216 JONES— ON THE VEGETATION OF THE BERMUDAS. 



JUNCACE^. 



JUNCUS MARITIMUS, Lam. *' Large Marsh Eush." Very com- 

 mon in the wetter portions of the marshes. 



LILIACE^. 



Aloe yulgaeis, Lam, (A. barbadensis, Mill. — A. perfoliata, 

 var, vera, L.) " Aloes." This plant is considered very use- 

 ful in yellow fever cases, the native nurses placing great faith in 

 its virtues. In a wild state it is not very common, its pretty 

 spike of yellow flowers which afford a honied treat to the chil- 

 dren, being only seen occasionally on the sunny slopes of the 

 southern shore. It is a native of the West Indies. 



A. soccoTRiNA, Haw. Hab. C. G. H. 



A. LINGUA, Hook. 



Gasteria obliqua, Haw. Hab. C. G. H 



G. MACULATA, Haw. Hab. C. G. H. 



Haworthia tortuosa, Haw. Hab. C. G. H. 



Yucca serrulata. Haw. (Y. Draconis, L. — ^Y. aloifolia, L.) 

 Hab. Southern States of America and Mexico. 



Y. GLORIOSA, L. Hab. Southern States of America. ** Sticker 

 bush." *' Spanish bayonet." Drifting sands of Port Royal. 



Y. .? 



Agave Americana, X. «* Bamboo." Hab. S.America. Very 

 common. Why the islanders should call this plant *' bamboo," 

 we know not, and repeated enquiries have failed to produce any 

 satisfactory reason for the appellation. The fibrous leaves when 

 cut open and dried are used as scrubbers for floors, &c. Very 

 good rope has been made from the fibre. 



A. STRIATA. 



A. PICTA. 



A. XYLONAC ANTRA. 



A. MEXICANA, Haw. Hab. Mexico. 



FouRCROYA gigantea, Vent. Hab. West Indies. (Agave 



faetida, L.) 

 Crinum cruentum, L. Hab. S. America. 

 Phormium ten ax, Willd. liab. New Zealand. 



