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PANCRATIUM maritimum. 
Sea-Pancratium, or Daffodil, 
rr 
HEXANDRIA JZONOGYNI4. 
Nat.ord. Naneisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. II. Germen ine 
ferum. 
Amaryiuipem. Brown prod. 296. Sect. I, 
PANCRATIUM. Supra vol. 1. fol. 43. 
jet. maritimum, spatha multiflora, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, nectarii den- 
thus 12 non staminiferis. /Villd, sp. pl. 2. 42; (exclusis synonymis 
plantarum indicarum et americanaruin). 
Pancratium maritimum, Linn, sp. pl. 1. 418. Cavan. ic. 1. 41. t. 
- 59; (excl. syn. Millert). Hort. Kew. 1, 411. ed. 2.2.219. Salisbur 
in Trans. finn. soc. 2.70. t. 9. Desfont. atl. 1. 283. Redouté iliac. 
_8. Lam, et Decand. fl. franc. 3.230. Flor. grec. t. 309. 
Pancratium marinum. Ger. emac. 173. 3. 
Pseudonarcissus marinus albus, Pancratium vulgd. Park. parad. 106, 
t. 107. fie. 5. ; 
Hemerocallis valentina. C/us. hist. 1. 167. : 
. Bulbus tunicatus, subglobosus, integumentis fuscis. Folia plurima (8), 
ligulata, angusta, concaviuscula, erecta, subbifaria, longiora scapo, semunciamp 
transversa, glaucissima, estriata, dorso convexiuscula, acumine brevi obtusa 
terminata. Scapus sesquipedalis vel ultra, compresso-teres, glaucus, estriatus, 
Spatha bivalvis, 4plo sere brevior floribus, sphacelata, lanceolata. Umbella 
2-T-flora v, ultra subsessilis, v,. pedicellis crassis brevissimis. Flores longi, 
alli, fragrantissimi: germ. oblongum, obtuse trigonum, glaucum ; tubus 
corolle virens, ampliatus in faucem turbinatam, 3-4-uncialis ; limbus brevior 
tubo; lac. recurvo-stellatis lineari-lanceolatis inferné long? cum corona con- 
cretis ; interioribus sublatioribus ad latera tenerioribus atque subdiaphanis, 
tantummodd ex strid media externé virentibus, exterioribus crassioribus ex- 
terné omnind viridia ; corona ampla, und quarta parte brevior limbo cui lon~ 
gissimé adnata, turbinato-cylindracea, 12-fida, dentibus angularibus equalibus. 
Stam. brevissima, conniventia, parum longiora dentibus corone; anth. verti- 
cales, subconniventes. Stylus corolla parum brevior, inclinatus; stigma pune 
tum obtusum, 
canna ee err narenee ence oemeermatdneieemnee inside eemnana ieee eee 
Native of the South of France, where it is found deeply 
buried in.the sand among the rocks on the sea-shore; of 
Italy, the Levant, Spain, and the Barbary Coast. Intro: 
duced into our gardens nearly two centuries ago, yet very 
rarely known to blossom in them, We had never seen it in 
bloom, nor even heard of its having been seen in that state in. 
this country, till the present autumn, when it flowered in 
Mr, Griffin’s collection at South Lambeth, where it had 
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