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PANCRATIUM Mexicanum. 
Mexican Pancratium. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYWNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDER. 
PANCRATIUM,. Supra vol. 3. fol. 221. 
Div. Il. Floribus sessilibus v. subsessilibus ; limbo radiato ; dentibus senis 
corone staminiferis, i, nish oe 
P. mexicanum ; bi-multiflorum, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, corollz 
laciniis linearibus tubo longioribus, corona rotato-turbinata denticulata - 
~ staminibus multd breviore, stigmate capitato, bulbi collo elongato. 
P. mexicanum flore gemello candido. Dill, elth. 229. t. 222. ne 289. 
P. mexicanum. Linn. sp. pl. 1.418. Willd. sp. pl. 2.42. Art. Kew. ed. 
2. 2.218. Ker. in Journ. scientie cum ic. ex delineatione in museo 
Banksiano. 
Bulbus Narcisst majoris magnitudine, collo elongato. Folia lineari-lan- 
ceolata, canaliculata, apice attenuata, atro-viridia, glaucedine nulld. Scapus 
teres. Umbella 4-5-flora, spathd multiplici, foliolis exterioribus late ovatis 
sphacelatis, tubi dimidio longitudine. Flores sessiles albi; tubus circiter 
3-uncias longus, obsolete hexagonus; perianthic laciniw lineares dependentes 
tubo pauld longiores; corona rotato-turbinata, laciniis multoties brevior, 
margine denticulato. Stamina rigida é margine corona, erecta, corond multi 
longiora, filamentis viridibus. Stylus viridis, declinatus, staminum longi- 
tudine. Stigma capitatum. Semina carnosa. 
For the re-introduction of this fine species of Pancra- 
tium, from Mexico, the public is indebted to Sir Alexander 
Johnson, by whom it was presented to Mr. Colvill, with 
many curious Mexican seeds. 
That it is the same as P. mexicanum of Linnzus, as 
determined by. Mr. Dryander there can be little doubt. 
The figure given by Mr. Ker, from the Banksian library, 
represents a weak specimen, with two flowers, just as the 
1082d plate of the Botanical Magazine exhibits a similar 
state of P. rotatum, to which this species is most nearly 
allied. 
