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Pancratium CaribvEum. West-Indian 

 Pancratium. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Eexandria Monogynia* 



Generic Cbaratlen — Fid,, N um - 718. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



PANCRATIUM caribaum foliis fubambientibus, petiolatis, 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, fubfucculenter coria- 

 ceis ; corollae laciniis tubo obtufe fubhex- 

 angulo longioribus, deorfum infundibuli- 

 formiter convergentibus ; corona ftaminilega 

 arftius turbinata, fexies excifa, finubus in- 

 tegris aut varie dentatis. G. 



PANCRATIUM caribaum. Sp. PL 418. Hort. Cliff 133. 

 Hort. Kew. 1.411. Lam. Encyc. n. 6. Mart. 

 Mill. Ditf. IVilld. Sp. PL 2. 42. 



PANCRATIUM fragrans. Salijb. in Linn. Tranf. 2. 72. /. 11. 

 IVilld. Sp. PL 2. 43. exclufo Trew. Ehret. 



NARCISSUS totus albus latifolius polyanthos major odoratus. 

 Sloan. Jam. 115. Hift. 1. p. 244. Mart. 

 Cent. 3. /. 27. 



NARCISSUS americanus flore multiplice albo hexagono 

 odorato. CommeL Hort. Am. 2. t. 87. p. 173. 



ObS. V'tx dubito qutn hie quoqtie tutiffime retuliJJ'em PANCRATIUM 

 declinatum, Jacq. quod Amaenum Salifb. atque Willd. 



A native of the Weft-Indies ; faid to have been introduced 

 by P. Miller, in 1730. In our figure an inner younger 

 leaf is reprefented, and the ftem is feen on one of its nar- 

 rowed fides. Blooms in our (loves generally twice a year, 

 about June and February. 



Leaves 



