144 United States sjjecies of Fancratium. 



tremely well in the dry soil of a garden. Variety a I have 

 never seen but on the Ogeechee river : /3 is found near the 

 mouth of Savannah river, and 7 in some of the streams of 

 South Carolina, rather farther from the sea than the other two ; 

 might almost form a distinct species : it flowers at least a month 

 earlier than the two first : 5 is found along with a. 



2. Pancratium rotatum. 



Bidbus stolonifer, scapum unum edens : folia octo, lineari- 

 lorata obtusa sesquipedalia, medio latiora, striata, concavius- 

 cula, dorso convexa, ecarinata, apice plana : scajms sesquipe- 

 dalis 4-florus, anceps, glaucus, striatus: germcn oblongo- 

 ovatum, subtrigonum : tubus subtrigonus, angulis rotundatis, 

 pallide virescens : ])etala ochroleucoidea, striata, linearia, recta, 

 horizontalia, aut etiam subrecurva, concava, subcanaliculata ; 

 corona duplo longiora marginibus involuta, exteriora subtus 

 viridescentia : corona albafundo viridescente, infundibuliformis, 

 interdum exacte rotata, nunquam disciformis, sinubus subpro- 

 fundis, margine irregulariter eroso, dentibus staminiferis, utplu- 

 rimum truncatis : Jilamenta e dentibus coronae, incurva, alba ; 

 anthercB verticales flavse : jnstillum viride declinatum, incurvum, 

 filamentis longius ; capsula Integra persistens ad seminum ma- 

 turationem. 



[3. Omnibus partibus minor. 



This species I have observed only on the river St. John's, 

 of East Florida ; the smaller variety is found near the sea, the 

 larger higher up the river, in swamps which are always under 

 water: at the head of Lake George it is peculiarly large, grow- 

 ing in a soil composed entirely of coarse sand and shells of 

 Helices. 



it seems to thrive better in a garden than in its native situ- 

 ation. 



