24 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



BROMELIACEAE 



TlLLANDSIA BULBOSA Hook. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H41; on a tree along the beach. 

 Distribution: Southern Mexico to northern South America and the 

 West Indies ; the type from Trinidad. 



LILIACEAE 

 Pancratium littorale Jacq. 



Hymenocallis ainericana (L.) Griseb, 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore Lll; at sea level, on 

 shaded upper beach. 



Distribution: Widely distributed from southeastern United States 

 and through tropical America. 



An halophytic bulbous herb with white flowers with an extremely long 

 tube and long, spangle-tipped corolla margin — the "spider lily." 



AMARYLLIDACEAE 



Hippeastrum puniceum (Lam.) Urb. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H42; shaded in moist clay soil in a 

 protected level forest near sea level. 



Distribution : Panama and South America, cultivated as an ornamental 

 m Central America and the West Indies. 



The large red flowers and deep green leaves make this plant an attrac- 

 tive ornamental. 



MUSACEAE 

 Heliconia Lankesteri Standi. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H29; on edges and bottom of small 

 ravine at 400 feet elevation. 



Distribution: Costa Rica and western Panama. 



This is an uncommon plant rarely collected. Elmore reports the flowers 

 as red. 

 Heliconia subulata R. & P. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L17 ; in partial 

 shade of forest opening, elevation 5 feet. 



Distribution: Lowlands, from Guatemala and the Antilles to Brazil 

 and Bolivia. 



