AMARYIJJDEAE BRQWN. (flymenocallis.) 671 



libus; (ubo trigono, bipollicari, limhi lacinias lineares acutas 

 horizontaliter patentes parum suuerante; corona radiatim ex- 

 pansa, plana, tertiam staminum partem acquante; sinubns inte- 

 gcrrimis vel mcdiu unidentalis; ovarii loculis 2-3-ovulatis. Xticc. 

 Pancratium glaucum Zuccarini in Ahh. d. Bayerschen Akademie 

 der Wissen&chaften 2. (1837.) p. 317. — Mexico. (Karwinski.) 

 2\. — Bulbus solidtis, globosus vel parum depressus, tunicis 

 fuscescentibus aridis obtectus. Folia infima 2-3, squamacformia, 

 abbreviata, inox marcescentia, sequentia obovato-oblonga vel 

 oblonga, utrinque attenuata, acuminata, intcgcrrima, glabra, rorc 

 detergibili glauca, ncrvis parallelis plurimis apicc arcuatim con- 

 niventibus, subtus niagis conspicuis percursa, obsolete carinata, 

 18-20-pollicaria, 3-3^- poll. lata. Scapus circiter peilalis, sub- 

 anccps, glaber, glaucus, biflorus. Spatlia di[)li>l!a, foliolis ad 

 basim usquc bipartitis indcque subtctrapbvlla ; laciniis anguste 

 lincari-lanccolatis, mcnibranaccis, aridis, albis. Florcs pedunculo 

 vix lineam longo crasso insidcutcs. Perianthium ovario adna- 

 tutn, sexpartitum ; (ubiis crcctus, rcctus, obtusc (rigonus, glaber, 

 vircsccns, indis neetariflnus, 2-pollicaris; limbus sexpartitus; 

 laciniis horizontaliler patentibus, Iinearibus, acutis, glabris, ncrvo 

 medio validiorc pcrcursis, albis, tubum subaequantibus. Stamina 

 6, pcriantliii fauci inscrta ejusdemque divisionibus opposita ct 

 bis tcrtia partc brcviora. Filamcnta basi incrassata ct vircn(ia, 

 inde ad ~ longididinis usquc coronae ope in orbem connata, 

 sursum libcra, subulata, crccto-patcntia, glabra, alba; corona 

 (mcmbrana tencra pctaloidca intcr stamina expansa) a perianthio 

 omnino libcra, patcutissima, rotata, glabra, alba: sinubus ro- 

 tundatis, unidcntatis vcl integcrrimis. Antherae lineares, utrin- 

 quc obtusac, dorso affixac, vcrsatilcs, quadrilocularcs, anticae, 

 pollinc aurco farctac. Ovarium pcrianthio innatiim, brcvc, (ri- 

 gonum, viridc, glabruni, (rilocularc ; ovulis 2-4 in quolibct lo- 

 culo. S(ylus filiformis, 3 et quod excedit polliccs longus, ex- 

 scrlus, stamina snperans, obsolete (rigonus, glabcr, basi albidus, 

 vcrsus sligma viridis, pcrvius. S(igma capitato-subtrigonum, 

 papillosum, laete viride, pcrvium. Capsula desideratur. Zucc. 



8. II. BISTUBATA I/crb. in lill. Lindl. in Bot. lieg. 1844. misc. 

 53. Foliis viridibus, subpctiolatis, 21-unc, 4 unc. latis, acutis; 

 sca[)o ancipiti, 17-unc. ; spatha pallida, unciali, octotlora; gcr- 

 ininc scssili; tubo 5|--unc; limbo pcndule rccurvo, 34--nnc; 

 corona ultra biunciali , inferne cylindrica, supcrne rotata, 1—- 

 unc, patentc; spatiis intcrstamincis dentatis, dcn(ibus bis inci- 

 sis ; filamcnCis |--lj unc. (antum libcris, crateriformiter dispo- 

 sitis; s(ylo circiter biunciam cxcluso. Herh. — Patria? (Ilartvvcg 

 misit.) 



9. II. SkiNNKRIANA Herh. in Bot. Beg. 1843. misc. no. 59. 

 Bulbo modico; foliis pctiolatis, forliter costatis ; lamina dilutc 

 viridi, lacunosa, acu(a, pcdali, 5 unc. lata; scapo 44--unc; spa- 

 (ha scsquiunciali, sexflora; gcrmine sessili ; (ubo erecto, 2j-unc, 



