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supra terram productam sistentibus, plus minus spiraliter 
tortis aut planis et lateraliter curvatis; infloresceutia late- 
ralis, spatha florali bipartita, phyllis e basi late-ovato-lan- 
ceolatis, longe acuminatis, ovarium superantibus, 4 — 5 cm. 
longis 1,50 cm. basi latis, temporis inflorescentiae omnino 
scariosis, scariose late costatis et striatis; pedicellis ter- 
tiam partem ovarii attingentibus ; limbi laciniis dorso linea 
dilatata, viridi notatis, corona cylindracea, limbo in dentes 
12 late-ovato-lanceolatos acuminatos reflexos diviso; odor 
gratissimus fortis; capsula ovato-subacuminata long. 3 Y 2 
diametr. 2 1 / 2 cm. in pedicellum (2 cm. longum) attenuata, 
valvis capsulae maturis oblongo-ovatis. Floret mens. Au- 
gust. 
M. in dunis, mari vieillis et in collibus calcaeis sabulosis. Pays 
d’el Arich! Aboukir. W. Innés. Menagel prope Mex! 
Differt a P. Sickenbergeri litorale primo visu capsulis elon- 
gato-ovatis (iridiformibus), utraque parte attenuatis, haud rotundato- 
ovatis, utraque parte obtusatis; 
a P. aegyptiaca foliis basi membranaceo- dilatatis, capsulis 
pedicellatis, haud subsessilibus ; 
a P. maritima foliis basi membranaceo-dilatatis, capsula ovata 
pedicellata, haud sessili et rotundata; 
ab omnibus infloresceutia laterali. 
1032. P. Sickenbergeri A. et S. 111. 150. 
Foliis e basi erecta decumbentibus, glaucis, plus minus 
spiraliter tortis, basi in vaginam latam, supra terram pro- 
ductam, dilatati ; inflorescentia terminalis, spatha floralis 
bipartita, phyllis e basi late-ovata amplexicauli longe lanceo- 
lato-acuminatis, falcatis vel apicem versus tortis, scariosis, 
striatis, costa crassa munitis; pedicello ovario breviore vel 
subnullo; limbi laciniis subreflexis, dorso linea lata viridi 
