AMARYLLACEiK. 597 



rose-coloured, with green tipped petals, internally with the 3 outer pe- 

 tals crimson in the middle, and the 3 inner dark purple spotted, and at 

 the base yellow. Introduced in 1825. Fl ? 



2. caryophyllea, Jacq. (Hort. schdnbr. 4, t. 465 ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 

 80;— Herb. I. c.—A. Ligtu, B. 31. 4, t. 125 ; not Feuill.) % Peru. 

 Fl. large, delightfully fragrant, whitish- scarlet, striped. Introduced 

 in 1822. Fl. ? 



3. Simsii, Spreng. (Syst. 2, p. 80. — A. Simsiana, Herb. o. c. p. 99.— A. 

 pulchella, Sims. ; B. M. 49, t. 2353 i—B. Reg. 12, t. 1008 ;—Hook. 

 exot.fl. t. 64;—Swt. brit. fl. gard. t. 267 ; not Herb.) % Chili. Fl. 

 large, 4 outer petals deep red, 2 inner ones bright yellow, with dark 

 orange speckles. Introduced in 1841. 



4. Hookeriana, Spreng. {Herb. o. c. p. 95 A. rosea. Hook. exot. fl. t. 



181 ; — Spreng. c. p. p. 135 ; not Ruiz, and Pav.) % Peru. Has 

 been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



5. hirtella, Kth. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 82; — Swt. fl. gard. t. 228,) % 

 Mexico. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl } 



DoRYANTHES, Corrca. (R. Br. pr. p. 298; — Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 180; — 

 Spreng. syst. 2,/>. 7, No. 1233.) 

 1. excelsa, Correa. (R. Br. I. c. ; — Spreng. syst. 2, p. 80 ; — B. M. 41, 

 t. 1685, A. B.) % Port Jackson. Fl, immensely large, crimson. In- 

 troduced in 1841. 



D. Agaves, Endl. gen. pi. \, p. 181. 



Agave, L. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 7, No. 1232 ; — Herb, amaryll. p. 127 ; 



Endl. l. c.) 



1. lurida. Ait. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 79 ;—B. M. 37, t. 1522 ; excl. most 

 of the syn. ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 25 ; — Herb. o. c. p. 128.) % N. Spain. 

 Fl. large, green, May and June ; fr. Aug. to Oct. 



2. VercB Crucis, Haw. % S. America. Introduced in 1840. 

 FouRCROYA, Vent. (Endl. gen. pi. I, p. I8i ; — Herb, amaryll. p. 126; — 



Spreng. syst. 2, p. 79 ; under Agave.) 



1. tuberosa. Haw. (Herb. I. c. — Agave tuberosa. Mill. ; — Spreng. l. c.) 

 % Tropical America. Fl. largish, greenish-white, May and June ; fr. 

 Aug. to Oct. 



2. Caritala, Haw. (Herb. I. c. — Agave Cantala, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 167 ; 

 — Spreng. sysi. 2, p. 79 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 222. — Aloe ameri- 

 cana, Rumph. 5, t. 94.) f^Wtf^ ^•TtTt?! Bilati-anannas. %. Moluc- 

 cas ? S. China ? Flowers in May and June, when from 10 to 15 years 

 old, and then from 20 to 30 feet high. (Roxb.) 



* Lapiedra Martinezii, Lag. '2/. S. Spain. — Carpolyza spiralis, Salisb. 

 (Strumaria spiralis, Ker, ; B. M. 34, t. 1383.) '4. C. G. H.— 

 Strumaria crispa, Ker.; B. M. 33, t. 1363. % C. G. H.—Opo- 

 ranthus exiguus, Herb. 2/.. Ta.ngiers.'—Zephyranthes minima, Herb. 

 %. Buenos Ayres. — Z. Grahamiana, Herb. %. Mexico. — Habran- 



