190 
AMARYLLIDACE.E. 
§ 4. Pancratiformes. — Cup staminiferous. 
£ Seeds black, shelly. 
43. Tapeinanthus. — Perianth with ovate-oblong segments, 
short cup, filaments long and diverging, anthers short 
and incumbent, style erect with an obtuse stigma ; 
scape rising before the leaves. — N. B. Spathe is said 
to be one-leaved ; bulb small and pear-shaped. 
1. Humilis. — Pancratium humile. Cavanilles icones. 
This curious little Spanish plant is only known by 
the representation and description given by Cava- 
nilles. It has a short scape rising in the autumn 
before the leaves, bearing two yellow flowers ; the 
leaves are two, and extremely slender. The style 
is probably club-shaped. This plant, which is a 
native of the territory of Seville, appears to furnish 
a link between Oporanthus and Pancratium, one 
of those lateral connections which falsify continu- 
ous arrangements. The tube of the flower is per- 
haps little more than an annular connexion of the 
limb at the base of the inconspicuous cup, but it is 
not particularly described. Its separation from 
all the other genera of this section is evident ; the 
staminiferous cup distinguishes it from all the other 
sections. It is much to be wished that some 
person, who has the means, would interest himself 
to procure the bulbs from Seville. 
44. Chlidanthus. — Tube erect, cylindrical, triangular, 
widened at the mouth ; limb nearly equal, semi- 
patent ; filaments very short, curved, inserted in the 
points of the alternately unequal teeth of a thin 
membrane adhering completely to the tube and base 
of the petals, but partible ; anthers attached near the 
base ; style erect. (Germen erect, oblong, trian- 
gular ; stigma trifid, patent ; leaves linear-lorate, 
sheathing at the base ; umbel few-flowered.) 
1. Fragrans. — PI. 27. f. 2. Herb. App. 46. Bot. Reg. 
8. 640. Lindl. Coll. 34. Leaves about a quarter of 
an inch wide, glaucous, erect ; flowers yellow, fra- 
grant ; germen subsessile ; tube about two inches, 
limb 1^ or more ; style longer than filaments, 
shorter than limb ; stigma widely trifid ; ovules 
