600 A. B. 
PANCRATIUM Amancaes. 
Golden Pancratium. 
BExANDELA wonoeywra. ne 
Nat. ord. Naxcisst. Jussiew gen. 54, Div: I. ‘Germen inferum. 
- .  AMARYLLIDEE, Brown prod. 1.206. Sect. I. 
PANCRATIUM. Supra vol. 3. SobsB21 co agey 4) 
Div. I. Floribus petiolatis v. subsessilibus: limbo radiato: coroné ad den- 
tium intervalla staminiferd. Nob. in journ, of scien. and the arts. 3. 317. 
P. Amancaes, pluriflorum; foliis inferné fistuloso-vaginantibus lamina lan- 
ceolato-elongata, corolla tubo erecto limbum nutantem stellatum zquante, 
corona ingqualitér 12-fid4, denticulatd, subbreviore laciniis: staminibus 
infracto-conniventibus. Nobis in journ. of science and the arts. 3. 323. 
Pancratium Amancaes. Nobis in Curtis’s magaz. 1224. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 
2, 218. : cd dest : 
-Ismene Amancaes. Herbert append. 46. — 
Narcissus Amancaes. Rutz et Pavon fl. peruv. 3. 58. t. 283. fig.a: 
Bulbus ovatus. Fol. 3-plura, bifaria, bipedalia magisve latitudine sub- 
biunciali, canaliculata, inferne fistuloso-vaginantia vagind longitudinaliter 
_ dimidiato-membranaced. Scapus bi-tripedalis, compressus, anceps. Spatha 
arescens, ovato-cuspidata. Germ. viride, ovato-trigonum. Flores 3-6, 
auret, odoratissimi, subsesunciales, sessiles vel nunc breve pedunculati. Tubus 
germinis pluries brevioris continuum, virens, carnosus, crassus, triqueter, 
‘superné curvatus ; limbus nutans, sexpartitus, stellatus, tubo equalis, laciniis 
lineari-lanceolatis cum acumine longé attenuato, distantibus. Corona cum 
limbo concolor pardmque brevior, oblato-campanulata, crenis 12 alterné an- 
gustioribus (latioribus 6 staminiferis) ‘incisa, maculd viridi radiiformi 
infra staminis cujusque pedem picta. Fil. aurea, inclusa, obesits subulata, 
corone crenis sublongiora, 3 summa infracto-declinata, 3ima subassurgentia: 
anth. ered oblique incumbentes. Stylus albicans, declinatus, tri-— 
uetro-filiformis, filamentis obesior: stig. 3, brevia. Caps. bulbisperma. 
ob. in journ, of science and the arts. 3. 323. 
_ Imported from the Brazils by Messrs. Middlemist afta 
Wood in 1808. Native of Peru, where it is said to be 
found in abundance on the hills called Amancaes 
manchaes, in the vicinity of Lima. Th 
is beautiful and delightfully fragrant, is 
the South American females as an ornamen 
along with the flowers of Brconta tuberosa. 
Drawn from a plant in Mr. Griffin’s hothouse at South 
Lambeth ; where the species is cultivated with great suc- 
cess, and produces flowers and seeds every year. 
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