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Part immediately under the Apex is 

 green : in the Centre rifcs the Potntal, 

 rwhich extends beyond the Chives: 

 the Empaiement ajter-ioard becomes a 

 rcundijb Fruit, which is triangular, 

 and divided tnro three Parts, con- 

 taining many fiat or roundijb Seeds. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Pancratium Mcnfpefulanum, 

 tnultis Scilla aim parva. J. B. Sea- 

 daffodil of Montpelier, by many 

 called, The lefier- white Squiil. 



2. Pancratium fioribus rjtbris. 

 Lob. Pan. Sea - daifodil with r^d 

 Flowers. 



3. Pancratium Illyricum, fiori- 

 bus albis. Sea-daffodil of Illyricum, 

 commonly called, The third Nar- 

 ciflus of Matthiolus. 



4. Pancratium Americanum, fio- 

 ribus niveis, odore baljami Peru"Jiani. 

 American Sea-daffod,!, with fnowy 

 Flowers, fmelling like the Balfam of 

 Peru. 



5. Pancratium Americanum,fo- 

 liis Ltijfimis, fioribus niseis majori- 

 bus, odore balfatni Perwviani. Ame- 

 rican Sea - daffodil, with very broad 

 Leaves, and large fhowy Flowers, 

 fmelling like the Balfam of Peru. 



6. Pancratium alter urn <vemum 

 Indtc km. J. B. Another Indian Sea- 

 daffodil of the Spring. 



7. Pancratium Zeylanicum, flcre 

 albo odorato. Sea-daffodil of Ceylon, 

 with white fweet-fnelling Flowers. 



The firit Sort is very common on 

 the Seacoafts of the Mediterranean, 

 wnere it grows in the Sands: it alio 

 grows plentifully on the Sea-fnore at 

 Minorca ; from whence I have re- 

 ceived the Roots and Seeds : this Sort 

 Eowers in England the Beginning of 

 AugM.fi ; and the green Leaves remain 

 all the Winter; fo that the belt time 

 to tranfplant the Roots is in the 

 Spring, as foon as the Leaves de- 

 cay : but th;s Sort fhould not be of- 

 ten* removed j for that will prevent 

 , their Flowering. 



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The fecond is a Variety of the 

 fkft, differing only in the Colour of 

 its Flower. 



The third Sort grows plentifully 

 on the Sands near Naples, and in 

 Sicily ; as alfo in feveral Iflands of 

 the Archipelago, but particularly in 

 Zant, where all the Ditches are 

 ftored wi.h it. 



Thefe Plants are very hardy in re- 

 fpect to Cold, and may be propaga- 

 ted by OrT-fets from the Roots ; for 

 tho' the third Sort, will produce ripe- 

 Seeds in England, yet, as the Seed- 

 ling-plants are many Years before 

 . they come to flower, they are feldom 

 propagated that way. Thefe Roots 

 lhoald be tranfplanted in July, after 

 the Leaves and Flower-Hems are de- 

 cayed : they mould be planted in an 

 Eaft Border, where they will thrive 

 very well, and continue longer in 

 Flower, than when they are more 

 expofed to the Sun: but in every 

 other refpect they may be treated as 

 hath beendire&ed for the better Sort 

 of NarcilTus. 



The other four Sorts are very 

 tender, and will not live in England, 

 uniefs they are preferved in the 

 warmeft Stoves. Thefe may be 

 procured from the Countries of their 

 natural Growth, from whence their 

 Bulbs may be eafily brought, if they 

 are taken out of the Ground when 

 their Leaves begin to decay ; and 

 after crying them in the Shade, they 

 mould be put up in Nets or Bags, 

 and hung up, that the Vermin may 

 not come to them. 



The fourth Sort is very commo: 

 in Jamaica, and molt of the lflanc 

 of America. The fifth Sort w< 

 brought from the Bahama - Ifiana 

 The fixth is very common in tl 

 Spanijb IV efi -Indies : and the feven 

 is a Native of the Iftand of Ceylon. 



Ail thefe Plants increafe by C- 

 fets from th'jir Roots, and flovr 



