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NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 
101 Wats6nia Ker 
102 Babiana Ker 
103 Lapeyrotisia Ker 
104 Melasphffi'rula Ker 
105 Gladiolus Ker 
106 Anomath^ca Ker 
107 Aruholyza Ker 
112 Aristda Ker 
115 I'ris J^er 
116 Morae'a Ker 
117 Maiica Ker 
118 Pardanthus 
1450 Patersonia R. Br. 
1451 Ferraria Ker 
1452 Tigridia J. 
1453 Galaxia W. 
Order CLVI. AMARYLLIDE^. 
Here we have another group of vegetation so lovely as to have excited admiration from the days of Solomon, 
who called them the lilies of the field, down to our own period Their roots are all bulbous. In stature they 
seldom exceed a foot or two : in Doryanthes, and some species of Crinum alone, much surpassing such a size j 
in foliage they i)ossess a uniformity of figure which is very singular ; in color they vary from white and 
yellow to deep scarlet and azure blue ; in fragrance they vie with the violet and the primrose. Some of the 
si)ecies are natives of thickets in the cooler provinces of Europe and Asia ; others are found deep rooted in the 
burning shores of islands where scarcely a blade of grass interposes itself between them and the torrid rays of a 
scorching sun ; many spring up in the gloomy, damp, and sultry woods of equinoctial America ; and another 
set intermingles with the Ixias and Gladioluses of Southern Africa. Several of the Narcissi, independent of 
their beauty, possess emetic qualities ; from the viscid juice of Hsmanthus toxicarius, the Hottentots procure 
a poison wherewith to smear their arrows. 
711 Narcissus W. 
712 Pancratium W. 
1\:> Eucrosia B. Reg. 
714 Eurycles Salish. 
715 Calost<:'mma R Br. 
716 Chlidanthus Herb. 
717 Chrysiphiala Ker 
731 Hffimanthus W. 
732 Galanthus W. 
733 Leucojum W. 
734 Strumaria Jacq. 
lo5 Crinum W. 
736 Cyrtanthus H. K. 
737 Brunsvigia Heist. 
7o8 Nerine Herb. 
739 Amaryllis JV. 
740 V^mta Herb. 
741 Griffinia Ker 
742 Sternb(5rgia JV. 
743 Zephyranthes' Herb 
744 Habranthus Herb. 
745 Doryanthes R. Br 
746 Gethyllis H K. 
748 Alstrcem^ria JV. 
749 Conanthera Fl.per. 
Order CLVII. HYPOXIDE^ 
America, New Holland, the Cape of Good Hope, Polynesia, and the Indian Archipelago give birth to these 
plants, which have sweet yellow flowers and linear leaves, protected by long weak hairs. Nothing is known of 
their medicinal qualities. 
750 Hypoxis Jr. 751 Curculigo H. K. 
Order CLVIII. DIOSCOREiE. 
A climbing stem, and broad, cordate, or angular leaves, inconspicuous yellowish flowers, and a large fleshy 
root, are the obvious characteristics of this order, of which the yam is the representative ; the roots of this 
plant yield one of the most important articles of food in the tropical countries. 
2083 Testudinaria Burch. 2084 Rajania W-'. 2085 Dioscorea W. 
Section II. STAMENS PERIGYNOUS. 
Order CLIX. HEMEROCALLIDEiE. 
These are fine shewy plants, bearing their flowers in umbels or racemes, either white, yellow, red, or blue ; 
they are mostly inhabitants of temperate zones, and are of little utility, with the exception of the Aloe, the 
purgative powers of which need not be insisted on. This genus is, besides, remarkable among Monocotyledones 
for its fleshy leaves, in which, and its woody stem, it offers a striking deviation from the usual structure of 
these plants. 
747 Polianthes L. 769 Hemerocallis JV. Ill Tritoma B. M. 780 Tulbaghia JV. 
181 Agapanthus JV. 770 A'loe ?('. 778 Veltheimia H. K. 792 Brodiee'a Sm. 
768 Blandfordia B. Br. 776 Aletris JV. 779 Sansevi^ra JV. 
Order CLX. ASPHODELE^. 
