
Refugium Botanicum.] (July, 1872. 
TAB. 331. 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDACER. 
Tribe PANCRATIEZS. 
Genus Pancratium, Linn. 
Sub-genus Hymenocatuis, Salisb. 
P. crasstronium (Baker). Foliis circiter 6 firmis crassis suberectis 
loratis viridibus 2 pedes vel ultra longis supra medium 14—2 
poll. latis dimidio inferiori sensim attenuatis, scapo ancipito 
acute angulato, umbellis 4-—5-floris, ovario sessili, tubo 83—4 
poll. longo, limbi segmentis rotato-recurvatis ligulatis tubo 
eequilongis, corona infundibuliformi unciali, dentibus deltoideis 
emarginatis, filamentis corona 14—2-plo excedentibus, stylo 
seementis equilongo.—Hymenocallis crassifolium, Herbert, Amary. 
p. 215. H. erassiflora, Kunth, Enum. v. 677. 
A native of Florida. 
Bulb ovoid, three and a half to four inches thick, tunicated, 
with lax brownish coats. Leaves about six, stiffly suberect, lorate, 
two feet or more long, an inch and a half to two inches broad 
above the middle, narrowed gradually to a broad base, bluntish, 
as thick in texture as in any of the genus, with twenty-five to 
thirty fine immersed veins, bright green, not at all glaucous. Scape 
acutely two-edged, three-quarters of an inch thick one way, not 
more than half as much the other. Valves of the spathe oblong- 
lanceolate, erect, two to two and a half inches long. Flowers four 
to five in an umbel, fragrant, pure white; ovary sessile; tube 
three to four inches long; segments ligulate, rotato-recurved, 
three to four inches long, one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch 
broad. Crown funnel-shaped, an inch deep exclusive of the teeth, 
which are deltoid, produced between the base of the stamens, 
bifid at the apex. Filaments an inch and a half to two inches 
long; anthers linear. Style declinate, overtopping the stamens. 
Tas. 331.—1, leaf; 2, umbel of flowers: both natural size.—J.G@. B. 
— 
This is a very showy plant when in flower, and well worth a 
place in any collection of bulbs. It thrives in a warm damp pit 
or stove when in the growing state, but when at rest 1t may be 
moved into a cooler and more airy situation, and supplied with 
less water: this treatment is necessary to mature the bulb. I 
procured my specimens from a sale at Mr. Stevens’ Rooms. 
They were said to be from the Bahamas.—W. W. S. 
