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^ PANCRATIUM Mexicanum. 
Mexican Pancratium. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Amaryllide£. ' y 
PANCRATIUM. Suprd vol. 3. /ol. 221. 
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Di Y. II. Floribus sessilibus v. subsessilibus ; limbb radiato ; dentibus senis 
CorbtUB statninifcris. 
P. . meirtponum ; bi-miiltifloruni, foliis liiieari-IanceoUitis ucuniiiiat is, corollae 
laciniis linearibiis tubo loiigioribus, corona lotato-tuibinata, denticulata 
staniiiiibus multo breviore, stig-inate capitate, bulbi collo elongato. 
P. mexicanum More gemello candido. Dili, clth. 229. t. 222./. 289. 
P. mexicanum. Linn. sp. 1.418. Willd. sp. pL 2.42. Ait. Kev>. ed. 
2, 2.218. Ke7\ in Journ. scientice aim ic. ex delineatione in museo 
Banksiano. 
Bulbus Narcissi majoris magnitudine, collo elongato. Folia lineari-lan- 
ceolata, canaliculata, apice attenuata, atro-viridia, glaucedine nulla. Scapus 
teres. Umbella A-5-fiora, spathd multiplici, foliolis exterioribus late ovatis 
sphacelatis, tuhi dimidio longitudine. Flores sessiles albi; tubus circiter 
3-uncias longus, obsolete hexagomis; perianthii lacinise lineares dependentes 
tubo paulb longiores; corona rotato-turbinata, laciniis multoties brevior, 
jnargine denticulata. Stamina rigida e margine corona, erecta, corond multb 
lojtgiora, Jilamentis viridibtis. Stylus viridis, declinatus, staminum longi- 
tudine. Stigma capitatum. Semina camosa. 
For the re-introduction of this fine species of Pancra- 
tium, from Mexico, the public is indebted to Sir Alexander 
Johnson, by whom it was presented to Mr. Colvill, with 
many curious Mexioan seeds. 
That it is the same as P. mcdicmiinn of Linnaeus, as 
determined by Mr. Dryander there can be little doubt. 
The figure given by Mr. Ker, from the Banksian library, 
represents a weak specimen, with two flowers, just ns tlic 
1082d plate of the Botanical Magazine exhibits a snnilar 
state of P. rotatum, to which this species is most nearly 
allied. 
