36 BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN MEMOIRS 



CONVALLARIACEAE 

 Asparagus officinalis L. Planted for food. 



SMILACEAE 



Smilax ilicifolia Kunth. [S. havenensis of Eggers.] Hillside 

 thickets, St. Jan (?); St. Croix. 



Smilax coriacea Spreng. [S. subarmata O. E. Schulz; S. popul- 

 nea of Eggers.] Hillside thickets, St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Smilax rotundifolia L., cited by O. E. Schulz as from St. Croix, 

 is an error in record or determination. 



Smilax domingensis Willd., cited by A. de Candolle from St. 

 Thomas, is an error in locality. 



AMARYLLIDACEAE 



Atamasco tubispatha (L'Her.) Maza. [Amaryllis tubispatha 

 L'Her.; Zephyranthes tubispatha Herb.] In fields and near dwellings, 

 St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan (according to Eggers). 



Atamasco rosea (Lindl.) Greene. {Zephyranthes rosea Lindl.; 

 ? Amaryllis Atamasco of West.] Cultivated for ornament. 



Crinum erubescens Ait. Along rivulets, St. Croix (according 

 to Eggers) ; cultivated for ornament. 



Crinum giganteum Andr. Cultivated for ornament. 



Crinum longifolium Herb. Cultivated for ornament, St. Croix, 

 and seemingly an escape (according to Millspaugh). 



Hymenocallis declinata (Jacq.) Roem. [Hymenocallis expansa 

 Herb.; Pancratium caribaeum of Eggers; P. declinatum Jacq.; ? P. 

 patens of Schlechtendal ; H. caribaea of Millspaugh.] Rocky coasts 

 and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan. 



Hymenocallis caribaea (L.) Herb. [Pancratium caribaeum L.] 

 Planted for ornament. 



Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Urban. [Amaryllis puniceus 

 Lam.; A. equestris Ait.; Hippeastrum equestre Herb.] Rocky shores 

 and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Croix; St. Jan. 



Agave sisalana Perrine. Persistent after cultivation, St. Croix. 

 Cultivated for fiber. 



Agave missionum Trelease. [Agave americana of Eggers in part; 

 A. sobolifera and A. Morrisii of Eggers.] Hillsides, St. Thomas; St. 

 Jan'. Known otherwise on the other Virgin Islands and on Porto Rico. 



Agave Eggersiana Trelease. [A.' americana of West and of 

 Eggers, in part, and of Millspaugh.] St. Croix. Endemic, but not 

 definitely known in the wild state. Planted for ornament. 



Furcraea tuberosa Ait. f. [F. cubensis of Eggers and of Mills- 



