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3-5, oblanceolate, about a foot long, 2 in. broad above the middle ; 

 base very naiTow. Peduncle slender, rather glaucous, under a foot 

 long. Flowers 2-3 in a sessile umbel ; spathe-valves lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube slender, 3-4 in. long ; segments linear, 2^-3 in. long. 

 Staminal cup funnel-shaped, f in. long, very plicate, |-f in. diam. 

 at the throat, with a small tooth between the free tips of the 

 filaments, which are 1^ in. long. Style reaching up to the anthers. 

 Ovules 2 in a cell. 



Hab. Mexico. Eeceivecl alive lately from Col. Trevor Clarke and Messrs. 

 Elwes, Bull, and Ware. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, May, 1879. 



16. H. HoKSMANNi Baker. — Bnlb middle-sized. Leaves few, 

 thin, oblanceolate, rather glaucous, a foot long, 1-1^ in. broad 

 above the middle, deltoid at the apex, very narrow at the base. 

 Peduncle 3-4 in. long. Flowers 1-3 in a sessile umbel ; spathe- 

 valves small, lanceolate. Perianth-tube 4-5^ in. long : segments 

 very narrow, 2| in. long. Staminal cup rotate, under an inch long, 

 1^ in. diam. at the throat; free tips of filaments 1^ in. long; 

 anthers linear, f in. long. Style reaching up to the anthers. 

 Ovules 2 in a cell. 



Hab. Mexico. Described from living specimens sent by Mr. F. Horsman, 

 of Colchester, in July, 1883. An allied plant in Gay's Herbarium, dried from 

 the Jardin des Plantes in June, 1860, has an oblong-lanceolate leaf a foot long, 

 3 in. broad at the middle, and a short pedicel. 



17. H. CAKiBiEA Herb. App. 14. Pancratium carihaum Linn. 

 (Commel. Hort. ii. t. 87); Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 82G. P. declinatum 

 Jacq. Hort. Vmd. iii. 11, t. 10 ; Bed. Lil. t. 414 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 558. P. amceniim Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 71, t. 11. — 

 Bulb globose, 3-4 in. diam. Leaves a dozen or more, multifarious, 

 lorate, acute, 2-3 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad above the middle, narrowed 

 to an inch at the base, thinner and more spreading than m H. 

 littoraUs. Peduncle acutely angled, little shorter than the leaves. 

 Flowers 6-12 in a sessile umbel; spathe-valves lanceolate-deltoid. 

 Perianth-tube 2-3 in. long ; segments linear, 3-3-|- in. long. 

 Staminal cup regularly obconic, an inch long, faintly 2-tootlied 

 between the free tips of the filaments, which are l-|-2 in. long ; 

 anthers linear, f in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. Ovules 

 2 in a cell. 



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

 in June, 1872. Also received alive from Messrs. Veitch and Wilson Saunders. 

 P. patens Red. is a form with a tube 3 in. and segments 4 in. long. F. latifolium 

 Miller probably belongs here. I cannot distinguish //. cuigusta Herb. {Pan- 

 cratium angustum Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 221), except by its narrower leaves. II. 

 obtusata Griseb., from Surinam, is said to differ from carlbcea by its more obtuse 

 leaves, tube and segments each 3 in. long, and sinuses of the staminal cup less 

 produced. 



18. H. CRASSlFOLiA Herb. App. 44 (misprinted crassijiora in 

 Kunth). Pancratium crassifolium R. & S. Syst. vii. 921 ; Baker in 

 Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 331. P. coronariian and occidentals Leconte. — 

 Bulb ovoid, 3i-4 in. diam. Leaves 6-8, lorate, obtuse, bright 

 green, firm, suberect, 2 ft. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 to f-1 in. at the base. Peduncle compressed, 2 ft. long. Flowers 

 about 4 in a sessile umbel ; outer spathe-valves large, deltoid. 



