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4. H. EUCHAEiDiFOLiA Baker in Gard. Cliron. 1884, i. 700. — 

 Bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 4, oblong, acute, shortly petioled, 

 a foot long, 3-4 in. broad at-tlie middle ; midrib distinct ; veins 

 lax. Peduncle green, acutely angled, under a foot long. Flowers 

 4-5 in an umbel, subsessile ; outer spatbe-valves small, lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube slender, 4-4^ in. long ; segments linear, 3-3^ in. 

 long. Staminal cup narrowly funnel-shaped, 1:^ in. long, with 1-2 

 minute cups between the free tips of the filaments, which are not 

 longer than the cup ; anthers linear, f in. long. Style overtopping 

 the anthers. 



Hab. Tropical America. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, 

 May, 1884. Exact country not known. 



5. H. BisTUBATA Herb. ; Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. 1844, Misc. 53. — 

 Leaves with a green oblong acute blade, 21 in. long, 4 in. broad, 

 narrowed to a short petiole. Peduncle compressed, 1^ ft. long. 

 Flowers about 8 in an umbel, sessile. Perianth-tube above 5 in. 

 long ; limb recurved, 3^ in. long. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, 

 rotate at the apex, 2 in. long, with bifid teeth between the free tips 

 of the filaments, which are f-lj in. long. Style protruded 2 in. 

 from the staminal cup. 



Hab. Known only from Dean Herbert's description. It was received by 

 him from Hartweg. Intermediate between the two subgenera, and perhaps a 

 garden hybrid. 



6. H. spEciosA Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 340. Pancratium 

 syeciosum Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 73, t. 12 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1453; Ked. Lil. t. 412; Bury, Hexand. t. 47. — Bulb globose, 

 3-4 in. diam. Leaves 12-20 to a bulb, oblanceolate-oblong, acute, 

 bright green, closely veined, 1^-2 ft. long, narrowed very gradually 

 to a short broad channelled petiole. Peduncle glaucous, compressed, 

 1\ ft. long. Flowers 10-15 in a centripetal umbel ; pedicels short ; 

 spathe-valves 5-6, lanceolate, green, 3-4 in. long. ' Perianth-tube 

 greenish, about 3 in. long ; segments 1^-2 in., as long as the tube. 

 Staminal tube funnel-shaped, If-li- in. long, 1^ in. diam. at the 

 throat, toothed between the free tips of the filaments, which are a 

 little longer than the cup; anthers linear, i in. long. Style 

 declinate, nearly as long as the segments. Ovules 2 in a cell. 



Hab. West Indies. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Nov., 

 1877. Common in cultivation. We have at Kew the originals of the drawings 

 of Salisbury's paper in vol. ii. of the ' Transactions of the Linnean Society,' 

 purchased at Burchell's sale. 



7. H. ovATA Eoem. Amaryll. 169. H. amoena Herb, (but not 

 Pancratium amcBnum Salisb.). Pancratium ovatum Miller, Diet. 

 No. 9 ; Ker in Bot. Eeg. t. 43. P.fragrans Salisb. in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. 72, t. 11. P. amcenum Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1467. — Bulb 

 3-4 in. diam. Leaves with an oblong acute blade a foot or more 

 long, 4-6 in. broad, narrowed gradually to a short broad petiole. 

 Peduncle compressed, about as long as the leaves. Flowers 6-10 

 in a sessile umbel ; spathe-valves ovate. Perianth-tube greenish, 

 2-2^ in. long, subterete ; segments linear, but little longer than the 

 tube. Staminal cup regularly funnel-shaped, an inch long, toothed 

 or entire between the free tips of the filaments, which are 1^ in. 



