LILIACEJ5. 583 



l"long, little shorter than the tube. — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl.; [French islands! to 

 Brazil]. 



6. PANCKATIUM, L. 



Perigonial tube long, slender, bearing a crown at its throat : limb 6-partite. Stamens 

 inserted into the crown : filaments long : anthers incumbent. Style simple. Capsule locu- 

 licide : seeds fleshy. — Leaves rosul ate from, a bulb ; scape terminated by a cluster of large 

 flowers : perigonial lobes narrow, 



7. P. caribseum, L. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, tapering at the base ; flowers 1 2-6, 

 sessile, white : tube of the perigone straight, filiform, shorter than the lobes : crown infun- 

 dibular, half as long as the stamens, sinuate : its teeth produced into the filaments ; anthers 

 attached below the middle. — Commelyn, Hort. 2. t. 87. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 102. — Hyme- 

 nocallis, Herb. H. Sloanei, Room. P. declinature, Jacq. P. amoenmn, Salisb. {Linn. Trans- 

 act. 2. t. 10). P. patens, Med.— Leaves 3"-4" (-2'0 broad ; perigonial tube 2"-3", limb 

 3"-4", crown about 1" long. — Hab. Jamaica ; S. Kitts, Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Dominica !, 

 Tmr.; [Guiana!]. 



8. P. patens, Lindl. (non Red.). Leaves lanceolate-oblong, tapering at the base; 

 flowers 4-6, sessile, white : tube of the perigone straightish, filiform, longer than (or as long 

 as) the lobes: crown infundibular, longer than half the stamens, repand: its teeth pro- 

 duced into the filaments ; anthers attached much below the middle.— Hymenocallis cayma- 

 nensis, Herb. — Leaves 3" broad; perigonial tube 5"-3", limb 4"-3", crown 16'" long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, March. ; [Great Kayman]. 



9. P. carolinianum, L. {ex Catesb.). Leaves linear, sessile; flowers 4-3 (-8), sessile, 

 white : tube of the perigone straight, filiform, longer than the lobes -. crown campanulate, 

 as long as the stamens, 12-denlale : alternate teeth produced into the filaments; anthers 

 attached at the middle. — Catesb. Carolin. App. t. 5. — P. rotatum, Ker (Hymenocallis, 

 Herb.). — Leaves 1" broad; perigonial tube 4 "-5", limb 3"-4", crown l^"-2" long. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, March ; [United States to Mexico]. 



7. CRINUM, X. 



Perigonial tube long, slender, naked : limb 6-partite. Stamens inserted into the throat 

 of the perigone : filaments long •. anthers incumbent. Style simple. Capsule " evalved : 

 seeds fleshy." — Leaves rosulate frc$n a columnar or globose bulb ; scape terminated by a 

 cluster of large flowers. 



* Leaf-ribs parallel. 



10. C. erubescens, Ait., (Herb., non Jacq.). Leaves linear, with a bluntish point, 

 scabrous at the margin : ribs parallel ; flowers 4-12, sessile, whitish ; perigonial tube 

 straightish, filiform to the summit, about twice as long as the expanded limb : lobes nar- 

 rowly linear; stamens spreading. — Herb. Amar. t. 4A.fi 12: the flower. — C. guianense, 

 Riem.l — Leaves 1"-1 \" broad; perigonial tube 6", lobes 4"-3" long, the latter 3"'-4'" 

 broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Hist., in ditches ; [Guiana !]. 



11. C. longinorum, Herb. Leaves linear or oblong-linear, acuminate, slightly sca- 

 brous at the margin: ribs parallel ; flowers 6-12, sessile, whitish and purple- variegated ; 

 perigonial tube cernuous, filiform, gradually dilated at the summit into the campanulate- 

 infundibular limb, exceeding it in length : lobes oblong-lanceolate, mucronate-pointed ; 

 stamens declined. — Bot. Reg. t. 303. — I exclude the figure of Rot. Mag. t. 2336 (said to 

 represent a hybrid from C. capense and erubescens), which has pedicellate flowers. Leaves 

 l'-2" broad ; perigonial tube 6"-5", lhnb 4"-3" long : lobes connivent, at length spreading, 

 10'" broad: their mucro of variable length, often 4'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, March ; An- 

 tigua !, Wullschl. 



** Leaf-veins in curves from the midrib. 



12. C. floridanum, Fraser (inedit.). Leaves oval, or oval-oblong, bluntish, tapering 

 into the petiole, glabrous at the margin : lateral ribs curved ; flowers 4-3, pedicellate, white ; 



