AMARYLLIDACEJX. (AMARYLLIS FAMILY.) 467 
2. PANCRATIUM, L. 
Perianth corolla-like, 6-parted; the narrow divisions spreading; the tube 
slender and elongated. Stamens united below with a cup-shaped or funnel- 
shaped variously toothed crown, exserted : anthers versatile, linear. Style elon-! 
gated, declining: stigma entire. Capsule ‘membranaccous, 3-celled. Seeds 
often bulb-like, — Scape from a coated bulb, compressed or 2-edged, bearing 
the large and fragrant leafy-bracted flowers iu a cluster at tbe apex. Leaves 
strap-shaped. 
$ 1. PascnATIUM. Tube of the perianth dilated and funnel-shaped at the apex : 
crown almost wholly adnate to the tube, the border divided into six 2-cleft teeth, alter- 
nating with the stamens: capsule many-seeded, loculicidally 3-valved. 
1. P. maritimum, L. Leaves glaucous, erect, longer than the slightly 
compressed many-flowered scape; divisions of the perianth linear-lanceolate, 
shorter than the slender (3'-4/) tube, greenish without; stamens short. (P. 
Carolinianum, £L.) — Salt marshes, South Florida to South Carolina. July -Sept. 
— Scape 19 - 13? high. " 
§ 2. HvxrENocALLIS. Tube of the perianth straight, not dilated at the apex: crown 
free, funnel-shaped or saucer-shaped, the border irregularly toothed: capsule 1—3- 
seeded, bursting at the sides. — ; A ia 
2. P. rotatum, Ker. Bulb bearing runners; leaves flat above, concave 
toward the base; scape 2-edged, 2- 6-flowered, glaucous ; divisions of the peri- 
anth white, linear, spreading or recurved, longer than the green tube; crown 
saucer-shaped or somewhat funnel-shaped, with the border irregularly toothed. 
(P. Mexicanum of authors.) — Low banks and swamps, Florida to North Caro- 
lina. April and May. — Scape and leaves 1? - 2° high. 
3. P. coronarium, Leconte. Bulb without runners; leaves linear-strap- 
shaped, flat above, half-cylindrical near the base; scape solitary, green, 2-edged, 
4-flowercd ; divisions of the perianth linear, spreading, white; crown large, fun- 
nel-shaped, with six truncate lobes at the stamens, and several fine teeth at the 
sinuses. — Rocky islets in the Savannah River at Augusta, and in the Congaree 
at Columbia, Leconte. — Scape and leaves 2° long. 
4. P. occidentale, Leconte. Bulb without runners; leaves linear-strap- 
shaped, obtuse, concave, and, like the 2-edged 6-flowered scape, glaucous ; divis- 
ions of the perianth white, linear, spreading and recurved at the apex; crown 
funnel-shaped, with six toothed lobes alternating with the filaments ; capsule 
many-seeded. — Upland meadows, in the western districts of Georgia, Leconte. 
— Stem and leaves 2° long. oe 
$3. Ismene. Tube of the perianth curved, dilated at the throat : crown nearly free, 
somewhat 19-toothed : capsule few-seeded. e 
; 5. P. nutans, Gwal Leaves long, strap-shaped, sheathing ; scape 3-4- 
.. flowered, solitary, 2-edged ; flowers nodding; divisions of the perianth lanceolate- 
the crown, — South Carolina, Herbert, — Leaves 2° long. : Pc 
