146 United States si)ecies of Pancratium. 



4. Pancratium Occident ale. 



Bulbils non stolonifer, scapum unum solum edens : folia plu- 

 rima, lineari-lorata, obtusa bipedalia, striata, dorso convexa, 

 ecarinata profunde et obtuse canaliculata, pallide viridia, glauca : 

 scapus bipedalis, 6-florus, striatus, anceps, glaucus: germen 

 subtrigonum, subglaucura : tubus subtrigonus, glaucus: ])etala 

 utrinque alba, unguiculata, linearia, striata, expansa, recta 

 (non rotata) apice subrecurva corona longiora : corona infun- 

 dibuliformis, alba stellata, sex lobata, lobis diverse dentatis, 

 dentibus 2 — 4, fundus viridescens : filamenta coronam aequan- 

 tia, 6 sinubus coronae, subincurvae : anthera, verticales, flavae : 

 pistillum versus apicem viride, declinatum, incurvum filamentis 

 longius : capsula magna, polysperma Integra persistens ad 

 seminum maturationem. 



This species is found in the western parts of the state of 

 Georgia and in Tennessee and Kentucky : it differs from all the 

 others, in not growing in the water, but in upland meadows. 

 It very rarely increases by bulbs, and is therefore generally 

 found growing single ; it is, however, very readily propagated 

 by seeds. Although all the plants of this genus produce very 

 fragrant flowers, yet this species surpasses them all in this re- 

 spect ; its odour is exactly that of the early flowering hyacinth. 



It may be expected that something should here be said of 

 the P. carolinianum of Walter ; which, although hitherto not 

 detected in our country, still holds a place in all botanical 

 works. If this P. occidentale be not it, I am inclined to think 

 that it may as well be given up as a nonentity. I regret much 

 that it is not in my power to furnish a figure of this as well as 

 of the other species. As for the plant referred ta in Catesby, 

 as Walter's, it is decidedly the P. maritimum ; and the figure 

 given in the third volume of the Journal of Science and Arts, 

 by Mr. Ker, is a distorted delineation of the same. Although 

 said to be drawn " certissima manu Dryandri," it represents, 

 an absurdity and an impossibility. 



