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AMARYLLIDACE^ Lindl. 

 HYMENOCALLIS Salisb. 



Hymenocallis occidentalis (Le Conte), Kunth. Pancra- 

 tium Carolinianum L. Moist, meadow lands. O. S. July- 

 September. 



AGAVE L. 



Agave Virginica L. In dry soil. O. S. July, August. 



HYPOXIS L. 



Hypoxis erecta L. Star grass. In dry glades. O. S. 

 May. 



DIOSCOREACE^ Lindl. 



DIOSCOREA L. 

 Dioscorea villosa L. Wild yam root. In moist thickets. 

 O. S. June, July. M. 



D. Batatas L. Is sometimes found as an ornamental vine 

 in our gardens, but is not cultivated for its deeply-buried tu- 

 bers. 



IRIDACEiE Lindl. 



IRIS L. 



Iris versicolor L. Larger Blue Flag. In marshes and thick- 

 ets. O. S. May-July. M. 



I. hexagona Walter. On the western side of Tennessee 

 River at Johnsonville. Hollow Rock. April, May. 



I. prismatica Pursh. I. Virginica Miihl. Abundant in the 

 wet oak barrens east of Tullahoma. May, June. 



I. Germanica L. Fleur-de-lis. On an abandoned garden 

 plot on Charlotte Pike, near Nashville. May, June. 



I. fulva Ker. I. cuprea Pursh. W. Tenn., near Humboldt. 

 May, June. 



I. cristata Ait. On hillsides and in open woodlands. O. S. 

 April, May. 



I. verna L. Cumberland Mts. Rugby. Mrs. Percival. 

 April, May. 



NEMASTYLIS Nutt. 



Nemastylis acuta (Bart.) Herb. Ixia acuta Bart. Cred- 

 ited to Tennessee in the Illustrated Flora. 



GEMMINGIA Fabr. (Pardanthus Ker.) 



Gemmingia Chinensis (L.) Kuntze. Pardanthus Chinen- 

 sis Ker. Blackberry lily. O. S. Very abundant. I col- 

 lected it already fifty years ago iii the remotest mountain 



