PANC R A T I U M AMANCA K S. 



Nat. Oi:i>r.j;.— AM AIM UJDKK Li\mi:v. 



«■>/. J/« ? . 122 1. Hot. Keg. tJOO. 



Tims singularly beautiful golden Pancratium appears to be still run* in our collec- 

 tions, though recorded in tin* u ilortus Cantabrigicnsis" as introduced into this 

 country in 1804, In die Botanical (legator ii is described from n plant in 

 Mr. GaiPNErt rollertmii. whew it (lowered in 1822. It i* said to l« a native 

 of Pent, when* it grow* in abundance on the hill*, railed Amaocaesor tlamanchacs* 

 in the vicinity of Lima, aial lite bJossom&j which arc of mi unusual, and delicate 

 fragrance* resembling 'he scent of Vuniltc, are reported to be n*ed by the South 

 American females to ornament their hair, together ivitli the flowers of Begonia 

 Tuborosa. 



Dr. PsRSOOXf in hi? Synopsis Phiutnruiiu dtwrilies (hi* |datit under the name 

 or N&?ci$$Ui Atmutrarg* as follows: — ■*" Sputhr tt to (i (lowered; nectary large, 

 u campanulate, spreading, rix-lobcd; and the edges crcnulate; stamens hanging 

 •■ their heads downwards ; leaves sword-shaped ; Qowcn) large, yellow-aulphur- 

 " coloured, uihI very fragrant." He quotes (he sniue figure in the " Flora 

 Peruviana*" as that quoted in Curtis' Magazine, Fl. P, Vol. 't. pag. 3tt. tab. 2J>3* 

 The present specimen flowered in the hot-house of the Liverpool Itotanie Garden, 

 and was received from Chillinglou, the seat of T. \W GlFFAKDj E*4j, where it 

 was grown from seed. It is very closely allied to Pancratium Calathinum. 





