HEXANDRIA M0XOGYNIA. 



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P 



patha sub-biflora 



foliis oblong 

 nectarii d( 



Spatlie gene 

 flowered : leaves 



s 



sex 

 diis 



43. 



mir.ifens, internii 



plicibus. Sp.pl. l.p 



'ally 2 



oblong 

 lanceolate ; six teeth of 



the 



ctary 



-n 



simple. 



ing the 

 mediate 



Pursli,l,p. 221. 



Hoot bulbous. 



AValt p. 120, Midi. K p. 188. 



Leaves long, strap shaperl, rather obtuse, somewhat 

 succulent, glabrous. Scape 18—24 inches lon<>, generallj 2 flowered 

 in Us native soils, when cultivated ver)- conimoalj S — 4 flowered. 

 Sheath generally composed of 2 pair of lacmbranous leaves, the. infpl 

 rior small. 



the back with green. 



Tube of the corolla 3 inches Jong, the bonier six parted, 

 the segments^ linear lanceolate, as long as the tube, white, tin"^eil on 



' _ "' ■ of thr nectars very short, inserfed on 



the surnmit of the tube of the corolla ; border half the len"-th oiTthe 

 corolla, expanding, very delicate and membranous, the ma!-gin irre- 

 gularly 12 parted, six teeth extending into filaments, the intermediate 

 angle obtuse, undulate, entire. Filaments as long as the corolla, es« 

 tending down the nectary to the tube of the corolla. Germ inferior, 



. . Stigma capitutc, 



CJapSMte S celled, 3 valved. AVei many in each cell 



angled. , ^ ' ' 



Our Pancratium has been figured and described in the Botanical 



3 angled. Style as long as the corolla, oblique, 

 slightly 3 cleft. " ' 



If 



I have nut the means of deters 



dining whether it is reallj distinct from the P. mexicanum. Linn. 



The texture of the nectary is so delicate that the margin is fre- 

 ouently torn j this occurs even in the expansion of tlie flower from 

 the slight coherence of tlie folds in the bud; but the margin is natu* 



lally entire. 



sta, Georgia, 



and the rivers in the low country ; they have diftere3 much in "the 

 size of the root and leaves, but m the flowers I could perceive no 

 difference. 



Dr. Macbride mentions, that in the Santee swamps, where he has 

 been most accustomed to see this plant, it frequently bears more 

 than two flowers. In the O^eechee and Savannah rivers, where I 

 ahve generally observed it, it is almost invariably two flowered. 



Grows in the marshes along the borders of fresh ^vater rivers, 



flowers April — May. 



2. MARITIMt^M. 



P. spatha muhiflora 



foliis lineari-lanceolatis 



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Spathe many flowered ; 

 leaves linear lanceolate ; 



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