This fine species of Ginger, we are informed, is a native of Guinea, and in the gardens has long been supposed to be the plant which produced the Grains of Paradise, Amomum Granum Paradisi of Linnæus; but it certainly by no means accords with the character of that plant, either as given in the Hortus Kewensis or by Linnæus himself. From the other species of Zingiber enumerated in the eighth volume of the Linnæan Society’s Transactions it is easily distinguished. Having as yet only blossomed in England in the collection of Lady de Clifford at Paddington, in honour of that patroness and lover of botany we have given its specific designation. The culture is the same as for other plants of the family. Our drawing was taken in 1804. [Illustration: [Plate 555]] PLATE DLVI. PANCRATIUM AMŒNUM. _Broad-leaved Pancratium._ CLASS VI. ORDER I. _HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Six Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. PETALA 6. Nectarium 12-fidum. Stamina nectario imposita. PETALS 6. Honey-cup 12-cleft. Stamens seated on the nectary. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. PANCRATIUM spathâ multiflorâ, fragrantissimâ: foliis longo-lanceolatis, corollæ laciniis tubum excedentibus: nectario 6-lobato, sinubus sub-denticulatis. _Willd. Sp._ PANCRATIUM with the sheath many-flowered, and very sweet-scented: the leaves long-lanced, the divisions of the blossom longer than its tube: and the nectary 6-lobed, mostly with little teeth between. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower spread open. * * * * * Several species of the genus Pancratium approach so very near to each other, that it is a difficult task to discriminate them with accuracy. We have little doubt that the _Pancratium foliis amplis ovatis_ of Ehret (Trew’s Plantæ Selectæ, 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 minutiæ. Mr. Lambert, who favoured us with the specimen in March 1808, informs us that he received the bulbs from Lord Seaforth, on his return to England from the West Indies, from the _Pancratium caribæum_, cultivated in the same collection. It is certainly distinct; the blossoms are extremely fragrant, and we are not yet certain whether the amœnum and fragrans of botanists may not be the same species. [Illustration] PLATE DLVII. PERIPLOCA AFRICANA. _African Periploca._ CLASS V. ORDER II. _PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA._ Five Chives. Two Pointals. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CONTORTA. Nectarium ambiens genitalia, filamenta 5, exserentia. CONTORTED. Honey-cup surrounding the stamens. Threads 5, standing out. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. PERIPLOCA foliis ovato-acutis, pilosis: floribus corymbosis: caule volubili, hirsuto. _Willd. Sp. Pl._