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23. H. HUMiLis S. Wats. Cont. ix. 301. — Bulb f in. diam., upon 

 a thick rootstock. Leaves linear, 4-6 in. long, i in. broad. Pe- 

 duncle slender, rather shorter than the leaves. Flower solitary ; 

 spathe-valves 3, narrow linear, greenish. Perianth 1^ in. long, 

 dilated at the tip ; segments linear, 2 in. long. Staminal cup 

 broadly funnel-shaped, 8 lines long, truncate between the free tips 

 of the filaments, which are one-third shorter than the segments and 

 style. 



Hab. Florida ; Indian Eiver, Dr. Palmer 555. Gathered in 1874. 



24. H. LACERA Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 338. H. rotata 

 Herb. Pancratium rotatum Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 827 ; Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 19 ; Baker in Saund. Eef. Bot. t. 357.— Bulb ovoid, li-2 in. 

 diam., with a produced neck and copious stolons. Leaves 6-8 to a 

 bulb, linear, bright green, l-lf ft. long, an inch broad. Peduncle 

 slender, compressed, as long as the leaves. Flowers 2-6 in a sessile 

 umbel ; spathe-valves small. Perianth-tube greenish, 3-4 in. long; 

 segments linear, as long as the tube. Staminal cup very rotate, 

 1|~2 in. diam. at the spreading margin ; free tips of filaments 

 1|- in. long; anthers hnear, ^ in. long. Style much overtopping 

 the anthers. Ovules 2 in a cell. 



Var. H. PALUDOSA Salisb. I. c. H. mexicana Herb. H. discifonnis 

 and Dillenii Eoem. Pancratium mexicanum L. (Dill. Hort. Elth. 

 t. 222). P. clisciforme Ked. Lil. t. 155. — Perianth-tube and seg- 

 ments shorter. Staminal cup about an inch in diam. at the edge. 



Hab. Southern United States. Ismene Knightii Knowles & West, Floral 

 Cab. ii. 51, appears to be a mere form of this species, with a 10 — 12-flowered 

 umbel. 



Subgenus Ismene (Salisb.). 



25. H. QuiTOENSis Herb. App. 44. Ismene tenuifolia Baker in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6397. — Bulb globose, 1^-2 in. diam., with brown 

 tunics and a cylindrical neck. Leaves 6-8, tufted, thin, linear, 

 acute, bright green, a foot long, i-f in. broad at the middle. 

 Peduncle slender, 4-8 in. long. Flower solitary, sessile, with 

 2 subulate spathe-valves. Perianth-tube slender, greenish, 3-4 in. 

 long, slightly curved at the apex ; segments lanceolate, suberect, 

 2^-3 in. long, i in. broad. Staminal cup obconic, 2 in. long, 

 11 in. diam. at the throat, white ribbed witli green, with large 

 quadrate sharply-toothed processes between the inflexed free tips of 

 the filaments, which are f in. long ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. 

 Style exserted from the staminal cup. 



Hab. Mountains of Ecuador, especially the Cerro of Santana, near Guay- 

 aquil, flowering in January, Pavon ! Jameson 529 ! Spruce G-loi ! Described from 

 a plant flowered in June, 1878, by Messrs. E. G. Henderson. 



26. H. Andreana Nichols. Diet. Gard. ii. 164. Ismene Andreana 

 Baker in Gard. Chron. 1884, i. 11 ; Kev. Hort. 1884, 129, 468 ; 

 'Garden,' May, 1884. — Bulb as large as an apple. Leaves several, 

 tufted, linear, pale green, weak, 12-15 in. long, | in. broad at the 

 middle. Peduncle slender, shorter than the leaves. Flower solitary; 

 spathe-valves small, linear. Perianth-tube green, cylindrical, curved 

 at the top, 4^ in. long ; segments linear, white, 3^-4 in. loug. 



