542 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



SYNOPSIS. 



♦ Root bulbous. 



Tube of the perianth elongated. Stamens connected with a cup-shaped crown. Stig- 



fna entire Pancratium. 



Tube of the penanth elongated, crownless. Stigma entire Cm n um. 



** Boot tuberous. 



Capsule 3-valved. Flowers spiked. Leaves thick and fleshy Aoate, 



circumscisiUe. Flowers umbelled. Leaves grass-like Htpoxts. 



PANCRATIUM, L. 



Perianth corolla-like, 6 -parted, the narrow divisions 

 spreading, the tube slender and elongated; stameiis united 

 below with a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped variously tooth- 

 ed crown, exserted; anthers versatile, linear; style elon- 

 gated, declining; stigma entire; capsule membranaceous, 

 3-celled; seeds often bulb-like; scape froTo. a coated bulb, 

 compressed or 2-edged, bearing the large and fragrant 

 leaf j-bracted flowers in a cluster at the apex ; leaves strap- 

 shaped. 



§ PANCRATIU3T. Tube of the perianth dilated and funnel-shaped at the apex ; crown 

 almost wholly adnate to the tube, the border divided into six 2-cleft teeth, alter- 

 nating ivith the stam.ens; capsule many-seeded, loculicidally 3-valved. 



P. MAEITIMU3I, 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. Caro- 

 linianum, L.) July-September. Scape 1°-1|^° 5"gh. 

 Marshes on the coast. 



P. COKOXARIUM, Leconte. Biilh 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 ; croiuii large, fun- 

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

 several fine teeth at the sinuses. Scape and leaves 2° long. 

 Prairies of Gulf coast. 



