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NARCISSUS gracilis, 
e Graceful Jonquil. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDRA. Br. prodr. vol. 1. 
NARCISSUS. Suprà vol. 2. fol. 123. E . 5 
Div. Jonquille. Petala patentia. Corona parva cyathiformis. Folie 
junciformia. Sabine MSS. 
N. gracilis; 12-18 uncialis, foliis lineari-subulatis canaliculatis, scapo terete 
1-2 floro, ovario inflato, flore sulphureo. Sabine MSS. 
Herba gracilis, erecta, 1-14 pedalis. Folia erecta, scapo breviora, line- 
aria, semiteretia, canaliculata, obtusa, suprà levia, infra crebré striata, 
futéo-viridia, Scapus teres, subcompressus, fistulosus, sursum attenuatus, 
1-2-florus. Spatha 14 uncialis, monophylla, membranacea, erecta, hinc per 
duus tertias sui longitudinis fissa. Pedunculi 2-unciales, hinc plani, inde 
convexi, graciles. Flores subcernui, lutei, odore debili, tubo cylindrico, 
viridescente, ad apicem compresso, limbo duplò longiore, laciniis patentibus, 
planiusculis, ovalibus, basi imbricatis, exterioribus latioribus apiculatis, in- 
terioribus margine subinvolutis. Corona patens, brevis, cyathiformis, laci- 
niis ad minimum quadruplò brevior, sublobata, et paulo plicata, colore quam 
laciniarum paulo intensiore. ` Staminum series superior paulo intra tubum in- 
serta, antheris patentibus. subsessilibus, inferior antheris longioribus quar 
apices ferê ad basin antherarum superiorum attingunt, . Ovarium ovale, tri- 
uetrum, lateribus sulcatis, loculis inflatis, ovulis plurimis. Stylus Ade 
Jormis, tubi longitudine, fistulosus, infra antheras superiores. Stigma par- 
vum, 3-lobum, medio pervium. U ' ` 
We are obliged to Mr. Sabine for pointing out to us the 
differences between this Narcissus and N. tenuior. From 
that gentleman's observations, it appears to be the latest in 
flower of all the kinds, except the late varieties of N. 
e eticus; to be a taller plant than N. fenuior, with a rounded, 
1 not compressed, and nearly two-edged, scape, and with pale 
yellow, unequally spreading, petals. 
But, while we assent to the propriety of considering 
the differences which have been mentioned sufficient to en- 
title a plant to be called a species, so long as others, which 
have been described by modern Botanists, continue to be 
admitted as such, we cannot avoid stating our opinion, that 
the whole genus Narcissus requires to be revised with a judi- 
cious, but severe, hand. It may then be discovered, that 
the number of genuine species is very few; and that the 
