A maryllidece Pancratium. 49 1 



duous, strongly veined. Flowers pedicellate, smaller, and with 

 a shorter tube than in the preceding. Also from the Mediter- 

 ranean region, though less widely dispersed. Both are hardy 

 in the South of England, and flower in June. 



Fig. 241. Pancratium Illyricum. (J nat. size.) 



P. Carolinianum and P. rotatum, North American species, 

 also white-flowered, are occasionally seen. The former closely 

 resembles P. maritimum^ and is sometimes united with it. 

 The leaves are narrow, less acute, and not so in tensely glaucous; 



