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PANCRATIUM ovatum. 



Oval-leaved Sea-daffodil. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



PANCRATIUM. Iiiflor. umbellata in scapo tcrminalis spatliu bi- 

 plurivalvi ; rarius uniflora. Col. 0. Cor. supera, infra tubulosa, limbo 

 sexpartito, radiato. Til. faucc tubi imposita, erecto-divergentia, infra vt 

 membrana vans altitudinis in coronam connexa : anth. introrsiim vibra- 

 tiles. Germ, polyspermum, v. siepe loculis dispermis. Stylus corollas 

 subaequalis, inclinato-assurgens : stigma simplex, trinave linearia. Caps. 

 3-loc, S-valv., valvis medio septigeris: sem. plurima, vel pauca, aut 

 abortu solitaria atque loculo conformia. 



^ Bulbus t urticatus. Folia bi-v. plurifaria, anguste ligulata ad e/lip- 

 tico-lanceolata, raro anguste semitereti-petiolata lamina transverse la- 

 tiore. P lores erect i aliquando a limbo nut antes. Testa seminis rarius 

 nigrescit. A Crino tantum propter stamina monadelpha diver sum. 

 Alias accedit Amaryllidi ad ejusdem species cum fauce mem- 

 branaceo-jimbriata. Distinguitur Narcisso ex corona fauciali colli- 

 gante stamina ipsi longiora, neque ac in eo breviora includenlc. 



Div. Multiflora. 



P. ovatum, sessiliflorum ; foliis bifariis, ovalibus, utrinque brevit^r at- 

 tenuatis, striatis; tubo tereti, estriato, limbum subaequante ; laciniis 

 linearibus infri\ medium involuto-crispatis: coronae dentibus integris. 

 \ Pancratium ovatum. Mill. diet. ed. 6. (Loud. 1771- 4fo.) n. 9. 



P.* 



amoen 



Denum. Andrews's reposit. 556; (figara pa rum bona, sedltuic a 

 certiorijure pertinens quam amceno, cut quidem incerto datur in Curt, 

 mag. No. 1407). Nee aliorum. 



P. amboinense. £. Lin. sp. pi. 1. 419. 



P. foliis ovatis, nervosis, spatha multitiora, staminibus nectario longiori- 

 bus. Mill. diet. ed. 7. n. 9. 



P. foliis amplis ovatis acuminatis petiolatis, spatha multiflora, staminibus 



nectario lomrioribus. Trerc. ehret. tab. 28. 



Folia plura, reclinata, pedalia tnagtsve, 4-6 uncias lata, deorsum in petio- 

 lum aliquoties angustiorem pluries breviorem parhn crassiorem attenuate*. 

 Scapus Jbliis ccquuongus, glaucus, complanato-anceps, margine utrinque mem- 

 branaceo-acuta. Spatha 6-8 : flora, herbaceo-a/bicans, pfurivalvis, tubo bre- 

 vior, erect a 9 valvis cxtimis oblongis obtusis. Cor. Candida ; tubus 2-u?icialis f 

 strictus, obsoletissime Sgonus, limbo superne radiato-recurvo subcequalis ; 

 laciniae exteriores subanzustiores vix duas lineas latce y viridi-mucronatce „• 





corona tubulato-uifundibiuiformis a limbo iota libera, dentibus senis intersta- 

 mineis acutis integris. Stam. ex limbo una quint a parte breviora : anth. gra* 

 dies, JtUvce. Stig. viride, subcapitellato-depressum. 



Four closely resembling species of this genus, all from 

 the West Indies, have for a long time been cultivated iu 

 vol, L s 



