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TeimstacTiyum Griffithi, Munro. Burmali. Tall and slender. 
BeesJia Travancorica, Beddome. Madras. Tall. 
£eesha Rheedei, Kunth. Southern India, Cochin-CHna. 
Height to 20 feet. 
Beesha stridula, Munro. Ceylon. 
Beesha capitata, Munro. Madagascar. Height to 50 feet. 
Bendrocalamus strictus, ISTees. India to Japan. Height to 
100 feet. 
Bendrocalamus serieeus, Munro. Behar ; ascends to 4000 
feet. Tall. 
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Bendrocalamus jiagelUfer, Munro. Malacca. Very tall. 
Bendrocalamus giganteus, Munro. Burmah, Penang. Ex- 
ceedingly tall. Circumference 2 feet. 
Bendrocalamus Hooheri, Munro. Himalaia ; ascends to 6000 
feet. Height to 50 feet. 
Bendrocalamus Hamiltoni, Wees. Himalaia; ascends to 
6000 feet. Height to 60 feet. 
BinocJiloa Tjanhorreh, Buehse. Java, Philippines ; ascends 
to 4000 feet. Climbing. 
Scilla eSCulenta, Her. {Camassia esciilenta, Lindl.) 
The Quamash. In the Western extra-tropic parts of North 
America, on moist prairies. The onion-like bulbs in a 
roasted state form a considerable portion of the vegetable 
food, on which the aboriginal tribes of that part of the globe 
are living. It is a pretty plant, and might be naturalized 
here on our moist meadows. 
Schoenocaulon officinale, A. Hray. 
{Asa-Qraya officinalis, Lindl.) 
(Sabadilla officinalis, Brandt and Dierbach.) 
Mountains of Mexico. A bulbous-rooted herb with leafless 
stem, thus far specially distinct from any Veratrum. It 
furnishes the Sabadilla-seeds and yields two alkaloids : Vera- 
trin and Sabadillin ; a resinous substance : Helonin ; also 
Sabadillic and Veratric acid. The generic names adopted 
for this plant by Lindley and by Dierbach are coetaneous. 
Scorzonera deliciosa, Gusson.* 
Sicily. One of the purple-flowered species, equal if not 
superior in its culinary use to the allied Salsify. 
