Tab. 5831. 

 NARCISSUS bulbocodium, var. monophyllus. 



Hoop-petticoat Narcissus, Single-leaved Variety. 



Nat. Ord. Amaryllide^e. — Hexandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. — Perigonium corollinum, campanulatum conicum v. hypo- 

 crateriforme, lobis 6 patentibus v. reflexia. Corona infundibuliformis 

 campanulata v. rotata. Stamina 6, tubo perigonii 2-seriatim inserts, 

 inclusa, filamentis brevissimis ; antherse oblonga?. Ovarium 3-loculare ; 

 stylus filiformis, stigmate obtuso ; ovula pluriseriata. Capsula membranacea, 

 3-gona, loculicide 3-valvia. Semina subglobosa, testa atra. — Herbaj 

 European, bulbo tunicato. Folia angusta. Scapi teretes compressi v. angulosi. 

 Spatha 1-phylla, 1- oo flora. Flores speciosi, albi v.flavi. 



Narcissus Bulbocodium; bulbo ovoideo, foliis 1-3 anguste linearibus 

 ^-teretibus, scapo gracili 1-floro, perianthio ascendente v. horizontal! 

 pedicellato, tubo conico flavo, corona magna tubum sequante, lobis 

 linearibus ascendentibua acutis, filamentis recurvis. 



Var. monophylla ; folio angustissimo sub-solitario, ovario subsessili, flore 

 pallido-stramineo, corona crenulata, stylo exserto. 



Narcissus bulbocodium, var. monophylla, Baker in Gard. Chron., ann. 1869, 

 p. 529. — N. Clusii, Dunal, Mem. Acad. Sc. Mont, p. 9 and 6. Kunth. 

 Enum. v. v., p. 897. Walp. Ann. i. p. 836. 



Corbularia monophylla, Durieu in Duchart. Rev. Bot., ii. 425 ; Kunth. 

 /. c. ; Explor. de VAlgerie, Bot. t. 47, f. 2. 



A very elegant little plant, referred by Mr. Baker to a 

 variety of the well-known Hoop-petticoat Narcissus of the 

 S. of Europe, but differing from the typical form of that 

 plant in the solitary leaf and nearly white flower. It is a 

 native of Algiers, whence bulbs were sent to the Royal 

 Gardens by Col. Playfair, Consul-General. It flowered in a 

 cool frame, in January of the present year. 



Descr. Bulb size of a small hazel-nut, globose ; scales sooty 

 brown, shining. Leaf solitary, rarely two, four to six inches 



APRIL 1st, 1870. 



