656 LILIACE^. 



PoLiANTHES, L. (Sprenff. si/st. 2, p. 7, No. 1225 ; — Endl. gen. pi. \, p. 

 142.) Tuberose. 

 1. tuberosa, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 75 ; — Schult. syst. 7, p- 625 ; — Ruiz, 

 and Pav. fl. per. 3, p. 66. — Lour. fl. cochinch. 1, p. 244 ; — B. Reg. 1, 

 t. 63;— B. M. 43, t. l8[7;—Roxb.Ji. ind. 2, p. 166;— J. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 217. — Arnica nocturna, Rumph. 5, t. 98.) ?S?HT *t^ Rvju- 

 nee-gundha. % No doubt a native of Mexico or S. America. Gardens 

 in India, Ceylon and Java. Fl. large, white, fragrant, R. S. ; fr. 0. 

 p. plena. Fl. double, fragrant, R. S. 

 This plant emits its scent most strongly after sunset, and has been ob- 

 served in a sultry evening, after thunder, when the atmosphere was highly 

 charged with electric fluid, to dart small sparks, or scintillations of lucid 

 flame, in great abundance, from such of its flowers as were fading. {Edinb, 

 phil. journ. 3, p. 415.) 



* Funkia albo-marginata. Hook. ; B. M. 65, t. 3657. %. Japan, — F. 

 Sieboldiana, Hook. ; B. M. 65, t. 3663. (F. Sieboldii, Lindl ; B. Reg. 

 1839, t. 50.— Hemerocallis Sieboldiana Lodd. ; B. Cab. t. 1869.) % 

 Japan. — Milla biflora, Cav. ; B. Reg. 18, t. 1555. %. Mexico. — Bes- 

 sera elegans, Schult. (Pharium fistulosum. Herb. ; B. Reg. 18, t. 

 1546.) %. Mexico. — Polianthes gracilis, Lk. % Brazil. — P. maculata. 

 Mart. % Mexico. 



C. Aloe^. 

 (Aloineae, Endl. gen.pl. 1, p. 143.) 

 Sanseviera, Thunb. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 8, No. 1 254 ; — Endl. I. c.) 



\ . guineensis , Willd. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 93 ; — Schult. syst. 7, p. 355 ; — 

 B. M. 29, t. 1180, excl. syn. Cavan. — Aloe guineensis, Jsicq. — Aletris 

 guineensis, Jacq. vind. 1, p. 36, t. 84.) % Guinea. C. G. H. Fl. 

 large, greenish-white, during the evening and night very fragrant, 

 R. S., but very rare ; fr. 0. 



2. Roxburghiana, Schult. {syst. 7, p. 357; — Roxb. Coram. 2, t. 184; 

 J!, ind. 2, p. 161, excl. syn. L. and Willd.; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 218, excl. syn. Rheed. and Ker.) ^^-j Moarba. Bowstring Hemp. % 

 Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. middle-sized, green- 

 ish-white, somewhat fragrant, and fr. R. S. This plant yields fibres 

 of a fine and very strong quality, fitted for bowstrings, fishing lines, 

 as well as for cordage, which, indeed, is made from it on the Coro- 

 mandel coast. Roxburgh is of opinion, that the fine fibres, called 

 China grass, are made from this plant, which he strongly recommends 

 as a profitable cultivation in sandy soils of S. India. {Royle.) 



3. carnea, Andr. (B. Repos. t. 361 ;— Spreng. syst. 2, p. 94; — Schult. 

 syst. 7, p. 360, and 8, p. 1678;— Red. HI. t. 323.— S. sarmentosa, 

 Jacq. fragm. p. 68, t. 102, p. 83, t. 134,/. 4. — S. sessiliflora, Ker.; 

 B. M. 19, t. 739 and 35, t. 1431, annot. ; — Dum. Courset. herb. gen. de. 

 I'nmnt. t. 124. — Sanseviella, Reichb . consp . regn. veg. p. 44.) %. China. 



