PANCRATIUM. 119 



1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 5-10 in an umbel; pedicels very short; 

 outer spathe-valves 2, large, ovate. Perianth-tube greenish, 2-3 in. 

 long, funnel-shaped in the upper quarter; segments linear, ascending. 

 1^ in. long. Staminal cup obconie, an inch long, with deltoid teeth 

 between the free tip of the filaments, which is only J in. long ; 

 anthers linear-oblong. Style reaching to the tip of the segments. 

 Capsule-valves about an inch long and broad. 



Hab. Throughout the Mediterranean region from Spain to Syria. Flowers 

 white, very fragrant. P. caroUnianum Linn. (Catesby, Carol, iii. t. 5 ; Bot. Keg. 

 t. 927), said to be wild in salt-marshes from Carolina to Florida, does not appear 

 to differ specifically from the European plant. Dr. Sereno Watson doubts its 

 occurrence in the United States ; but Catesby's figure is not a bad representation 

 of this species, and cannot possibly be Hymenocallis rotata, as suggested by 

 Herbert. 



7. P. CANARiENSE Kcr in Bot. Reg. t. 174. Bollaa canariensis 

 Parlat. — Bulb globose, 2 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, ensiform, glaucous, 

 1^-2 ft. long, l-lf in. broad. Peduncle moderately stout, 1^-2 ft. 

 long. Flowers 6-10 in an umbel ; pedicels elongated ; spathe of 

 2 oblong-lanceolate valves. Perianth-tube 1-1|- in. long, obconie 

 in the upper third ; segments lanceolate, an inch long. Staminal 

 cup much shorter than the segments, with bifid teeth between the 

 short free tips of the filaments ; anthers ^ in. long. Style reaching 

 to the tip of the segments. Seeds small, turgid. 



Hab. Canary Islands. Flowers in October. 



8. P. PARVUM Dalz. in Hook. Journ. ii. 144. — Bulb globose, with 

 a cylindrical neck. Leaves thin, linear or lanceolate, under a foot 

 long, contemporary with the flowers. Peduncle very slender, com- 

 pressed, |-1 ft. long. Flowers 2-4 in an umbel ; pedicels |-f in. 

 long ; spathe-valve 1, sometimes deeply bifid. Perianth-tube 3-4 in. 

 long, obconie in the upper quarter ; segments linear, an inch long. 

 Staminal cup funnel-shaped, half as long as the segments, with a 

 bifid tooth between each of the short free tips of the filaments ; 

 anthers linear. Style overtopping the anthers. Seeds few in a cell.^- 



Var. MALABARicuM Bakcr. — Leaves linear. Perianth-tube not 

 more than 2 in. Staminal cup smaller. 



Hab. Hills of Western Peninsular India, Stocks ! Law ! Ritchie 1 



9. P. VERECUNDUM Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 412 ; Bot. Reg. t. 413 ; 

 Wight, Ic. 2023. P. hifiorum Roxb. — Bulb globose, 2 in. diam., 

 with a long cylindrical neck. Leaves 6-10, thin, ensiform, con- 

 temporary with the flowers, 1-1^ ft. long, |-f in. broad. Peduncle 

 moderately stout, compressed, a foot long. Flowers 2-6 in an 

 umbel ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate-acuminate ; pedicels short. 

 Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long, obconie in the upper quarter ; segments 

 linear, 1^ in. long. Corona obconie, f-1 in. long, with a bifid tooth 

 between the free tip of each filament, which is ^ in. long ; anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long. Style overtopping the stamens. 



Hab. North India, from the Punjaub eastward to the Sikkim Terai. We 

 have a drawing made by Dr. Aitchison in 1878 and a specimen sent by Messrs. 

 Sander in 1883, 



10. P. LONGiFLORUM Roxb. Fl. lud. ii. 125. P. camhaijense Herb. 

 — Bulb globose, 1^-2 in. diam., with a cylindiical neck. Leaves 



