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Teinostachyum Griffithi, Munro. Burmali. Tall and slender. 



JSeesJia Travancorica, Beddome. Madras. Tall. 



Beesha Rheedei, Kunth. Southern India, Cochin-China. 



Height to 20 feet. 

 Beesha stridula, Munro. Ceylon. 



Beesha capitata, Munro. Madagascar. Height to 50 feet. 

 Dendrocalamus strictus, Nees. India to Japan. Height to 



100 feet. 

 Dendrocalamus sericeus, Munro. Behar ; ascends to 4000 



feet. Tall. 



Dendrocalamus flagellifer, Munro. Malacca. Very tall. 

 Dendrocalamus giganteus, Munro. Burmah, Penang. Ex- 

 ceedingly tall. Circumference 2 feet. 

 Dendrocalamus Hookeri, Munro. Himalaia ; ascends to 6000 



feet. Height to 50 feet. 

 Dendrocalamus Hamiltoni, Nees. Himalaia ; ascends to 



6000 feet. Height to 60 feet. 

 DinocJiloa Tjankorreh, Buehse. Java, Philippines ; ascends 



to 4000 feet. Climbing. 



Scilla esculenta, Ker. (Camassia esculenta, Lindl.) 



The Quamash. In the Western extra-tropic parts of North 

 America, on moist prairies. The onion-like bulbs in a 

 roasted state form a considerable portion of the vegetable 

 food, on which the aboriginal tribes of that part of the globe 

 are living. It is a pretty plant, and might be naturalized 

 here on our moist meadows. 



Schoenocaulon officinale, A. Gray. 



(Asa- Gray a officinalis, Lindl.) 

 (Sabadilla officinalis, Brandt and Dierbach.) 

 Mountains of Mexico. A bulbous-rooted herb with leafless 

 stem, thus far specially distinct from any Veratrum. It 

 furnishes the Sabadilla-seeds and yields two alkaloids : Vera- 

 trin and Sabadillin ; a resinous substance : Helonin; also 

 Sabadillic and Veratric acid. The generic names adopted 

 for this plant by Lindley and by Dierbach are coetaneous. 



Scorzonera deliciosa, Gusson.* 



Sicily. One of the purple-flowered species, equal if not 

 superior in its culinary use to the allied Salsify. , 



