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NAT0RAL ARRANGEMENT. 



136 Wachendorffa L. 

 133 Xiphidiura Aubl. 



137 Haemodbrum Sm. 

 139 Dilatris L. 



942 Argolasia J. 



140 Lachnanthes Ell. 



941 Lophlola Ker 



944- Barbacema Vand. 

 945 Con6stylis R. Br. 

 943 Anigozanthos K. Br. 



447. ORDER CLXXXIX. HYPOXI'DEJE. 



Genera 3, Species 29; Hot-house Species 1 ; Green-house Species 20 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 



Jfcmty Herbaceous Species 2. $ feet ; 3 feet ; ^ feet. 



America, New Holland, the Cape of Good Hope, Polynesia, and the Indian Archipelago give birth to these 

 plants, which have sweet yellow flowers and linear leaves, protected by long weak hairs. Nothing is known of 

 their medicinal qualities. Divisions and offsets. 



981 Hyp6xis L. 



2 | 982 Curculigo Gae. 



| 983 Molinena Coll. 



448. ORDER CXC. AMARYLLI'DE^. 

 Genera 30, Species 464 ; Hot-house Species 198 ; Green-house Species 138 ; Hardy Ligneous Species : 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 128. feet ; 20 feet ; * feet. 



Here we have another group of vegetation so lovely as to have excited admiration from the days of Solomon, 

 who called them the lilies of the field, down to our own period. Their roots are all bulbous. In stature they 

 seldom exceed a foot or two: in Doryanthes, and some species of CWnum alone, much surpassing such a size; 

 in foliage they possess a uniformity of figure which is very singular; in colour they vary from white and 

 yellow to deep scarlet and azure blue ; in fragrance they vie with the violet and the primrose. Some of the 

 species are natives of thickets in the cooler provinces of Europe and Asia ; others are found deep-rooted in the 

 burning shores of islands where scarcely a blade of grass interposes itself between them and the torrid rays of a 

 scorching sun ; many spring up in the gloomy, damp, and sultry woods of equinoctial America ; and another 

 set intermingles with the Ixias and Gladioluses of Southern Africa Several of the Narcissi, independently of 

 their beauty, possess emetic qualities ; from the viscid juice of Brunsvigz'a toxicaria, the Hottentots procure 

 a poison wherewith to smear their arrows. Offsets and seeds. 



449. ORDER CXCI. HEMEROCALLI'DE^E. 



Genera 18, Species 261 ; Hot-house Species 14 ; Green-house Species 238 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 9. f feet ; 6| feet ; =*= feet. 



These are fine showy plants, bearing their flowers in umbels or racemes, either white, yellow, red, or blue ; 

 they are mostly inhabitants of temperate zones, and are of little utility, with the exception of the aloe, the 

 purgative powers of which need not be insisted on. This genus is, besides, remarkable among Monocotyle". 

 dones for its fleshy leaves, in which, and its woody stem, it offers a striking deviation from the usual structure 

 of these plants. Cuttings, offsets, and division. 



1007 flemerocallis L. 



1008 F6nk/ Spr. 



1005 Agapanthus Herit. 

 978 Polyanthes L. 



1006 Blandf6rdm Sm. 

 1023 Tritoma Ker 



1024 Veltheimza Gled. 

 1022 Aletris L. 



1025 Sanseviera Thun. 



1026 Tulbaglua L. 

 141 Brodi<z\ Sm. 



1010 Pachid^ndron W. 



1011 AloeL. 



1009 Rhipidodndron W. 



1013 Gasteria Haw. 



1012 Bowiea Haw. 



1014 Haworth/a Duval 



1015 A'picra W. 



450. ORDER CXC II. DIOSCORIE^^E. 



Genera'^Z, Species 37 ; Hot-house Species 32 ; Green-house Species 3 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 2. f feet ; 4| feet; * feet. 



A climbing stem, and broad, cordate, or angular leaves, inconspicuous yellowish flowers, and a large fleshy 

 root, are the obvious characteristics of this order, of which the yam is the representative ; the roots of this 

 plant yield one of the most important articles of food in the tropical countries. Roots and seeds. 

 2786 Rajania L. | 2787 Dioscbrea L. 2 | 2785 Testudinaria Burc. 



451. ORDER CXCIII. TA V ME^. 

 Genus 1, Species 2; Hot-house Species 0; Green-house Species 0; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 2. feet ; 3 feet ; *= feet. 



Twining herbaceous plants, with large tuberous roots, heart-shaped leaves, and racemes of small axillary 

 flowers. The roots are purgative and dangerous. Roots and seeds. 



2784 ramus L. *0 2 



452. ORDER CXCIV. SMILA V CEJE. 



; Genera 12, Species 103 ; Hot-house Species 12 ; Green-house Species 17 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 25: 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 49. f 10J feet ; j 12 feet ; =& feet. 



These scarcely differ from the baccate Asphodeleae, except in their usually trifid style, and the membranous 

 integuments of the seed. Many are interesting plants, especially the lily of the valley, a species of Conval- 

 laria, the odour of which is perhaps the most grateful in the vegetable kingdom. Several others, as Uvularia, 

 Smilaclna, folygdnatum, and Trillium are objects of ornament. Smllax is remarkable for its twining stems, 

 and its leaves, which resemble those of Dicotyl^dones ; the roots of several species form the sarsaparilla of the 

 shops, a drug, the nature of which is mucilaginous and rather bitter, and which is employed as diaphoretic and 

 diuretic. Medeo/a is also an active diuretic. Suckers, cuttings, division, and offsets. 



2783 SmMaxZ,. 20 3 

 1037 Ripogonum Forst. 



2819 Jttscus L. *5 



1040 Polygbnatum Desf *0 11 



1039 Smilaclna Desf. 

 1041 Ophiopbgon Ker 

 1038 Convallaria L. 

 1034 Streptopus MX. 



1114 Med&ota L. 

 1221 Paris L. 

 ? 1149 Roxburgh^ Jon. 

 1118 Trillium L. 



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