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Narcissus ORIENTALIs (var. fl. pleno). The 
Cyprus or DouBLe Roman Narcissus. 
SEH HE He RHEE EE 
For fpecific chara&er, defcription and fynonymy fee above 
No 940, 946, and 948. Be 
_ NARCISSUS orientalis, flore pleno. G. | 
_ NARCISSUS pleno flore. Cluf Hifi 1.160. Ic. LI. 
_ NARCISSUS nobilis orientalis polyanthos mixtus. Bef, Hort. — 
é Eyftet. Vern. Ord. 3. fol. 14. fig. 1. : 
_ NARCISSUS chalcedonicus flore pleno polyanthos. Park. 
4 Parad. 84. 1. 85.f.4-  ~ 
_ CYPRUS NARCISSUS. Mill. Dif. ed. 7. See the obferva- 
tions on the cighth fpecies of the Art. Narcissus. 
In the Jaft part of our account of Narcissus papyraceus, 
_ (No. 947) we have fpoken of the prefent plant as being a double 
_ flower of the variety @ of that {pecies; which, under that im- 
_ Preffion, we have called in the fynonymy “ Roman Narciflus.” 
se We then judged from diftant recolle€tion, not having been 
es able to procure a fpecimen for feveral feafons before.. This 
_ year we have obtained them in abundance; and have been 
_ thewn others, that by cultivation in our climate have re- 
_ turned to their fingle flate. Thus we have difcovered our 
_ Mmiflake; and affured ourfelves that the plant is a legitimate 
_ Yarlety of orientalis (fee N° 940, 946, and 948). The Bulb 
= has been long fince annually imported from Italy, by the pro- 
_ Prietors of Italian warchoufes ; together with that of the 
_ Variety of the prefent with fewer flowers, a fhorter tube, | 
tnd a greater number of yellow fegments. This laft bears 
oS trong refemblance to the variety of Narcissus incom- 
= opel (fee No. 121) known among florifts by the name 
ES t b The Butter and Egg Flower.” According to Crustius, 
S se the double varieties of the prefent {pecies were ori- 
fy Introduced into our parts of Europe, from Con- 
2 antinople by the way of Vienna. They have fince con-. 
: tinued 
Paper or Italian {pecies (/ee 947); and a {till more double é 
