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Duke of Northumberland's garden at Sion House, and Dryander's plant, dried 

 from Dr. Pitcairn's garden in 1782, There is a good figure by Ehret (Trew. 

 t. 27). I cannot separate H. imnamensis Lindl. and H. insignis Kunth. 



11. H. PEDALis Herb. App. 44. Pancratium pedale 'hodidi.'Boi. 

 Cab. t. 809; Lindl. in Bot. Keg. t. 1641. — Leaves lorate, arcuate, 

 bright green, firm in texture, about 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad above the 

 middle, narrowed to under an inch at the base. Peduncle about as 

 long as the leaves. Flowers about a dozen in a sessile umbel, with 

 broad spathe -valves. Perianth-tube very slender, 7 in. long; 

 segments very narrow, 5 in. long. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, 

 about 1 in. long, not at all spreading at the throat ; free tips of 

 filaments above 2 in. long ; anthers linear, f in. long. Style 

 reaching up to the anthers. Ovules 6-Q in a cell. 



Hab. Introduced from Truxillo about 1820 by Mr. Harrison, of Aigburth. 

 Described from a dried specimen of Dean Herbert's. Doubtfully distinct from 

 H. littoralis. 



12. H. TENuiFLORA Herb. App. 44. — Leaves thinner and more 

 spreading than in H. littoralis, acute, 2-2|- in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed to an inch at the base. Flowers 10-12 in a sessile umbel. 

 Perianth-tube very slender, 5-6 in. long ; segments very narrow, 

 3-4 in. long. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, f-1 in. long ; free tips 

 of stamens 1^-2 in. long ; anthers linear, | in. long. Style reaching 

 to the anthers. 



Hab. New Granada, Lieut. Holton 143! Described from a plant that 

 flowered at Kew in 1879. Probably a mere variety of H. littoralis. It was 

 cultivated by Herbert in 1814. I cannot distinguish from this the Ceylonese 

 plant (C. P. 2339) distributed by Dr. Thwaites as Pancratium malahatliricum. 



13. H. sENEGAMBicA Kuntli and Bouche in Ind. Sem. Berol. 

 1848, 12. — Leaves subdistichous, lorate, acute, arcuate, 2 ft. long, 

 2 in. broad above the middle, narrowed to an inch at the base. 

 Peduncle about as long as the leaves. Flowers 6-8 in a sessile 

 umbel ; outer spathe-valves ovate. Perianth-tube slender, 5-6 in. 

 long ; segments very narrow, 4 in. long. Staminal cup funnel- 

 shaped, about an inch long, 1-1 i in. diam. at the throat ; free tips 

 of filaments 2 in. long ; anthers linear. Ovules 6-8 in a cell. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, teste Kunth. Congo, on sandy shores between Ambriz 

 and Quizembo, Wehvitsch 4029 ! Scarcely, if at all, distinguishable from H. 

 tenuiflora. 



14. H. cAYMANENsis Herb. Amaryll. 614. Pancratium patens 

 Lindl., non Ked. — Leaves thinner, more spreading and more 

 oblanceolate than in H. littoralis, 2^-3 in. broad above the middle, 

 narrowed to an inch at the base. Peduncle stout, above 2 ft. long. 

 Flowers 6 or more in a sessile umbel. Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long; 

 segments linear, about 4 in. long, ^ in. broad. Staminal cup 

 obcouic, about an inch long ; free filaments 2-2i in. long ; anthers 

 linear, -|-f in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. Ovules 2 in 

 a cell. 



Hab. Florida, Curtiss 2880 ! Cuba, Wright 3245 ! Jamaica, March 1825 1 

 Island of Grand Cayman, Hort. Herbert ! Doubtfully distinct specifically from 

 ~H. carihcsa. 



15. H. Harrisiana Herb, in Bot. Eeg. 1846, Misc. No. 68; 

 Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6562. — Bulb globose, 1| in. diam. Leaves 



