Tas. 6436. 
HYMENOCALLIS MACROSTEPHANA, 
Native Country unknown. 
Nat. Ord. AmMaryLLIpAcE®.—Tribe PancratiEr. 
Genus Hymenocatuis, Salish. ; (Kunth, Enum. vol. v. p. 664). 
Hymenocatuis (Choretis) MacrosTEPHANA ; bulbo ovoideo longicollo tunicis brun- 
neis membranaceis, foliis 8-9 synanthiis oblanceolatis viridibus 2-3-pedalibus, 
scapo robusto ancipiti, umbellis 6-10-floris, bracteis exterioribus deltoideis 
interioribus lanceolatis, pedicellis brevibus, ovario semipollicari, perianthii 
albi tubo tripollicari, segmentis linearibus patulis tubo paulo longioribus, 
corona bipollicari infundulari ore dentato flore expanso subpatulo, filamen- 
torum parte libera pollicari incurvato, antheris parvis luteis. 
H. macrostephana, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1879, p. 480. 
We received this from two sources at the early part of the 
present year. First from Sir Philip Egerton, who had it 
from a continental nursery under the name of Pancratium 
fragrans, and who noticed that it was quite different from the 
plant properly so called, which is a variety of Hymenocallis 
speciosa ; and afterwards from Mr. Woodbridge, gardener to 
the Duke of Northumberland at Sion House, who has grown 
it for some time there. We have not been able, so far, to 
trace out further its history, or to ascertain its native country. 
Its nearest ally is evidently the Mexican Choretis glauca of 
Herbert, and the two together form a group midway between 
Ismene and the typical species of Hymenocallis, such as 
speciosa and caribea, in which the corona is much smaller, 
and the free portion of the filaments proportionately larger. 
The flower is pure white and sweet-scented, and it certainly 
is one of the most valuable of all the Pancraties for decora- 
tive purposes. It flowers in February and March. | 
Dzscr. Bulb ovoid, two inches in diameter, with brown 
membranous tunics and a long neck. Leaves eight or nine to 
a bulb, cotemporary with the flowers, aggregated in a basal 
rosette, oblanceolate, loosely arcuate, two or three feet long, 
two or three inches broad three-quarters of the way up, 
JULY Ist, 1879. 
