) have been of- 



tum. Bull. 

 Ifts. linea 



Trr 



rkeil with pallid spots: Ivs. 3-pinnate, tlie 

 e uu.l whitish toothed. Polynesia— P. 

 er. Of climbing habit, with long-stalked 

 s. aljtuit 3 ft. long, the petiole greenish, 

 marked with white, the Ifts. oblong-laii- 

 Solomon islands. G.C. III. 23:242.— P. 

 properly P. fruticosum, var. multi-fidura. 

 .i.-t plant, with 3-pinnatisect Ivs. and lin- 

 ti' peiriiients ^^ in. or less long, with brts- 

 i„. Mil. •11. i.\r,'ili;. si.l.-n.li.lissima, Hort.). 



unil.,.k ,.f l.n.wnisl. IN, ii, lonL-.L-rniinal i.rn,i,-les. S. Sea 

 islands, Anstral. li.M. 07'.),s.— i'. unuitiiM, Bull. Lvs. long, 

 pinnate, the Ifts. nan-ow-laiioeolate and deeply blunt-toothed, 

 Brazil. — P. sessiliflbrum, Rupr, & Max,, is described in Acan- 

 thopanax, its proper genus. L. H. B. 



fuU referring: to sup- 

 diieea. Pancratiums 

 lid Spider Lilie.s or 

 iji of bulbs, hard)' or 



PANCRATIUM (Lati>.,. 



posed medicinal valu. I. . 

 and Hymenocallis, >i>iiirt 

 Spirit Lilies, form a hvau 

 tender, .some blooming ii 

 and all characterized by the singular and beautiful rtoral 

 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 fringed or toothed in a great variety of 

 ways. The tilaments growing out of the cup are long 

 or short. The ]ii-riaiith segments are generally long, 

 slender ami gi-ai-ffully r<'ciirved. Thus many fanciful 

 variations of tin- Spidt-r Lily type are produced. 



The naims ..f tln-si- charining plants have been 

 shifted ba.-k and fortli l..tH-,.,ii I'ancrattums and Hy- 



monni;,ai.lKT of tile Amaryllis family (J. g] 



. -enera as follows: Pancratium has 

 - Ill a cell and the seeds are black and 

 • lire; Hvmenocallis has few ovules in a 



■ U are usuallv solitarv, large, and with 



tinii ,\\h\c\i is Hymen 

 iilli-tiihr J-J in. long 



iMag. 20:181, 

 malum prob- 

 ocallis ovata. 



B. Staminal cup small, 3-i lines long. 



lUyricum, Linn. Fig, 1629. Lvs. 5-6, strap-shaped, 



glaucous, V4-2 in. wide: scape 1 ft. or more long: fls. 



6-12 in a centripetal umbel: perianth-tube 1 in. long; 



Malta, S. Italv. B.M. 71K. (ill. 4,K, 1.. 24i;.-Har.Iiest, 

 commonest and best, 



BE, Staminal cup large, 1 in. long. 



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

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

 grant; perianth-tube 2-3 in, long; staminal cup very 

 prominent, the teeth short, triangular and regular ; 

 free part of filaments 3 lines long. Spain to Syria, 

 B.K. 2:161. 



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



tOTtudsum, Herb. Same section as P. vcrecundum, 

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



linear, spirally twi,sted: 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. Amancms, Ker.= HymenocaIlis 

 Andr..-H. oyata.-P. calnthinin,, . 



.ifolii 



counted for by Baker.- 

 fragr.ins, Willd.= H. C 

 siimably = H. Galvesto 

 ably H. Harrisiana. - 

 Mexicanum=ii. lacera. — P. ovatimi 

 tatum,KeT.='B.. lacera. — P. undiila 



llttor, 



' PANDANTIS (Latinized Malayan name). Pandan&cetf . 

 Screw Pine. Screw Pines are tropical plants often at- 

 taining the size of trees, and remarkable for their stilt- 

 like aerial roots, and tlie y,, rfi i t ~|iir,il arrangement of 

 their long, sw"idsli:i|. ' ' 1' ' -eneral appearance 



is singular. .Se,. ii^.' |i. 1 i le.ld aloft a few 



long, scarred, iiakul l.i,;; .; ii i.ue of which is 



crowned by a tult ol h -. lie, atrial roots gradually 

 lift the trunks out of the ground, but they doubtless 

 anchor the trees also. They are, however, diflieult 

 organs to explain. Pandaiiuses 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 .ire of the first importance, 

 P. Veitcltii and P. utilis, the former variegated, the 

 latter not. ( See Figs. 16.-iO-,-i2. ) 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 ia 



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