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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 tootiied crown, exserted : anthers versatile, linear. Style elon- 

 gated, declining . stigma entire. Capsule membranaceous, 3-celled. Seeds 

 often bulb-like. — Scape from a coated bulb, compressed or 2-edged, bearing 

 the large and fragrant Icafy-bracted flowers in a cluster at the apex. Leaves 

 strap shaped. 



§ 1. Pancratium. Tube of the perianth dilated and funnel-shaped at the apex t 

 crown almost wholli) udnate to the tube, the border divided into six 2-clefl teeth, alter- 

 nating with the stamens : capsule mantj-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 l°-li° high. 



§ 2. HvMESocALLis. Tubc of the perianth straight, not dilated at the apex : crowu 

 free, funnel-shaped or saucer-shaped, the border irregularly toothed: capsule 1-3- 

 seeded, bursting at the sides. 



2. P. rotatum, Ker. Bulb bearing runners ; leaves flat above, concave 

 toward the btse ; 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 l°-2° high. 



3. P. COronarium, Lcconte. Bulb without runners; leaves linear-strap- 

 shaped, flat above, half-cylindrical near the base ; scape solitary, green, 2-edged, 

 4-flowered ; 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, Leconle. — 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, spi-eading 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. • 



§ 3. IsMENE. Tube of the perianth curved, dilated at the throat: crown nearljfrce, 

 somewhat \2-toothed: capsule few-seeded. 



5. P. nutans, Gwal. Leaves long, strap-shaped, sheathing; scape 3-4- 

 flowered, solitary, 2-edged ; flowers nodding ; divisions of the perianth lanceolate- 

 linear, white, longer than the green tube ; stamens incurved, scarcely longer than 

 the crown. — South Carolina, Herbert. — Leaves 2° long. 



