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 f 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 V-¥ 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. 



Omithogalum latifdlium 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 umbellahis 

 L'Her.] 



Gloriosa simplex L., Climbing Lily, African, an herbaceous climber S** 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., Eed-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. oMiqua 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, 

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

 scapes, the corolla V-IV 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 whitish flowers in a narrow panicle, is grown in 

 flower-gardens. 



