413 



PANCRATIUM verecundum. 0. 

 Solander's Sea- Daffodil. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Narcissi, Jussieu gen. 54* Div. II. Germcn ioferum. 



Amaryllises, Brotun prod, I. 296. Sect. L 

 PANCRATIUM. SuprA vol. S.fol. 221. 



Div. Floribus petiolatis v. subsessilibus : Umbo radiate : incisures tents corona 



staminiferis. 

 P. verecundum, spatha 2-4- flora, foliis linearibus acutis, limbo corollas bre- 

 viore tubo, coronae'incisuris alt erne profundioribus, staminibus incurvis 

 2-3plo longioribua lobulig coronse. Nob. in journ. of scien. and the arts. 

 3. 318; (ab anglico Roxb. MSS. 'verso). 

 Pancratium verecundum. Solander in Hort. Keto. 1. 412; (sed in editions 

 secundd & Dryandro omissum. A Willdenovio aliuque mate cum P. mari- 

 time confusum). 

 Pancratium trifiorum. Roxburgh MSS. in Musao Banhsiano cum tabuld 



picta. Carey bengal. 23* 

 Catulla pola* Rheede malab. 11* 79* U 46. 

 (#) tubo subtriunciali. 



Distingtdtur P. maritimo (vid.&uvrH fol. 161.) foliis numerosioribus, non 

 glauci$y acute acuminatis, nee exacts bifariis, dentious corona undulatis longu 

 oribus f magisque acuminatis, Jilamentis bis terve longioribus dentibus corona. 

 Fol. 8-10, sesquipedalian sernunciam lata. Scapus erectus, compressus, 

 pedalis. Spathse oblonga, lanceolata, acuminata^ albida 9 marcescentes y ex~ 

 teriores major es sesquiunciales. Flores suaveolentes pediceUati. Pedicelii tri* 

 goni vix semunciales. Corollae tubus cylindrico4rigonus> virescens vix biun~ 

 cialis > crassitie penna anserina. Limbus campanuUtus: lacinice lanceolate, 

 acuta f tubo paulo brevtores, nivea, extus medio virescentes. Corona campa* 

 nulata f corolla laciniis brevior, $exfida> laciniis bifidis. JFil* alba. A nth. 

 Jkva. Stylus declinatus virescens. Stigma obsolete trilobum. Solander* 



We are indebted to Mr. Herbert for the specimen of this 

 rare plant* It was produced this summer in the hothouse at 

 Spofforth ; and had been received from the Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden. The species was originally named and recorded in 

 the first edition of the Hortus Kewensis by Dr. Solander, 

 from a plant which flowered at Mrs. Theobald's in 1776; 

 but has been omitted by Mr. Dryander in the second edition 

 of that work; for reasons of which we are not precisely 

 aware. 



In our plant the tube of the corolla is longer than in that 

 described by either Dr. Solander or Dr. Roxburgh; but this is 

 at all times a very variable feature, and one little to be 



