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 Pancratium calathinum. White Brasil 



Pancratium. 



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Generic Character. — £?d? A r o. 1419. 



Specific Charatlcr and Synonyms. 



PANCRATIUM calathinum ; (umbella peaici (2 — 3) flora g corona 

 e majorihus ; ) foliis paucis (4?), bifariis, Iongius fiftulofo- 

 vaginantibus, inde anguftius convoluto-loratis, explanandis, 

 nervofo-ftriatulis, obtufis; fcapo compreffo-ancipiti, flriato; 

 fpatha lanceolata, fphacelata; germine feflili, fubovato, 

 obfolete trigono angulis rotundatis, lsevi, indefinite poly- 

 ipermo ; corolla nutanti-hypocrateriformi ; tubo ereclo, 

 rotundate, trigono, ftriato j limbo nutanti, ftellato, laciniis 

 lineari-lanceolatis, anguftis, concaviufculis ; corona illis 

 quarta circiter breviori, tota libera, turbinata, fexlobato- 

 niTa, fifluris ftaminigeris ; ftaminibus fubinclufis, incurvo- 

 conniventibus ; filamentis tereti-fubulatis, coronze fifluras 

 aequantibus ; antheris verticalibus, appenfis, vibratilibus, 

 filamento fere Iongioribus; flylo corollam aequantc, tri- 

 quetro-filiformi, afTurgente, fupra viridi ; ftigmate obfolete 

 trifido, depreifo. G. 



PANCRATIUM calathiforme. lil. a Redoulc, tab. 353. 



(*•) tubus lacinias fubaequans; coronas lobi rotundati, denticulato- 

 erofi. G. Ex RedouUo. 



(3.) tubus laciniis brevior ; finguli coronze lobi in finum latum 

 et profundum margine laciniato erofum cornu utroque 

 fubulato-extenfo excifi. G. Ex nojlro fpecimine. 



Desc. Bulb tunicate, about the fize of a middling apricot ; 

 leaves growing out ultimately to near the length of two feet and 

 a half, when flattened lefs than an inch in breadth; flowers ex- 

 ceedingly fragrant, white, about three inches long, expanding in 

 faccceffion with intervals of from ten to fourteen days ; tube and 

 u Pper part of the fiyle green. The fpecies approaches in habit 



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