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numbers after the winter rains. Seeds well. Bot. Mag. 733. — 
Hab. W. Indies. 
744. A. formosissima, Linn. — Dark -red Jacobea Lily; grown 
in gardens. Bot. Mag. 47. — Hab. N. America. 
Agave, Linn. 
745. A. americana, Linn. var. variegata. — -Large variegated 
green and yellow-leaved Aloe ; grows very well to a large size at 
Terrace Knoll, Southens, and other places. It is the fermented juice 
of this plant that furnishes the intoxicating Pulque of the Mexicans. 
The expressed juice of the leaves evaporated is also useful as a sub- 
stitute for soap. The fibre of the leaf is extremely tough, and makes 
excellent cordage. With little trouble or expense this useful plant 
might be extensively grown in the Island. Although it has not 
yet blossomed, it is easily propagated. 
74G. A. lurida, Jacq. — The common Fence Aloe; abundant 
and growing wild everywhere, though it thrives best on the higher 
land, at M., alt. 4. Planted in rows, it forms the most common 
method of fencing lands, &c., in many parts of the Island. Flowers 
and seeds freely. Bot. Mag. 1522. — Hab. Vera Cruz. 
Crinum, Linn. 
747. C. amabile, Don. — A reddish-purple-flowered Bulb or Lily, 
growing not very abundantly in gardens on the high land. — Hab. 
Sumatra. 
743. C. asiaticum, Linn. — This handsome Lily grows in an 
uncultivated state in many of the gardens as at Maldivia on the 
low, and Terrace Knoll on the high land. C. to II. L.— Hab. Trop. 
Asia, &c. 
Doryanthes, Correa. 
749. D. excelsa, Correa. — Gigantic Lily ; grows somewhat in 
an uncultivated state, but not abundantly, on the high land at 
Mount Pleasant, &c., where it occasionally flowers well, the stem 
attaining a height of twenty feet or more. Bot. Mag. 1685. — Hab. 
N. S. Wales. 
Fourcroya, Vent. 
750. F. gigantea, Vent. — English Aloe; grows wild abundantly 
throughout the Island. Its flowering stem rises to a height of 
