Note 29 — PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS.

p. 28.—“Liliaceæ.”

The principal seat of this form is Africa, where it is both most varied and most abundant, and where these beautifully flowering plants are assembled in masses and determine the aspect and character of the country. The New Continent does, indeed, also possess superb Alstromeriæ and species of Pancratium, Hæmanthus, and Crinum (we augmented the first-named of these genera by nine, and the second by three species); but these American Liliaceæ grow dispersed, and are less social than our European Irideæ.