1641 



PANCRATIUM * pedale. 



Long-flowered Pancratium 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amaryllideje R. Br. {Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 259.) 



PANCRATIUM.— Supra, vol. 3.fol. 221. 



P. pedale ; foliis lato-lanceolatis canaliculars coriaceis acutis, umbella ses- 

 sili multiflora, perianthii tubo longissimo: laciniis lanceolato-linearibus 

 canaliculatis undulatis, corona brevi obconica plicata inter stamina bi- 

 dentata. 



Hymenocallis pedalis. Herbert append, hot. mag. p. 44. 



P. pedale. Rbmer et Schultes, vol. 7. p. 916. 



One of the most beautiful of the Amaryllis tribe, ex- 

 celling them all in the extraordinary length of the flowers, 

 which measure a foot from the base of the tube to the tip 

 of the segments. The latter are very narrow and wavy : in 

 our drawing they are represented all turned one way ; but 

 we suspect that this position is unnatural, and caused by 

 the specimen having become a little flaccid when the figure 

 was taken. 



Communicated, in April 1833, by Richard Harrison, Esq. 

 from his hothouse at Aighburgh. The bulb was sent by 

 Mr. Barnard from near Truxillo. J. L. 



* An old name, signifying " all-powerful." It seems to have been 

 originally applied to the squill, on account of its medicinal effects. Why 

 it was transferred to the genus that now bears the name is not apparent. 



