PANCRATIUM SPECIOSUM 



Nat. OftDM.— AMAKVLLIDEjE.— Lu 



VllLlV. 



Bot Mag* 1453. 



Tiik elegant appearance of the buncfa of pure white flowers* contrasted with the 

 ricli dark green leaves surrounding it, delights the eye on approaching rhi> plant* 

 ilh much a** the balsamic fragrance which it emits gratifies the sense <>f smelling, 

 bur rite scent is too powerful to lie inhaled long without causing headache. 



The flowers are generally ten or twelve in the nmhel, on short ]>edicles which 

 are nearly hidden within the spathc. Petals seven or eight inches long, the three 

 outer ones clawed at the points Style longer than the filaments, green and twisted; 

 the stigma covered with a velvet down and sticky. Anthers containing n quantity 

 of yellow (mlleii, which when scattered on the white petals Nprkles like the finest 

 gold dust on frosted silver work. Spathe and (lowcr-bractes whitish-green sliglitlv 

 tinged with brown. The scape rises within some of the leaves, winch are nume- 

 rous, attaining the length of thirty inches* mid the breadth of five or six in the 

 broadest part, but narrowed into less than one inch for half the length, and iso- 

 lated nt the base. This i* the Ilt/tnenovailfs Spcrioxa of Mr. Herbert* and he 

 enumerates three varieties, distinguished by the breadth of the leaves and the 

 length of their petioles Drawn from a plant in the stove of the Liverpool Ifo- 

 tanic Garden* where it flowers very luxuriantly several times every year. 





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