248 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class VI. 
4136 amce'na Lodd. 
4137 usneoides W. 
4138 lingulata W. 
4139 flexuosa fV. 
^ pallida 
4140 anceps Lodd. 
4141 nutans W. 
4142 stricta B. M. 
4143 recurvata JV. _ 
4141 xiphioides B. Reg. Air-plant ^ 23 or 
730. PONTEDE'RIA. W. Pontederia. 
4145 cordata Ph. heart-leaved ^ A or 
4146 angustifolia Ph. narrow-leaved ^ A or 
4147 dilatata H. K. spreading ^ [A] or 
4148 lanceolata Lodd. lanceolate ^ 23 or 
731. HiEMANTHUS. W. BLOOD-FLOv^rER. 
4149 coccineus W. salmon-colored ^ lAJ or 
4150 coarctatus W. compressed ?f lAI or 
4151 rotundif61ius B. M. round-leaved t i Al or 
CommelineiB. 
2 jn.au B 
2 jn.au B 
2 my B 
2 au B 
AmarylUdece. 
4152 puniceus W. 
4153 multiflorus W. 
4154 tigrinus W. 
4155 quadrivalvis W. 
4156 pubescens W. 
^ albiflos W. 
4157 maculatus Jacq. 
4158 lancezefolius W. 
4159 carinatus W. 
4160pummo W. 
4161 carneus Ker. 
wave-leaved ?f lAI or 
many-flowered ^ 23 or 
au.o 
f.mr 
jn.o 
my.s 
tiger-spotted 
four-valved 
pubescent 
white-flowered 
spotted-leaved 
spear-leaved 
keel-leaved 
dwarf 
flesh-colored 
4162 Hyalocarpus Jacq. china-fruited 
732. GALAN'THUS. W. SN0v^^DR0P. 
4163 nivalis W. 
4164 plicatus Bieb. 
If lAJ or 
^ lAJor 
^ lAJor 
I Al or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
1 Al or 
1 Al or 
733. LEUCO'JUM. W. 
4165 vernum W. 
4166 aBstivum W. 
4167 pulchellum P. L. 
4168 autumnale W. 
4169 trichophyllum P. S. narrow-leaved 
4148 
common 
plaited 
Snow-flake. 
spring 
summer 
neat 
autumnal 
A or 
A or 
A or 
A or 
A or 
A or 
A or 
1 my.s 
1 fd 
1 s.o 
1 au 
1 ap.au 
ap.au 
1 s.o 
^ au.s 
au.s 
i jn.jl 
1 jl 
Ammyllidece. 
1 ja.mr W 
i ja.ap W 
Amaryllidete. 
I ja.mr W 
1| ap.my W 
1| ap.my W 
R 
Pk 
S 
s 
D.R 
F 
F 
W 
W 
R 
Pk 
Pk 
Pk 
R 
W. Indies 1819. 
W. Indies 1823. 
Jamaica 1776. 
W. Indies 1790. 
W. Indies 1815. 
W. Indies 1820. , 
Jamaica 1793. 
Brazil 1810. 
Jamaica 1793. 
Buen. Ay. ... 
Sp. 4—7. 
N. Amer. 1759. 
N. Amer. 1806. 
E. Indies 1806. 
N. Amer. 1815. 
Sp. 14—16. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
S. Leone 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
Sk s.p Bot. cab. 76 
Sk p PI. aim. t. 26. 1.5 
Sk s.p Jac. amer. t. 62 
R s.p Jac. amer. t. 63 
R s.D Bot. reg. 749 
R s.p Bot. cab. 771 
R s.p 
R s.p Bot. mag. 1529 
R s.p SI. ja. 1. 1. ISl.f.l 
R s.p Bot. reg. 105 
D 1 Bot. mag. 1156 
D 1 
D 1 Bot. rep. 490 
D 1 Bot. cab. 613 
1795. 
1790. 
1722. 
1783. 
1790. 
1790. 
1774. 
1791. 
1790. 
1794. 
1759. 
1789. 
1819. 
1822. 
O r.m 
O r.m 
O s.l.p 
O r.m 
O r.m 
O r.m 
O r.m 
O r.m 
O r.m 
O s.l.p 
O r.m 
O r.m 
O s.l.p 
O s.l.p 
O s.l.p 
i ja.f 
Sj). 2. 
Britain mea. O co 
Crimea 1818. O co 
Germany 1596. O s.l 
England m.me. O s.l 
O s.l 
Portugal 1629. O s.l 
Barbary 1812. O s.l 
Bot. mag. 1075 
Bot. reg. 181 
Bot. mag. 1618 
Bot. mag. 1315 
Bot. mag. 961 
Bot. mag. 1705 
Bot. mag. 1523 
Bot. cab. 702 
Bot. mag. 1239 
Jac. sch. 1. 1. 60 
Jac. sch. 1. 1. 61 
Bot. reg. 509 
Jacq. sch. t. 409 
Eng. bot. 19 
Bot. reg. 545 
Bot. mag. 46 
Eng. bot. 621 
Par. lond. 
Bot. mag. 960 
Bot. reg. 544 
4152 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
of Flora Aboensis, 1673. Several species of this genus are parasitical, and others require the same treatment 
as Pitcairnia or Bromelia. i 
T. utriculata is a valuable plant in the woods of the West Indies, as containmg a supply of water in dry 
.seasons. The seed being pappose, is carried about by the wind, and sticks readily on the bark of trees : 
thei-e, especially on decaying ones, it sends out small brown fibres which take hold of the bark, and weave and 
mat themselves among one another : from this foundation rise several leaves on every side, like those of 
Aloes or Ananas ; they are folded or inclosed one within another, each three feet and a half long, and three 
inches broad at the base, but ending in a point, having a very hollow or concave inward side, and a round or 
convex outward one, forming a bason or cistern, containing about a quart of water, which, in the rainy season 
falls upon the upper parts of the spreading leaves, and being conveyed dov/n them by channels, lodges in the 
bottom as in a bottle; for the leaves, having swelled out at the base, bend inwards close to the stalk, thus 
hindering the evaporation of the water by the heat of the sun. From the midst of the leaves rises a round, 
smooth, straight, green stalk, three or four feet high, having many branches, and when wounded yielding a 
clear white mucilaginous gum. The flowers come out here and there on the branches. The corolla is of a 
yellowish-white or herbaceous color ; and the calyx is made up of three green viscid leaves with purple edges. 
Men, birds, and insects supply themselves with water from this plant. Dampier says, he has many times, to 
his great relief, stuck his knife into the leaves just above the roots, and let out the water into his hat. 
T. usneoides deserves, for its appearance and uses, to be shortly described. The stem is no bigger 
than a thread ; the skin whitish, as if covered with hoar-frost, within tough and black like a horse 
hair. Many of these together stick on the branches of the ebony or other trees superficially by the mid- 
dle, and send down on each side some of the same stems, very often a yard long, hanging on both sides, 
curled, or turning and winding one within another, and resembling an old man's beard, whence its 
common name in Jamaica. The stems are branched, and the branches, which are two or three inches 
long, are set with roundish, white, frosted leaves. The flowers come out at the end of the branches. This 
slender parasitical plant is found among the trees in many parts of Jamaica, but does not grow so com- 
monly there, nor so luxuriantly, as it does in the more northern provinces of the main continent, where it is 
said to overrun whole forests. It is frequently imported from Jamaica to North America, for the use of the 
