Tas. 6825, 
N ARCISSUS PACHY BOLBUS. 
Native of Algeria 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDE®.—Tribe AMARYLLER. 
Genus Narcissus, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 718.) 
Narcissus (Hermione) pachybolbus; bulbo maximo tunicis pluribus brunneis 
membranaceis, foliis 4 linearibus erectis obtusis glaucescentibus subpedalibus 
facie profunde canaliculatis, pedunculo ancipiti foliis paulo breviore, umbellis 
8-10-floris, spatha ovata pedicellis sequilonga, floribus albis suaveolentibus, 
erianthii tubo ultra semipollicari, limbo patulo, segmentis suborbicularibus 
cuspidatis late imbricatis, corona brevi patelleformi, margine integro vel 
crenulato, antheris 3 in tubo inclusis, 3 corone oram attingentibus. 
N. pachybolbus, Duriew in Duchart. Rev. vol. ii. p. 425; Expl. Alger. Atlas, 
tab. 47, fig. 1; Walp. Ann. vol. i. p. 836; Kunth Enum. vol. v. p. 742; 
Baker in Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 1136; Burbidge Narciss. p. 51, 82, tab. 39. 
This distinct species of the Tazetta group of Narcissus 
is a native of the province of Oran in Algeria. It is never 
likely to be widely cultivated in English gardens, as it 
flowers in its native country in December and January, and 
is too thoroughly Mediterranean in its climatic requirements 
to be adapted for open-air growth with us. It is distin- 
guished from the other TJazetta forms by its very large 
bulbs, stiffly erect glaucous leaves and small pure white 
fragrant flowers. It was introduced into cultivation about 
twenty years ago by the late Mr. Giles Munby, along with 
the other endemic Algerine Narcissus, Corbularia mono- 
phylla, Our drawing was made from a plant exhibited in 
February last at the Horticultural Society by E. G. Loder, 
Esq. It has also flowered under cover at Kew. 
Descr. Bulb globose, one and a half or two inches in 
diameter, with numerous brown membranous tunics, the 
outer opaque, the inner glossy. Produced leaves usually 
four, stiffly erect, linear, obtuse, slightly glaucescent, above 
a foot long, a third or half an inch broad, deeply channelled 
down the face in the lower half. Peduncle compressed, 
gsuLY lst, 1885, 
