supplementary to Encyc. of Plafits and Hart. Brit. 54-3 



was opened which contained the plant, yielded an odour very 

 similar to that of juniper berries. It is very curious in the seg- 

 ments of its perianth, which is yellowish green, spotted with bar- 

 like spots of a dark purple; and in the fringed lip, which is white, 

 and in contrast with the segments of the perianth. {Bat. Mag., 

 vol. X., new series; Sept.) 

 Asphodeldcece. 



1046. ^'LLIUM 



•srculum Ucria, Sicilian ? tf A or 3J ju G.P. W. Sicily 1832 O co Br. fl. gard. 2. s. 349. 



The scape of this remarkable species of Allium is 3 ft. 9 in. 

 high. The flowers are pendulous, and the sepals green and 

 shining, variegated with purple and white. The scent is more 

 powerful and disagreeable than that of any other species of 

 A'Winm. It, and A. inodorum, have many seeds in each cell of 

 the capsule ; but A. siculum agrees with the genus ^'llium, in its 

 flowers being in an umbel, in the perianth being persistent, in ge- 

 neral appearance, and in odour. Raised from seed in the Chel- 

 sea Botanic Garden. [Brit. Fl. Gard., second series ; Sept.) 



YU'CCA drac&nis Haw. Suppl. p. 33. ; Elliot, Fl. S. Car. 1., 401. Bot. Reg. t. 1894. 



• " What may be species and what varieties in this noble genus, it 

 is in the present state of botanical information impossible to say ; 

 there is, however, but little doubt that Yucca draconis and Yucca 

 flaccida are really distinct." Y. draconis, "one of the most stately 

 species of the genus, grows along the sea shore of Carolina, fre- 

 quently intermixed with Y. gloriosa, and flowers from May to Au- 

 gust ; it sometimes grows as much as 9 ft. or lOft. high. The great 

 peculiarity by which it appears to be distinguished is, the spreading 

 flowers, the segments of which, instead of remaining closed in a 

 globose manner, as in most others, expand till they diverge from 

 the flower-stalk at nearly a right angle. The main stem, clear 

 of the leaves, was 2 ft. long, and terminated in three clusters of 

 leaves, from the centre of each of which rose a flower stem 3 ft. 

 high. The foliage, notwithstanding its stiffiiess, does not offend 

 the eye, as the leaves gradually turn back as they grow old," till 

 at last they form a very graceful arrangement. Nothing can be 

 better adapted than these plants for ornamenting either artificial 

 or natural masses of rockwork, precipitous banks, or other si- 

 tuations, where their singular stems can be so much above the eye 

 as to form a bold and prominent object standing out in strong 

 relief against the sky. They are hardy, perennial, and easily 

 procured in the nurseries. The Messrs. Backhouse find this, 



Y. rufocincta, Y. recurvifolia, Y. glaucescens, Y. filamentosa, 

 and others, quite capable of bearing the winter, even so far north 

 as York. In the garden of the London Horticultural Society, 

 no weather seems to harm them. [Bot. Beg., vol. xxii. ; Sept.) 



YUcca flSccida Haw. Supp., p. 35. Native country unknown. 



" A pretty, and apparently distinct species, well marked by its 



