^78 jones on the vegetation" of the beemudas. 



Asparagus officinalis, L, 

 Drag JENA terminalis, L. 

 Charlwoodia australis, Bw, 



SMILACE^. 



Smilax ? *' Sarsaparilla." 



DIOSCOREACEJE. 



DioscoREA LUTE A, Mey. (D. heptaneura, Yell. — D. sativa, L. — - 

 D. Cliffortiana,Xam.— D. multiflora, JPrl. — D. altissima, Lam.') 

 ** Yam." Hab. West Indies and tropical America. 



IRIDACE^. 

 Iris yirginica, L. Hab. North America. 

 I. VIOL ACE A, Bot, Mag. Hab. S. Europe. 



SiSYRiNCHiUM Bermudiana, L. (S. anceps, Oav. — S. mucro- 

 natum, Michx.) Hab. Florida to the Arctic Circle. 



Tritonia ? 



BEOMELIACE^. 



PiTOAIRNIA ? 



MUSACE^. 



MuSA SAPIENTUM, L. Hab. East Indies. ''Banana." 

 '' *' var. rosacea. (Mauritius.) 



Two or three other varieties. 

 MusA PARADisiACA, L. *' Plantain." Hab. East Indies. 

 M. CAVENDiSHii, Paxt. Hab. China. 



Strelitzia ? 



SCITAMINE^. 



Hedychium elatum, Bot. Reg. Hab. Nepaul. 



Renealmia ocgidentalis, Gr. (Alpinia, Bw. — A. jamaicensis, 



Gartn.) " Shell Plant." Hab. West Indies and tropical 



America. 

 Canna indiga, X. '* Indian Shot." Hab. West Indies and 



tropical America. 

 C. cocciNEA, Ait. (C. occidentalis, Box. — C. surinamensis, 



Miq.) '' Scarlet Indian Shot." 

 Maranta ARUNDiNACEA, X. " Arrow-root." Hab. West Indies 



and tropical America. The culture of the arrow-root which 



