Naiuissm I 6.] 



i u 1 1 »a« i ; 



161 



as :m agreeable Btimulant in many culinary preparations and liqueui 



I • • > 1 1 1 1 of v iew it i^ frequently u» d to assist tlie eruption of exanthi n 



the same principle thai bird-fanciers give it t>i birds in the moult Jt ha 



a caxminatdve, antispasmodic and emmenagogue.' /' rilian saffron i 



from Crocus odorus, according td Gussone. According 1 • 



pseud-acorus very nearly approach Coffee in quality / .. i 



urded as an antisyphilitic ; [ris fcatidissima, the {i»p»« of Dioscori 

 tation as a cure for scrofula Gladiolus segetum has been fancied an aphi 

 n potation doubtless obtained from its acrid qualities, which seem t" occur in the whole 

 < >rder, as far as they have been examined. Nevertheli --. we are told that the Hot1 

 eal the tubers <>r conns of various species, whose Btarch renders them nutritio 

 of Trichonema edule are eaten by the natives of Socotra, as we learn from v. 

 According to Endlicher, tin- purple Bowers of [ris germanica and sibirica, treated with 

 lime, furnish a green colour ( Liliengriin), "much used by artists." The Btem of W 

 maura is said to abound in rich saccharine juice. Bot /■' . i. '. Somi B 

 are purgative, among which Martins particularly enumerates Ferraria purgaue 

 cathartica, and Sisyrinchium galaxioides. 



«.l SERA. 



Slsyrinchium, /.. 



vucUana, Tourn. 

 ynchium, HfTmsg. 

 Orthrosanthus, Sweet. 

 Solenomelna, Miert. 



Crukthani 

 Symphyostemon, Jlf iert. 

 Eleutberine, II, rb. 

 P . thirisma, //■ rb. 

 Echthronema, n 

 Eripiiilema. Herb. 



Calydorea, II, rb. 

 Olomosia, Herb. 

 i bilea, Bert. 



I'll*: Popp. 



Pi r , Kunze. 



Libeitia, Spr. 

 Rem ■ ■. R Br. 



ma, Dietr. 

 Cipnra, Aubl. 

 Marie I, Schreb. 



- Oisb. 

 - UydattylU, Salisb. 

 I, ^alisb. 

 Rymenontignta,J?oeA((. 

 1 i. Roche, 



Eckl. 

 I'lantia. Herbert. 

 Triuiezia, II, rbert. 



. I 

 II, .in. Ha, Vent. 

 ■ b iju, Salisb. 

 Diplarrhena, 



irK I. hui. 



,.,ii, Tourn. i. 

 Hermodactylxit, Tourn 

 I ouruef. 

 Trie, Tratt. 



i, //. /■/. 

 Pbalocallis, Herb. 

 Uophia, Herb. 

 Trifurcaria, /'• rb. 

 Hydrottenia, Lindl. 



ilia, Herb. 

 Tigridia, Just. 

 Rigidella, Lindl. 

 Perraria, Linn. 

 Pardanthus, AYr. 



/>'. I, meanda, Kheede. 

 Aristea, Soland. 



Cleanthe, Salisb. 



t />' . 1:1111. 



Wredowia, Eckl. 

 Witsenia, Thunb. 

 ■ . \ ent. 

 tia, Rcbb. 



Sophronia, Liclitenst. 



. I mers. 

 oia, R Br. 

 <■ . , ibiU. 



Galaxia, Thunb. 

 tag. 

 Lapeyroutia, Pourr. 



ousia, Swi 

 Mi i . Dietr. 



Anomatheca, AYr. 



Anomaza, Lawson. 

 Babiana, AY;-. 

 AcatU . Salisb. 



•In ra, Hochst. 

 Gladi itf. 



11,1,, a, Pers 

 Lemonia, Pers. 

 Homoglostum, - 

 Swet t. 

 Streptanihera, 6 

 . sweet. 

 Antholyza, Linn. 

 Cunonia, Buttn. 



- ireet. 

 r, Salisb. 

 ■lia, Mill. 

 Mieranthus, Pers. 

 Plialangiutn, Houtt. 

 Meriana, Trev. 



Id. 



- ■ 



ut. 



i. Rutin. 

 Morphiiia, A 



l\ia, Linn. 



s 



•i,i. Eckl. 

 . DC. 

 Aglita, Pers. 



rlesperantha A 



iza, A 



Trichonema, Ki-r. 



Neinastylis. ' 

 Gelasine H 

 Crocus. 



Numbers. Gen. 53. Sp. 550. 



Orel :J -' './■. 

 Position. — llamiodoracete. — IridacE/E. — Amaryllida* 



ADDITlONAl Gl Ml: \ 



Eustylis, A. Qra . di ar Nemo i 

 Lansbergia, <'■, Vriete, near Cypella. 



Distrepta ' 



Crocosmia, / 



