Tab. 7016. 

 NARCISSUS Broussonnetii. 



Native of Marocco. 



Nat. Ord. Aharyllide.£. — Tribe Amarylle.e. 

 Genus Narcissus, Linn.; {Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. PL vol. iii. p. 718.) 



Narcissus (Aurel/a) Broussonnetii; bulbo ovoideo, foliis synanthiis linearibaa 

 glaucescentibus, pedunculo compresso innltifloro, pedicellis brevibus, periantbio 

 hypocrateriformi albo, tubo pollicari deorsum cylindrico sursum anguste infun- 

 dibulari, segmentis ovatis imbricatis, corona subnulla, staminibus distincte 

 biseriatis filamentis brevibus, stylo antheris superante. 



N. Broussonnetii, Lag. Gen. et Sj). p. 13 ; Baker in Gard. Chron. 1869, 

 p. 1183 ; Handb. Amaryll. p. 12 ; Burb. Narciss. t. 47. 



N. obliteratus, Mil Id. inedlt. ; Scliultes Syst. Veg. vol. vii. p. 981. 



Hermione obliterate, Haw. 3fonogr. p. 13. 



Aurelia Broussonnetii, J. Gay in Ann. Sc. J\ T at. Ser. 4, vol. ix. p. 96; Ball in 

 Joum. Linn. Sac. vol. xvi. p. 081. 



This is a very curious plant. It is just like the white 

 Tazetta Narcissi (italicus, Panizzianus, &c.) in habit, 

 leaves, perianth, stamens and pistil, but the corona is very 

 nearly or entirely obliterated. It was carefully studied by 

 the late Jacques Gay, one of the most painstaking 

 botanists who ever lived, and his conclusion was that it 

 ought to be regarded as forming a monotypic genus. It 

 was first found about the beginning of the century in the 

 neighbourhood of Mogadore by Broussonnet. Nothing 

 more was heard of it till 1873, when specimens were sent 

 by Dr. Leared to the late Daniel Hanbury. Now it has been 

 introduced alive, and was flowered last winter both at 

 Kew and by Sir E. G. Loder at Floore. The Floore plant 

 came into flower in November, that at Kew late in De- 

 cember. It will probably not prove hardy in the open 

 air in England. 



Descr. Bulb ovoid, the size of a hen's egg; tunics 

 brown. Leaves linear, rather glaucous, contemporary with 

 the flowers, finally a foot and a half long. Peduncle com- 

 pressed, about a foot long. Umbel of six to nine flowers ; 

 pedicels short ; spathe-valve ovate, scariose, much longer 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1888. 



