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do not hesitate to separate it ; but that part is not divided to 

 the base even on its inner side, as Mr. Brown describes it, 

 being quite entire there. 



Hymenocallis LiTTORALis.M^. Pancratium Littorale. 

 Jacq. Hort. Vind. v. 3. p. 41. t. 75. bona.—Jacq. Hist. Arner. 

 p. 99. t. 179../. 94. Pancratium, foliis, &c. Trew. PL Select, 

 p. 6. t. 27. bona: 



The fruit of this genus differs exceedingly from that of 

 Pancratium, in having only two seeds in each cell, which 

 swell to a considerable size, like bulbs, and I have named it 

 Hymenocallis, from the beautiful membrane which connects 

 the filaments. By a manuscript note of Dr. Richardson's, 

 in his copy of Trew's Plantaz Selectee, it appears that this 

 species was cultivated at North Bierly, in 1742 ; and that 

 Thomas Hodgson, who had worked as a labourer in his 

 garden, but was pressed for a sailor, and sent home wounded 

 from the famous siege of Carthagena, brought back roots 

 with him. It grows wild there most abundantly in the sandy 

 shores : and if indulged with a large pot in our stoves, pro- 

 duces a truly magnificent bunch of flowers. 



Hymenocallis Paludosa. MSS. Pancratium rotatum u. 

 Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 1082. cum Ic. bona. Pancratium disciforms 

 Decand. in PL Lit. n. 155. cumlc. bond. Pancratium mexica- 

 num. Michaux FL Bol.'Amer. v. I. p. 188. 



I cultivated this species at Mill Hill with great success, in 

 a pot of light rich earth, under a common hot-bed frame. It 

 grows wild in the swamps of South Carolina, and was intro- 

 duced in 1800 by Mr. Eraser, from whom I purchased it. 



Hymenocallis Lacera. MSS. Pancratium rotatum P* 



