SXJ»LANATIJiN OF PLATE II. 
Fig. 1 Yucca aloijolia. (Family of the LiliacecB.) Adam's Needle. A ireti oi 
Sen or twelve feel in" height, indigenous in the West Indies. Stype cylindric, e.fect, 
sometimes two or three-forked. Leaves terminal, alternate, crowded, seini-atriplexi- 
caulis, ensiform ; the upper ones erect, the lower ones pendent, the intermediate, 
spread ng or refiexed. Panicle simple, term.inal, pyramidal. Flowers pendent. Peri- 
anth simple, six-sepalled, canipanulate. This plant helongs to Hexandria Monogynia. 
It is the majestic lily of the tropics. The name Yucca is from Jucca, the Indian ap- 
pellation. 
Fig. 'i. Saccharum nfficinalc. (Family of the Grasses.) Sugar-cane. An her- 
baceous, perennial plant, which grows to the height of ten or twelve feet. Culm is 
vertical, cylindrical, solid. Leaves sheathing, elongated, ensiform. Panicle larg'S, 
silky. The name Saccharum is from tlie Arahic, sonknr, sugar. This plant is thought 
to be a native of hidia, but it is now cultivated in niost warm countries. With most o( 
the grass-like plants, it belongs to Triandria Uigynia. 
Fig. W. Fkrula tingitana. (Family of the VinbeUiferu:.) Giant-fennel. Herba- 
ceous plant, biennial, 8 or 9 feet in height. Stem cylindrical, vertical. Leaves alter- 
nate, large, decompound, with very small leafets. Petioles with a large base, amplex- 
icaulis. Panicle terminal, composed of umbels. This plant grows in Spain and Har- 
bary ; it belongs to Pentandria Uigynia, where the umbelliferous tribe is mostly classed. 
A species of this genus. Ferula assafnstida, produces from its root the medicinal gum, 
assafoetida ; from another vspecies, the galbanuin is obtained. 
Fig. 4. (.'VMinniUM echimcarpon. (Family of the OrchidecB.) A parasitic plant of 
South America, which grows to the height of two or tiiree feet. Stems compressed 
Leaves opposite, oval, acute. Capsule bristly. 'I his plant belongs to Gynandria Mo- 
aandria A species C* pulchelluin (grass-pink) is very common in our region. 
* It iniiir be proper to inform the student, tliat vvhere several species of a genus are mentioned, it U 
rerf common to designate the name o^'tiie geiiUB by the initial letter , tlnis C. stands tor Cytuifid^Uvn 
