Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 826 - Pancratium caribaeum (West-Indian Pancratium) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 826, Pancratium caribaeum (West-Indian Pancratium).

• Plate: 826
• Latin name: Pancratium caribaeum
• Common name: West-Indian Pancratium
• Native region: West-Indies
• Flowering: June and February
• Linnaean class / order: Hexandria / Monogynia
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 826 ]

PANCRATIUM CARIBÆUM. WEST-INDIAN PANCRATIUM.

. . .

Class and Order.
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
—Vid. Num. 718.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
PANCRATIUM caribæum foliis subambientibus, petiolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, subfucculenter coriaceís; corollæ laciniis tubo obtuse subhexangulo longioribus, deorfum infundibuliformiter convergentibus; corona staminilega arctius turbinata, fexies excifa, finubus integris aut varie dentatis. G. PANCRATIUM caribæum. Sp. Pl. 418. Hort. Cliff. 133. Hort. Kew. 1. 4. Lam. Encyc. n. 6. Mark. Mill. Dict. Willi. Sp. Pl. 2. 42. PANCRATIUM fragrans. Salisb. in Linn. Transf. 2. 92. i. 11. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. 43. exclusif Trew. Ebret. NARCISSUS totus albus latifolius polyanthos major odoratus. Sloan. Fam. 115. Hift. 1. p. 244. Mark. Cent. 3. i. 27. NARCISSUS americanus flore multiplice albo hexagono odorato. Commel. Hort. Am. 2. i. 87. p. 173. OBS. Vix dubio quin hic quoque tutiffime retulifem PANCRATIUM declinatum, Jacq. quod Amænum Salib. alque Willd. A native of the West-Indies; said to have been introduced by P. MILLER, in 1730. In our figure an inner younger leaf is represented, and the stem is seen on one of its narrowest sides. Blooms in our stoves generally twice a year, about June and February. Leaves [ 826 ] POTHOS FOETIDA. STINKING POTHOS, or SKUNKWEED.

Class and Order.
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Olim GYNANDRIA POLYANDRIA.

Generic Character.
Spatba. Spadix simplex textus. Cal. 0. Petala 4. Stam. 4. Baccae 2-spermae.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
POTHOS fetida; foliis cordatis spadice subglobofo. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 319. Mart. Mill. Dict. a. 3. Michaux Am. Bor. 2. p. 186. DRACONTIUM fetidum. Spec. Pl. 1372. Willd. 2. p. 288. Reichb. 4. 74. Cold. Noveb. 214. Kalm. It. 3. p. 47. Edit. Angl. 2. 90. Gron. Virg. 141. Mart. Mill. Dict. a. 3. CALLA aquatilis, odore allii vehementer praedita. Gron.Virg. 1. p. 186. ARUM americanum Betae folio. Catesh. Car. 2. p. 71. 1. 71. ARUM. 12. Mill. Dict. ed. 7. This fingular plant, our figure of which, we fufpect, may pafs at firft fight for a drawing of shells, is a native of North-America, from Canada to Virginia.

It certainly correfponds very well with the character of POTHOS as far as regards the flower, the berries we have not had an opportunity of feeing; yet MICHAUX queries if it may not be a congener of CALLA palustris; we do not however fee any reason for such a supposition, the spadix is covered with diftinct flowers having four petals

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