P L A T E DLVI.
P A N C R A T I U M AMGENUM.
Broad-leaved Pancratium.
C L A S S VI. ORDER I.
H E X A N D R I J MONOGYNIA. Six Chives.. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
PÉTALA 6. Nectarium 12-fidum. Stamina nectario
imposita.
PETALS 6. Honey-cup 12-cleft. Stamens seated'
on the nectary.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
PANCRATIUM spatha multiflorà, fragrantissima
: foliis longo-lanceolatis;, corollae laciniis
tubum escedentibus : nectario 6-I0-
bato, sinubus sub-denticulatis. JVtUd. Sp.
PANCRATIUM with the sheath many-flowered,,
and very sweet-scented: the leaves longlanced,
the divisions of the blossom longer
than its tube: and the nectary 6-lobed,-
mostly with little teeth between.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower spread open.
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SEVERAL species of the genus Pancratium approach so very near to each other, that it is a difficulttask
to di.-criminate them with accuracy. We have little doubt that the Pancratium foliis amplis ovatis
of Ehret (Trew's Plantae Selectae, tab. 28.) belongs to our plant, notwithstanding the absence of the
little teeth between the lobes of the nectary. Indeed, that character appears so variable in the synonyms
commonly given to this species, that we are rather inclined to doubt of its constancy. Neither
are the painters of those days always safely to be trusted in such minutiaj. Mr. Lambert, who favoured
us with the specimen in March 1808, informs us tliat he received the bulbs from Lord Seaforth, on hisreturn
to England from the West Indies, from the Pancratium caribcaum, cultivated in the same collection.
It is certainly distinct; the blossoms are extremely fragrant, and we are not yet certain whether
tlie amcsmim and fragrans of botanists may not be the same species.
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