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2. PANCRATIUM, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, 6-parted ; tlie 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 membranaceous, 3-celled. Seeds 

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

 the large and fragrant leafy-bractcd flowers in a cluster at the apex. Leaves 

 strap shaped. 



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

 crown almost icholly adnate to the tube, the border divided into six 2-cleft teeth, alter' 

 noting with the stamens : capsule mani/seedtd, locidicidall y 3-valved. 



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

 compressed many-flowered scape; divisions of the perianth linear-Uinceolate, 

 shorter than the slender (3' -4') tube, greenish without; stamens short. (P. 

 Carolinianum, L.) — Salt marshes, South Florida to South Carolina. July -Sept. 



— Scape 1°-U°high. 



§ 2. Hymesocallis. Tube of the perianth straif/ht, not dilated at the apex: a'own 

 free, ftnnel-shaped or saucer-shaped, the border irregulurlij toothed: capsule 1-3- 

 seeded, burstimj at the sides. 



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

 toward the base ; scape 2-edged, 2 - 6-flowered, glaucous ; divisions of the pei'i- 

 antli white, linear, spreading or recanted, longer than tlic 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. eoronarium, Leconte. Bulb witliout runners ; leaves lincar-strap- 

 shaped, flat al)ove, half-cylindrical near the base ; scape solitary, green, 2-edged, 

 4-flowered; divisions of the jK'rianth linear, spreading, white; crown large, fun- 

 nel-shaped, with six truncate lobes at the stamens, and several fine teetli at tlie 

 sinuses. — Rocky islets in the Savannah River at Augusta, and in the Congaree 

 at Columbia, Leconte. — Scape and leaves 2° long. 



4. P. oecidentale, 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 tootiied lobes alternating with tlie 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 nearly free, 

 somewhat 1 2-foothed : capsule few-seeded. 



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

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

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

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



