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Pancratium amcenum. Broad spear- 

 leaved Sea-Daffodil. 



Generic Characler. — %/. Afo. 1419. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



PANCRATIUM amocnum • (umhella multifiora^ fejjilis ; corona 

 e majortbus ;) foliis pluribus, bifariis, a lamina elliptico- 

 lanceolata ftriata in petiolum ter quater anguftiorcm de- 

 crefcentibus y fpatha fubherbacea, lanceolato-convoluta ; 

 umbella divaricata, ramenris paucis interftintla ; germine 

 fubtrigibbo ; corollas tubo limbi laciniis fubtertiam breviore, 

 rotundate triquetro-fexangulato ; limbo revoluto-radiato, a 

 corona toto difcreto, laciniis lanceolato-linearibus, fub- 

 sequalibus, fuperne verfus involuto-cufpidatis, exterioribus 

 margine inferna plerumque undulatis ; corona ftaminilega 

 infundibuliformi, dentibus geminis collaterali-contiguis in 

 finu quovis interftamineo mediis j filamentis hanc pene 

 duplo excedentibus, limbo fub quartam brevioribus, 

 divergenti-incurvefcentibus, viridibus ; anthcris fubulato- 

 fagittatis ; ftylo corollam sequante ; ftigmate viridiflimo, 

 capitellato-trigono, leviffime trifido, pube minuta con- 

 fito. G. 



PANCRATIUM amcenum. Salijbury in Linn. Tranf. 2. 71. tab, 

 10. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 44; (exclufis in utroque fynonymis Com- 

 melini et Jacqm'ni, ^caribsei N ! - fuperioris 826 J Hart. Kczv. 

 ed. 2. 2. 220. 



P. amcenum. Bot. Rep. tab. 556 ? Quando fit hujus fpeciei fignra 

 parum bona. 



Descr. Leaves 6—8, about ten inches long, paler under- 

 neath, with a thick fleihy midrib, about three inches over at 

 the wideft part ; petiole about three inches long ; germcn not fo 

 evenly fhaped as in caribaum ; tube green-white, more than two 

 inches long, not widened upwards, remainder of the flower 

 pure white. The fragrance refembles in fome degree that of 

 fpfdofum, but is far lefs powerful. Caribaum (fee No. 826) 

 Offers from it in having 16—20 leaves, which are longer, 



narrower, 



