( 2538.) 
Pancratium ZEYLANICUM. ONE-FLOWERED 
PANcCRATIUM, OR SEA-DAFFODIL. 
KR KKK EEE EK EERE EEK 
Class and Order. 
HexanpriA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Bulbus tunicatus. Scapus solidus. Spatha bifida vel 
latere uno dehiscens. Germen triloculare, trigoné oblon- 
gum, subsessile vel breviter pedunculatum. Tubus sub- 
trigoné cylindricus. Corona staminifera. Filamenta rigida, 
conniventia, alterna equalia. Anthere breves,.suberecte, 
medio feré affixe. Stigma simplex aut trigonum. Ovula 
biseriatim alternantia, complanata, cumulata. Semina 
testé nigra. Plante Europee, Asiatice, Africane. 
Specific Character and. Synonyms. 
Pancratium Seylanicum ; uniflorum, bulbo ovato ; foliis’ 
lorato-lanceolatis ; spath4 integra ; laciniis tubo lon- 
Sioribus, inferné corone adherentibus, superne revo- 
lutis ; stylo staminibus longiore ; stigmate simplici; 
germine subsessili. 
Pancratium Zeylanicum Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2.1. 417. Willd 
Sp. Pl. 2.41. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 218. “Ker in 
IS. 8c. and A. 3.317. Bot. Reg. 479. ) 
Pancravium tiareflorum. Parad. Lond. 86. oo 
Narcissus Zeylanicus. Herm. Lugdb. 691. t. 693. Com- 
_ mel. Hort. Amst. 1.73. t. 38. energe 
Litiwm Javanicum. Rumph. Amb. 6. 161. t. 70. fig. 2. 
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Native of Ce lon, slichtl fragrant. Our specimen flow- 
ered in July, sa the ove A Spoftorth, where, although it 
hot ripen its seeds, they were sufficiently advanced to 
th that the fructification conforms closely with that of, 
— European species. The genus was founded on P. mari-, 
vmum, and, in removing the discordant mass that has been 
ed to it, the name must remain to the true congeners of 
t species, which belong to Europe, Asia, and, Africa, 
d ritimum. 2. canariense. 3. illyricum. 4. verecun- 
“um (which is both biflorum and triflorum of Roxs.) 5. 
