The above comprise all the Panaxes knowu to have been of- 

 fered ia the Amerii-:in trade, but there are many novelties in 

 Old World collfclions, wliich may apnear lu le at any time. 

 Thegarden plain- ill. "!!■ II -'. I i " '1. .-. I ,r. ■■ l.lnomcd. 



th..|.,M Mus. L. H. B. 



PANCKAIIUM ,L:am,aU-poieerrul: refi-rrinir to sup- 

 posed luedic-iual value). AmarylHd&cni . I'aii.r.itnnns 

 and Hyiuenocallis, sometimes called 8|'ili r l.ili. - ..r 

 Spirit Lilies, form a beautiful group of l.nlli-^. liai.l\ ..r 

 tender, some blooming in winter, otbirs in shhihh r. 

 and all characterized by the singular and beautiful Horal 

 structure known as a staminal cup and pictured in Vol. 

 II at page 788. This cup is white and has the texture of 

 petals. It is frins;i-d ur toothed in a great variety of 

 way*. T],. til, urn ;,^. LT^-iiicr out of the cup are long 



or -li I ' . ■ ■! Mi.nts are generally long, 



sUmii!. nciI. Thus many fanciful 



variaii -|.;'l. : I. I \|'e are produced. 



Tlif iiaiin .- "I Ui. -c i.iiniiiiK- plants have been 

 shifted back ami fortl. Ihi-a,,,, I'aTicratiums and Hy- 

 menocallis until hort«i-nlinri-i~ l;:(\.- c-mne to despair. 

 The latest monograplu-r ol iIk Ani.ir\ilis family (J. G. 

 Baker, in Handbook of the .Vinaiyllidcie, 1888), distin- 



guishes the 



ales in 



W< 



nera as follows : Pancratiu 

 ;ell and the seeds are black and 

 Hyraenocallis has few ovules in a 

 re usually solitarv, large, and with 

 iLTV coat. Pancratium is an Old 

 nneallis is a \ew World genus, B. 





ingi 



rptl 



Dd culture, see IIii>ii,,„millis. 

 .\ls., 11..;, -, U-. .Mi.,,-, L. Greenlee in Vick's Mag. 20:181, 

 wlit-re, however, the picture labeled P. oruatiim prob- 

 ably represents P. oi'a^(m,which is ffymeHotallix ovata. 

 A. Perianth-lube 1-3 in. long. 

 B. Staminal cap small, 3-4 lines tony. 

 lUyricum, Linn. Fig. 1629. Lvs. 5-G. strap-shaped, 

 glauciius, l'.j-2 in. wide: scape 1 ft. or more long: fls. 

 (i-12 in a ciiitripi.tal umbel; perianth-tube 1 in. long; 

 scgninit, I' . ill. 1.1111.': staminal cup with long, narrow, 

 2-cni I.. lb: Ir... |...riion of filaments 6-9 lines long: 

 seeds II., I .•..iiipi. ,-.i.d. Summer. Corsica. Sardinia, 

 Malta, .--. halv. i;,.M. 718. Gn. 48, p. 246.-Hardiest, 

 conlin..in--l and best. 



BB. Staminal cup large, 1 in. long. 

 maritimum, Linn. Fig. 1629. Lvs. 5-6, linear, glau- 

 cous, persistent, finally 2-2K ft. long: fls. very fra- 

 grant; perianth-tube 2-.'i in. long; staminal cup' very 

 prominent, the teeth short, triangular and regular ; 

 free part of filaments 3 lines long. Spain to Svria. 

 B.R.2:I61. 



AA. Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long. 



tortudsum. Herb. Same section as P. verecundum, 



shown in Fig. 1629, but not in the trade. Lvs. 6-12, 



PANDANUS 1199 



linear, spirally twisted : fls. 2-4 in an umbel ; staminal 

 cup over 1 in. long, distinctly toothed between the short 

 free tips of the filaments. Autumn and winter. Arabia 



and Egypt. 



P. Anuinc(E8, Ker 

 Andr. = H. ovata 

 Caribieum, Linn. 

 H. crassifolia. — i 

 counted for by B; 

 fragrans, Vraid.= 

 simiably=H. (xal 

 ably H, Harrisia 

 Mexicanum=n. 

 latum, Ker. = H , act 



W -M 



PANDANUS(Lat nized Malayan nan e) Pa t ) 

 Screw Pine, bcrew Pmes are troj i al i^ 1 ii t tt n 

 taining the size of trees and remark ble foi the i It 

 like aerial roots, and the perfect spiral arrangement of 

 their long, sword-shaped lvs. Their general appearance 

 is singular. See Fig. 1633. They hold aloft a few 

 long, scarred, naked branches, each one of which is 

 crowned by a tuft of lvs. The aerial roots gradually 

 lift the trunks out of the ground, but they doubtless 

 anchor the trees also. They are, however, difficult 

 organs to explain. Pandanuses are also remarkable for 

 their spines, which are rather small but very numer- 

 ous, all the same size and arranged at regular intervals 

 along the whole of each gracefully recurved sword- 

 shaped leaf — a perfect expression of formal linear 

 beauty. 



Two species of Pandanus are of the first importance, 

 P. Veilchii and P. titilis, the former variegated, the 

 latter not. (See Figs. 16.30-32.) Young plants of these are 

 amongst the most popular of all foliage plants for home 

 decoration. They are especially suited for fern pans 

 and table decoration. They are grown to a very large 

 extent by wholesale florists and palm specialists. Every 

 conservatory has them, and occasionally P. utilis is 



