Pancratium Illyricum

This botanical illustration from A. C. Van Eeden's *Flora of Haarlem* depicts the Illyrian sea daffodil in meticulous chromolithographic detail. Artist Arentine H. Arendsen renders the clustered white flowers with yellow stamens and unopened buds against long, sword-like green leaves characteristic of the species. The plate number 116 indicates its place in a comprehensive regional flora—part of the 19th-century scientific tradition of cataloging plant life through hand-colored printing techniques. Such illustrated floras served both botanical study and aesthetic appreciation, establishing standards for horticultural documentation that influenced scientific publishing.