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PLATE DLVI. 



PANCRATIUM AMCENUM 



Uroad-leaved Pancratium. 





CLASS VI. ORDER I 



HEXANDR1A MONOGYNU. - Six Chives 



One Pointal 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Petala 6. Nectarium 12-fidum. Stamina nec- 

 tario imposita. 



Petals 6. Honey-cup 12-cleft. Stamens seated 

 on the nectary. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Pancratium spatha multiflora, fragrantis- 

 sima : foliis longo-lanceolatis, corollae laci- 

 niis tubum excedentibus : nectario 6-lo- 

 bato, sinubus sub-denticulatis. mild. Sp. 





Pancratium with the sheath many-flowered, 

 and very sweet-scented : the leaves long- 

 lanced, the divisions of the blossom longer 

 than its tube: and the nectary 6-lobed, 

 mostly with little teeth between. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



1 . A flower spread open. 



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Several species of the genus Pancratium approach so very near to each other, that it is a difficult 

 task to discriminate them with accuracy. We have little doubt that the Pancratium foliis amp lis ovatis 



of Ehret 



beion 



little teeth between the lobes of the nectary. Indeed, that character appears so variable in the syno- 

 nyms commonly given to this species, that we are rather inclined to doubt of its constancy. Neither 

 are the painters of those days always safely to be trusted in such minutiae. Mr., Lambert, who favoured 

 us with the specimen in March 1S08, informs us that he received the bulbs from Lord Seaforth, on his 



West 



lection. 



It is certainly distinct j the blossoms are extremely fragrant, and we are not yet certain whe- 



ther the amtenum and fragrans of botanists may not be the same species. 



