[ M53 ] 



Pancratium speciosum. Balsam-scented 

 Sea-Daffodil, 



Generic Char after. — Vid. No. 1419. 



Specific Char after and Synonyms. 



PANCRATIUM fpeciofum j (umbella phiri-multifiora curtim 

 pedicellata ; corona c majoribus ;)" foliis plurimis (8 — 14), 

 bifariis, fpathulato-ellipticis cum acumine, obfcurius 

 nervofo-ftriatis, in petiolum femiteretem crafTum tenia 

 circiter breviorcm mukoties anguftiorem fenfim decref- 

 centibus ; fpathae valvis convoluto-oblongis, tubi medium 

 fuperantibus, retrofrangendis; pedicelliscraffisgermen fub- 

 aequantibus, bra£tea ligulata fpathae ifometra interltinftis j 

 germine elliptico, rotundato-trigono faciebus fulcatis, 

 loculis collaterali-difpermis ; corollas tubo lineari-triquetro, 

 ftriato, limbi laciniis fubduplo breviore ; his lineari-lanceo- 

 latis, recurvatis, obfoletius carinatis, deorfum invoiuto- 

 concavis ; extimis fublatioribus, firmioribus, mucrone glo- 

 chidiformi ; membrana ftaminilega turbinato-expanfa, 

 Tugulofa, a limbo prorfus difcreta eoque Tub duas tertias 

 breviore, margine repanda dentibus interftamineis fenis 

 fubulatis (quorum nunc unus aut et alter obfo/efit, rarius 

 dividitur) ; (taminibus corona femel cum una fexta circiter 

 longioribus, inflexo-divergentibus ; ftylo quam limbus 

 paulifper breviore, fuperne viridi ; itigmate capitellato- 

 trigono, obfcure pubefcente, intcnfius viridi. G. 



PANCRATIUM fpeciofum, Salijbury in Liwm. Trmf. 2. 73. 

 tab. 12. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 2. 219; (exclufu Botan. Magaz. 

 et LiL a Red.) Willi. Sp. PL 2. 44. 



Discr. Bulb deprefled-fphaerical, about the fize of a 

 turkey's egg, integuments numerous, membranous, brownifh ; 

 leaves of a very dark green colour, from a foot and a half to 

 two feet long, from three to four inches acrofs the broadeft 

 P art > in number uncertain, feveral frefli ones being pro- 

 duced 



