674 LILIACB*. 



rosa, Jacq. hort. schonbr. \,p. 49, t. 94;— Roxb. ft. ind. 2, p 164, 

 excl. syn. Rumph. and Lam. — Dracaena ensifolia, Jit., not Haw. ; — 

 Gdrtn. fr. 1, p. bl , t. 16,/. 4, excl. syn. Rumph. and L. }) % Masca- 

 renhas Islands. China. Nepal. Sumatra. Fl. ^\ lines long, greenish 

 white, and fr. nearly throughout the year. 



EusTREPHUS, R. Br. (/?r. f. 281 ; — iSpreng. syst. 2, p. 8, No. 1256; — 

 Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 150.) 

 1. latifolius, R. Br. {I c. ; — Spreng. o. c. p. 94; — Schult. syst. 7, p. 316 ; 

 — B. M. 31, t. 1245. — Luzuriaga latifolia, Poir.) "b Port Jackson and 

 tropical N. Holland. Fl. 6 lines long, lilac, C. S. ; fr. 0. 



Asparagus, L. {Spre?ig. syst. 2, p. 8, No. 1257 ; — Endl. ge7i. pi. \, p. 151.) 



1. officinalis, L. {Spreng. o. c. p. 96 ; — Schult. syst. T , p. 317 ; — E. B. 5, 

 t. SS9;—Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 150;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 221.) 

 f^TTl Uillooa. Common Asparagus. % Europe. Cultivated. Fl. 2 

 lines, yellowish-green, March and April. 



2. Curillus, Buch. {Roxb. H. B. p. 24; fl. ind. 2, p. 152.— A. filicinus. 

 Buck. — Spreng. c. p. p. 136; — Schult. 7, p. 324.) %. Suembu. Nepal. 

 Shreenagur. Kamroop. Introduced into H. C. G. under the name of A, 

 Curillus, in 1801. Fl. July; fr. January. {Roxb.) 



3. scandens, Thunb. {Schult. a. c.p. 325 i—Red. HI. t. 407.) % ^ C. 

 G. H. Introduced in 1821. Has not ii. 



4. racemosus, Willd. {Spreng. o. c. p. 95 ; — Schult. o. c. p. 330 ; — Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2, p. 151.) ^HW^ Sutmoolee. "5 <^ Ceylon. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore,) &c. Fl. small, pure white, delightfully fragrant, C. S. ; fr. Feb. 

 and March. 



b.asiaticus, L. {Spreng. I. c; — Schult. o. c. p. 331.) %. Asia. Intro- 

 duced in 1822. Unknown to me. 



6. capensis, L. {Spreng. I. c. ; — Schult. o. c. p. 334 ; — Jacq. schonbr. 3, 

 p. 8, t. 266.) ^ C. G. H Introduced in 1828. Has not fl. 



l.lanceus, Thunb. {Schult. o c. p. 335.) t C G. H. Introduced in 

 1828. Has not fl. 



8. (Bthiopicus, L. {Spreng. I. c. excl. syn. ; — Schult. I. c.) % C. G. H. 

 Introduced in 1828. Has not fl. 



9.falcatus, L. {Spreng. I. c. ;— Schult. o. c. p. 336.) ^ Ceylon. Intro- 

 duced in 1825. Fl. ? 

 10. acerosus, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 150.) % Prome. Attran. Tavoy. Suka- 

 naghur. Fl. small, pure white, delightfully fragrant, Sept. to Dec. ; fr. 

 Feb. and March. 



W.adscendens, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 153.) %. Rohilcund. Fl. small, pure 

 white, Oct. and Nov. ; fr. Feb. and March. 

 DRACyENA, Vaudell. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 8, No. 1253 .—Endl. gen. pi. 1, 

 p. 151.) Dragon Tree. 

 l.reflexa, Lam. {Spreng. o. c.p. 92 ;— Schult. syst. 7, p. 'S40;—Red. lil. 

 t. 92.) 2f. St. Helena. Madagascar. Mauritius. Fl. 6 lines, yellow- 

 ish green, sweet-scented, H. S. 



