Sept. 7 
Pl. V. 
Fig. 1. 
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a 
Comrreat Booy of Gaxpgnine. 
“alge sui poi oibe eHHIES OHSS ESI ISI si oB ak ial ali lak kak slik SIO oes ak ok taka ae 
NU MeB B Rs Vio. 
For the Laft Week in SEPTEMBER. 
SECTION 
FLORA 
~~ Flowers and Curious Plants now in ‘their Perfeétion. Dan lll 
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pooh Sthceete seat ear or ait f sgetre tr dotias ele srs 
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or the P LEASURE-GARDEN. ”™ 
1 CEYLON PANCRATIUM. 
HIS is a Plant of. equal Singularity 
and Beauty ; ; and. if thefe fhould 
recommend it. to..the Curious too 
weakly, they would yet be. influenced to receive 
it, from the Scent of the Flower, which is. in the 
higheft Degree pleafing. | 
Tt is called the. Ceylon Narciffus, aus Be ic 
common Writers Narciffus Ceylonicus lore bena- 
— Fon. 
Its Indian Name is Catulli Pola. 
It is properly a Species of Pancratium, and is 
called by Linnaus, Pancratium fpatha uniflora 
petalis refleciis : 
and with the Petals turned back. 
Its Height is about ten Inches, and the Stalk 
faftains a fingle Flower. 
The Root is.a Bulb, of. an oval Snse and of 
‘a, pale brown Colour. 
The Leaves are long, narrow,-and of a light 
green. They refemble . thofe of the Narciffias, 
bat they are fhorter. .. 
The Stalk rifes at. ph Side of pes Clafter of | 
them, is-green, round, thick, and juicy. 
It is naked to the Top, where there at frtt 
appears a membranaceous Cafe, ferving as a Cup 
Numb. V. 
to the fucceeding Flower. 
Pancratium, with one. Flower; 
This. is what Lin- 
nus Callsthe Spatha,, © 0 
From this burfts afterwards one Flower. 
‘It is large, and of a fnowy Whitenefs; of 
an hexagonal Figure, and of a very fragrant 
Scent. 
Tt confifts of ‘two’: Parts : 5 the Petals, and 
what-Authors have called the Cup: but this is 
a very vague and improper Térm. The Spatho, 
or membranaceous Cafe, growing at the Top of 
the Stalk, and furrounding the Bafé of the 
Flower, ferves'as the Cup; aici is Properly fuch 
to this and many other Kinds. 
Within this rife the Petals ; and oaiiin them, 
where in the Courfe of Nature’ nothing is €x- 
pected but the F ilaments and Style, there is a 
large hollow Part of the like Subftance with the 
Petals. 
This, from its F orm, thefe Authors call! ed the 
Cup ; but our Student, from what he has been 
already informed, will not be at a Lofs to know 
by what Name it is properly to be expreffed, 
We have told him, that when in the Body of 
a Flower there ftands any fingular Part diftiné 
= Mo. Bot. Garden, 
1893 
from 
Sept. 
) Cee | 