' Different from Hemerocallidees in their expanded flowers and dark crustaceous seed-coat ; the only charac- 
ters which have yet been discovered to distinguish them. The species are all pretty, many very handsome, 
some bulbous, some with fasciculated roots, a few with arborescent stems. They are uncommon in tropical 
countries, very abundant in temperate latitudes, and not unfrequent in the cooKr regions of the world. 
Among the prettiest are Gagea, Scilla, and Hyacinthus; the least interesting are Chlorophytum and Zuc- 
ca^nia. Asparagus and I)raca?^ia have berried fruits ; the former is diuretic, and when young is employed as 
a favorite food ; the same jiroperties are possessed by Scilla and A'llium. The stamens of Arthropodium are 
remarkable for their tutt of yellow hairs, of Dianella for the thickening of the filaments. Many of the A Uiums 
are very pretty, and admired notwithstanding their unpleasant odor ; their roots are all eatable, and those of 
some among the most useful articles of food. '1 hysanotus, the fringed violet of New Holland, has rich purple 
blossoms, with long delicate fringes which sparkle in the sun, as if continually bedewed with minute particles 
of water. From Phormium tenax the strong fibrous substance called New Zealand flax is prepared, Xan- 
thorrhas a has an arborescent stem which abounds in resin. 
808 Asphodelus JV. 
807 Bulbine JV. en. 
806 Eremvirus Bieb. 
809 Anthericum JV 
810 Arthropodium i?.^/-. 
811 Chlorophytum Ker 
812 CEB'sia R.Br 
813 Narthecium B. M. 
814 Dianella Lam. 
815 Eustr^phus R. Br. 
805 Massonia JV. 
803 Scilla JV. 
804 Puschkinia Bieb. 
802 Ornithogalum JV. 
801 Gagea Sal. 
800 Eriospermum JV. 
196 A'llium JV. 
191 Albuca JV. 
795 Sowerbffi'a L. T. 
798 Xanthorrhoe'a R. Br. 
791 Evicomis JV. 
799 Thysanotus B. Br. 
794 Aphyllanthes JV. 
115 Phyll6ma B. M. 
774 Dracse na JV. 
816 Asparagus L. 
817 Drimia Jacq. 
818 Urop^ talon Ker 
819 Hyaci'nthus B. M. 
820 Zuccagnia Th. 
821 Muscari B. M. 
822 Lachenalia JV. 
823 Ph6rmium JV. 
824 Cyanella JV. 
793 Peliosanthes B. R. 
2111 Ruscus JV. 
Order CLXI. SMILACEiE. 
These scarcely differ from the baccate Asphodeles, except in their usually trifid style, and the membranous 
integuments of the seed. Many are interesting plants, especially the Hly of the valley, a .species of Conval- 
laria, the odor of which is ])erhaps the most grateful in the vegetable kingdom. Several others, as Uvularia, 
Smilacina, Polygonatum, and Trillium are objects of ornament. Smilax is remarkable for its twinin? stems, 
and its leaves, which resemble those of Dicotyledones ; the roots of several species form the sarsaparilla of the 
shops, a drug, the nature of which is mucilaginous and rather bitter, and which is employed as diaphoretic and 
diuretic. Merieola is also an active diuretic. The roots of Tamus are purgative and dangerous. 
785 Uvularia JV. 788 Smilacina De.sf. 843 Myrsiphyllum 2082 Tamus JV. 
786 Streptopus M. 789 Polvgonatum Desf. 846 Medeola JV.en. 8.50 Trillium JV. 
787 Convallaria Desf. 790 Ophiopogon Ker 2081 Smilax W. 729 Paris JV. 
Order CLXII. BROMELIACE^. 
Of these the eatable pine-apple is the representative, from which the other genera differ more in the want of 
a fleshy fruit than in general appearance. Their habit is acid, their leaves rigid and toothed with spines, and 
covered with minute scales, their bractese often colored with scarlet, and their flowers either white or blue. 
