the aloe juice from the leaves in the hot sun in 

 summer time. Within my recollection there were patches remaining of these abandoned 

 aloe farms, of half an acre or more, in various places near Devonshire Church and near the 

 Salt Kettle." 



Yucca aloifolia, Linn. 



Yucca aloifolia, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 319; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 582; Chapm., Fl. 

 Southern U.S., p. 485. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Rein. 



North Carolina to Florida, the West Indies, and Mexico. 



Yucca gloriosa, Linn. 



Yucca gloriosa, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 319 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern U.S., p. 485. 



Bermudas. — Introduced. Drifting sands of Port Royal — Jones. 



North Carolina to Florida. 



This species is not included in any other collection or list, and needs verification. 



COMMELINACE^E. 

 Commelina nudiflora, Linn. 



Commelina nudiflora, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 41 ; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog., iii. 



p. 144. 

 Commelina cayennensis, Rich, ex Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 524. 

 Commelina agraria, Kth., Euum., iv. p. 38. 

 Commelina communis, Linn. ? Chapm., FL Southern U.S., p. 497. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous? The commonest spring flower — Lefroy; Moseley ; Rein; 

 Reade. 



Generally diffused in warm countries. 



The Commelina communis of Lane's list is doubtless the same species. 



JUNCACE^E. 

 Juncus tenuis, Willd. 



Juncus tenuis, Willd., Sp. PL, ii. p. 214; Griseb., FL Brit. W. Ind., p. 581 ; Chapm., Fl. Southern 

 U.S., p. 493. 



Bermudas. — Indigenous. Without locality — Rein. 



Widely spread in North America, and extending, according to Grisebach, southward 



through the West Indies to Uruguay. It is also European. 



