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2. PANCRATIUM, L. 



Perianth •coroUa-liko, 6-parted ; tho narrow divisions spreading ; the tube 

 slender and elongated. Stamens united below with a cup-shaped or funncl- 

 Bhaped variously toothed crown, e.xscrted : anthers versatile, linear. Style elon- 

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

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

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

 strap-shaped. 



^ I. Pancratium. Tube of the perianth dilated and funnel-shaped at the apex: 

 crown almost xchoHij udnate to the tube, the border divided into six 2-chft teeth, alter- 

 nating icilh the stamens : capsule inani/seeded, loculicidallj/ 3-valved. 



1. P. maritimum, L. Leaves glaucous, erect, longer than the slightly 

 compressed mauy-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 lo-l^o high. . 



^ 2. HvMEXOCALLiS. Tube of the perianth Straight, not dilated at the apejc : CTOum 

 fr€e,fiinnel-shapedor saucer-shaped, the border irregularhj toothed : capsule 1-3- 

 seeded, bursting at the sides. 



2. P. rotatura, Ker. Bulb bearing nmners ; leaves flat above, concave 

 toward the base ; scape 2-edgcd, 2 - G-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, Leconte. Bulb without runners ; leaves lincar-strap- 

 shaped, flat above, half-cylindrical near th6 base ; scape solitary, green, 2-edged, 

 4-flowercd ; divisions of tlie 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 lincar-strap- 

 shapcd, obtuse, concave, and, like the 2-cdged 6-flowercd scape, glaucous ; divis- 

 ions of the perianth white, linear, spreading and recurved at the apex; crown 

 funnel-shaped, Avith six toothed lobes alternating with the filaments; capsule 

 many-seeded. — Upland meadows, in the western districts of Georgia, Leconte. 



— Stem and leaves 2° long. 



i 3. IsMEXE. Tube of the perianth curved, dilated at the throat : crown nearlijfree, 

 somewhat \2-toothed: capsule few-seeded 



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

 flowered, solitary, 2-edgcd ; 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. 



