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2. PANCRATIUM, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, 6-parted; the narrow divisions spreading; the tube 

 slender and elongated. Stamens united below with a cup-shaped or funnel- 

 shaped variously toothed crown, exserted : anthers versatile, linear. Style elon- 

 gated, declining ; stigma entire. Capsule membranaceous, 3-celled. Seeds 

 often bulb-like. Scape from a coated bulb, compressed or 2-edged, bearing 

 the large and fragrant leafy-bracted flowers in a cluster at the apex. Leaves 

 strap-shaped. 



$ 1. PANCRATIUM. Tube of the perianth dilated and funnel-shaped at the apex: 

 crown almost ivhol/i/ actuate to the tube, the border divided into six 2-cleft teeth, alter- 

 nating with the stamens : capsule many-seeded, loculicidally 3-valved. 



1. P. maritimum, L. Leaves glaucous, erect, longer than the slightly 

 compressed many-flowered scape; divisions of the perianth linear-lanceolate, 

 shorter than the slender (3' -4') tube, greenish without; stamens short. (P. 

 Carolinianum, L.) Salt marshes, South Florida to South Carolina. July -Sept. 



Scape l-l high. 



$ 2. HYMENOCALLIS. Tube of the perianth straight, not dilated at the apex : crown 

 free, funnel-shaped or saucer-shaped, the border irregularly toothed : capsule 13- 

 seeded, bursting at the sides. 



2. P. rotatum, Ker. Bulb bearing runners ; leaves flat above, concave 

 toward the base ; scape 2-edged, 2 - 6-flowered, glaucous ; divisions of the peri- 

 anth white, linear, spreading or recurved, longer than the green tube ; crown 

 saucer-shaped or somewhat funnel-shaped, with the border irregularly toothed. 

 (P. Mexicanum of authors.) Low banks and swamps, Florida to North Caro- 

 lina. April and May. Scape and leaves 1 - 2 high. 



3. P. COronarium, Leconte. Bulb without runners; leaves linear-strap- 

 shaped, flat above, half-cylindrical near the base ; scape solitary, green, 2-edged, 

 4-flowered ; divisions of the perianth linear, spreading, white ; crown large, fun- 

 nel-shaped, with six truncate lobes at the stamens, and several fine teeth at the 

 sinuses. Rocky islets in the Savannah River at Augusta, and in the Congaree 

 at Columbia, Leconte. Scape and leaves 2 long. 



4. P. occidentals, Leconte. Bulb without runners ; leaves linear-strap- 

 shaped, obtuse, concave, and, like the 2-edged 6-flowered scape, glaucous ; divis- 

 ions of the perianth white, linear, spreading and recurved at the apex ; crown 

 funnel-shaped, with six toothed lobes alternating with the filaments ; capsule 

 many-seeded. Upland meadows, in the western districts of Georgia, Leconte. 



Stem and leaves 2 long. 



3. ISMENE. Tube of the perianth curved, dilated at the throat: crown nearly free, 

 somewhat 12-toothed: capsule few-seeded. 



5. P. mitans, Gwal. Leaves long, strap-shaped, sheathing; scape 3-4- 

 flowered, solitary, 2-edged ; flowers nodding ; divisions of the perianth lanceolate- 

 linear, white, longer than the green tube ; stamens incurved, scarcely longer than 

 the crown. South Carolina, Herbert. Leaves 2 long. 



