P 4 N C K A T 1 1 M C A h A T H I N U M. 



Cup-flattered Pauvrathtm.- Hot. Heg. i\'>. 



Nat. QRDER—AMARYLMDK/K -Lindlky. 



Tmfl very rare Pancratium mw received by It. Harrison, Esq- from ttnnil, 

 and flowered in hi* Hothouse, us here represented, in April. IH'tl. II 

 approaches to the hnhil of I*. Amancacs in its sheathed stem; its cup shaped 

 nectary; and tin* curious way in which the stamens are bent down within 

 I he enp t even after the flower is fully expanded : they spring from this jn^ilion 

 with n sudden jerk, intended doubtless (as in lite Kalinins) to scatter the pollen 

 on the pMyl, which i* nearly straight, and as Inns; as tlie nectary; conse- 

 quently the stigma is elevated considerably above Ibe anthers. This plant 



is double the size of Anmncaes, but the hitter still reigns triumphant, a* the 

 only described IVneralium wilh a coloured Corolla* In Cntnthiiiuin the bulb 

 is nearly globular, the sheathed part of tin- stem beautifully veined with green, 

 and about one foot hiyh to the separation of the leaves ami flower-stem, 

 which rises two feet six inches more, is solid and flattened, measuring an 

 inch one wav, and not more than three-eights the oilier; there is a sharp 

 ridge up each .side, and il is groen and glaucous. The leaves do not come 

 to perfection until after the flower is past, they then attain nearly three feet 

 in length. 



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