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ZEPHYRANTHES Herbert 
ZEPHYRANTHES ROSEA Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10 (1824) t. 821 . 
Atamosco rosea Greene in Pittonia 3 (1897) 188; Safford 192. 
A native of tropical America, cultivated in Guam, fide Salford. 
TACCACEAE 
TACCA Forster 
TACCA PINNATIFIDA Forst. Char. Gen. (1776) 70, t. 85; Safford 380. 
McGregor 51b. 
Eastern Africa to Polynesia, especially near the sea. 
DIOSCOREACEAE 
DiOSCOREA Linnaeus 
DIOSCOREA ALATA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1033; Safford 259, pi. b8. 
G. E. S. 5, 82, local names dago, dago apaca. The identifications of both 
specimens cited have been made by Mr. Burkill. 
Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region in cultivation. 
DIOSCOREA ACULEATA Linn, in Stickm. Herb. Amb. (1754) 23 (non 
Sp. PI. (1753) 1033 ?); Safford 259, var. TILI AEFOLIA (Kunth) 
Prain & Burk, in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1594. 
Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb. FI. Ind. 3 (1832) 801; Safford 260. 
Dio8corea fasciculata var. lutescens F.-Vill.; Safford 1. c. 
Dioscorea spinosa Safford 262, pi. b9, non Roxb. 
McGregor 293. 
Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan region, the tubers some times 
with a crown of spiny underground stems (wild forms), or without such 
stems (cultivated forms). 
DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1033. 
Dioscorea sativa Linn. 1. c. ; Safford 1033. 
McGregor 396. 
Widely distributed in warm countries, cultivated and wild. 
Safford includes also Dioscorea glabra Roxb., and D. papuana K. Schum., 
as growing in Guam, but the former is more probably a misidentification 
for Dioscorea bulbifera Linn., and the latter a misidentification for D. acu- 
leata Linn. 
MUSACEAE 
MUSA Linnaeus 
MUSA PARADIS! ACA Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1043; Safford 328. 
Of prehistoric introduction, as indicated by Safford. 
Cultivated in all tropical countries, where native uncertain, but probably 
tropical Asia. 
MUSA TEXTILIS Nee in Anal. Cienc. Nat. 4 (1801) 123; Safford 330. 
Introduced from the Philippines, and of very local occurrence, fide 
Safford. 
