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PANCRATIUM CALATHINUM. 
(cup-flowered sea daffodil). 
class. order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
katural order. 
AMARYLLIDEtE. 
Generic Character. — Corolla infundibuliform ; tube long, witli a six-parted limb. Cup consisting of 
twelve membranous clefts, on the edges of which the stamens are seated. 
Specific Character. — Plant a bulbous-rooted stove perennial, from two to two-and-a-half feet high. 
Leaves shorter than the scape, in number about six, fisular, and clasping or sheathing the stem at the 
base, each from one to two inches broad, lanceolate, flat, and pointed. Scape nearly two feet high, 
spathe lanceolate, either one or many flowered. Flowers sessile, funnel-shaped, of a clear white, and 
delightfully fragrant ; tube blunt, three inches or more in length, of a green colour, a little larger than 
the limb, which is wholly white, and bent back at the top, entirely parted from the crown ; segments 
lanceolate, narrow. Crown white, a trifle shorter than the limb, divided into six lobes, on the divisions 
of which the stamens are seated. Stamens equal in number to the lobes of the crown. Filaments 
white. Anthers deep yellow when the pollen is ripe. 
This showy species of Pancratium is a native of the Brazils, and has been 
some time known in this country, although we meet with it but seldom in collec- 
tions. It is highly deserving of cultivation, on account of its large handsome flowers 
and the delightful fragrance which succeeds their opening, and the amazing length of 
time each continues perfect, 
Mr. Campbell, of the Manchester Botanic Garden, furnished the sample for the 
drawing some time last summer. And we were informed that the length of time 
the flowers continued perfect was almost incredible. For culture, propagation, &c., 
we refer the reader (o page 268 of the third volume. 
Pancratium is a name given by the Greeks to a kind of Scilla ; but the word, 
signifying allforce, is clearly illustrative of its powerful effects in medicine. 
