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PANCRATIUM ovatum. 
Oval-leaved Sea-daffodil. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. } 
PANCRATIUM. Inftor. umbellata in scapo terminalis spatha bi- 
plurivalvi ; rarids uniflora. Cal. 0. Cor. supera, infra tubulosa, limbo 
sexpartito, radiato. F7/. fauce tubi imposita, erecto-divergentia, infra a 
membran4 variz altitudinis in coronam connexa: anth. introrstm vibra- 
tiles. Germ. polyspermum, vy. sepé loculis dispermis. Stylus corolla 
subzqualis, inclinato-assurgens : stigma simplex, trinave linearia. Caps. 
3-loc., 3-valy., valvis medio septigeris: sem. plurima, vel pauca, aut 
abortu solitaria atque loculo conformia. 
Bulbus tunicatus. Folia bi-v. plurifaria, anguste ligulata ad ellip-' 
tico-lanceolata, rard angusté sémitereti-petiolata lamina transverse la- 
tiore. Flores erecti aliquandd a limbo nutantes. Testa seminis rariits 
nigrescit. 4 Crino tantdm propter stamina monadelpha diversum. 
Alias accedit Amanryuuipt ad. ejusdem species cum fauce mem- 
_ branaceo-fimbriatd. Distinguitur Narcisso ex corond fauciali colli- 
gante stamina ipsi longiora, neque uc in eo breviora includente. 
Div. Multifiore. 
P. ovatum, sessilifloruin ; foliis bifariis, ovalibus, utrinque brevitér at- 
tenuatis, striatis; tubo tereti, estriato, limbum subaquante; laciniis 
" linearibus infra medium involuto-crispatis: corone dentibus integris. 
Pancratium ovatum. Mill. dict. ed. 6. (Lond. 1771. 4to.) n. 9. t 
P.ameenum. Andrews's reposit. 556; (figura pariim bona, sed huic & 
certiori jure pertinens quam amoeno, cui quidem incerto datur in Curt. 
mag. No, 1467). Nec aliorum. ss 
P. amboinense. @. Lin: sp. pl. 1. 419. 
P. foliis ovatis, nervosis, spatha multiflora, staminibus nectario longiori- 
bus. Mill. dict. ed. 7. n. 9. 
P. foliis amplis ovatis acuminatis petiolatis, spatha multiflora, staminibus 
nectario longioribus. ‘T’rew. ehret. tab. 28. . 
Folia plura, reclinata, pedalia magisve, 4-6 uncias lata, deorsim in petio- 
lum aliquotiés angustiorem pluriés breviorem parim crassiorem attenuata. 
Scapus foliis equilongus, glaucus, complanato-anceps, margine utrinque mem- 
branaceo-acuta. Spatha 6-8-flora, herbaceo-albicans,-plurivalvis, tubo bre- 
vior, erecta, valvis extimis oblongis obtusis.. Cor. candida; tubus 2-uncialis, 
strictus, obsoletissimé 3-gonus, limbo superné radiato-recurvo subequalis ; 
lacinize exteriores subangustiores vix duas lineas late, viridi-mucronate : 
corona tubulato-infundibuliformis a limbo tota libera, dentibus senis intersta-_ 
mineis acutis integris. Stam. ex limbo una quinté parte breviora: anth. gra~' 
ciles, fulue. Stig. viride, subcapitellato-depressum. . : ; 
Four closely resembling species of this genus, all from 
the West Indies, have for a long time been cultivated in 
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