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Pancratium maritimum (Linnaeus). 
(Nat. Ord. Amaryllidaceae) 
Scape of 2-4 decim., round, smooth, 
entering deeply into the sand where it 
reaches the bulb which sometimes is as 
large as a lemon, and has the same me- 
dical properties as Scilla Maritima, L., viz. 
diuretic. The external parts are glaucous, 
the parts covered with sand are white. 
Leaves fleshy, sword-shaped, about 1 ~ 
centim. wide, by 3 decim. long, a little 
twisted, and bent towards the ground, con- 
cave in the upper page, convex in the 
lower, of the same colour in all the ex- 
posed part. When broken a viscous juice 
issues. They are fairly tough: their thick- 
ness a little more than 1 millim. at the 
axis, and diminishes towards the edges. 
Flowers white, in a terminal umbel, 
from three to twelve, giving a strong per- 
fume like the lily which it resembles in 
shape and size. 
Scarious spathe, 2-valved, surrounds the 
flowers at their insertion in the stem. 
The perigone has six divisions linear- 
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