290 APPENDIX. 



I AciiOSTiCHVM bifnrcahim. Willd. 6, p. 114. 



A very delicate, small, beautiful smooth species, growing in crowded 

 tufts to about the height of 6 inches in the moist shaded fissures of the 

 rocks about Diana's peak, &c. 



T. AcROSTicHUM lanceolatum. R. 



Stipes ramentaceous : fronds simple, lanceolar, strongly veined, 

 intirc : the fertile longer stiped. Fructifications occupy the] whole of the 

 inferior surface. 



E. Aeschynomene Sesban, and grandiflora. 



E. Agapanthus umbellatus. Willd. 2, p. 47. 



E. Agave tuberosa Linn. Yucca superba. R, 



E. liirida Linn, used for fences. 



\. Agrostis pttrpurascens. Willd. 1, p. 375. Purple bent grass. 



Indicrenous on the hills of St. Helena, where it grows to be from 2 

 to 3 feet high, perfectly erect, very naked of leaves, as they are not only 

 few in number but short and very slender. The inflorescence a long slender 

 panicle composed of numerous, small, simple or compound appressed 

 branches, crowded with iir.merous, short-pedicelled, smooth flowers. 

 Calycine valves unequal, scarce half the length of the carol, which has its 

 two vaives nearly equal and rather acute ; but nothing like an awn either 

 here or to the calyx. 



AoROSTis lenta Linn. Forked bent-grass. 



Agrostis stellata, see Panicum dactylon, and compare with Agrostis 

 linearis, Retz. Obs. 4. p. 19. Linear-leaved agrostis, or wire-grass. 



E. Aleurites triloba. Willd. 4. 590. Three-lobed Aleurites. 



E. Allium cepa, Ponim, ascalonicum, and o{ saHvum2 varieties. Onion, 

 leek, shallot, and garlick. 



E. Aloe perfoliata, two or three varieties in gardens. 



E. spicata and 3 or 4 undetermined species, all exotics. 



I. Alopecurus paniculatus, R. 



E. Alth^a rosea. Willd. 3. 773. Holly-hock. 



