AMARYLLIDACEAE. 101 



POURCROYA Schult. 



Fourcroya gigantea Vent, in Bull. Soc. Philom. I. 65. 

 Upper Tapanahoni river: Versteeg 847 (fl. Aug.) 

 Paramaribo: Splitgerber 108 H. L. B. 897, 324—89 (fl. Dec.) 

 Surinam: Focke 436 (fl. Sept.) 

 Cultivated everywhere in the colony. 

 Vernacular name: »Injie sopo" (Indian soap.) 



HYPOXIS Linn. 



Hypoxis decumbens Linn. PI. Jam. Pugill. 11. 



Upper Surinam River, near Bergendal: Focke 1296 (fl May). 

 Surinam: Hostmann 13 16. 

 Tropical America. 



