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Narcissus Italicus. Pale-Flowered 



Narcissus. l 



Generic Char after, — Fid. N"- 924 et 925. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



NARCISSUS italicus ,- (multiflorus ,• filament a fertile tola 

 adnata ,■ anther<e 3 intra tubum occult<e t 3 intra 

 coronam apert<e ;) foliis loratis, parum atte- 

 nuatis, ex convolutis planius explicatis, ob- 

 foletius carinatis - r fcapo compreflb-ancipiti, 

 nervofo - ftriato ; pedicellis creHis fpatham. 



I fuperantibus ; corolla refraclo-nutante ; laciniis 



elliptico-lanceolatis, ftellato-explanatis, tubo 

 angufto rotundato-anguloro fubaequalibus, in- 

 terioribus paulo angullioribus ; corona ipfis 

 fubquadruplo breviori, patulo-cupulari, leviter 

 trifida, margine erofo-crenulato ; ftylo citra 

 antheras produfto, coronam aequante. G. 



NARCISSUS papyracetts. |3. Nob. jupra No. 947. (excl. 

 Roman Narc.) 



N. albo-fulphureus calyce medio aureo minori maximus fero- 

 tinus. Barrel Icon. f. 960. 



N. fulpbureus major. Park. Par. 79. Italis " Narciffo fol- 

 -farigno?" 



*n No. 947, we have included this plant as a variety of 

 papyraceus. But fince the ftyle is here conftantly advanced 

 beyond the anthers to the level of the edge of the crown, 

 while in that it never furpaffes the anthers, and remains con- 

 "derably below the edge of the crown; which mark alfo 

 announces a confequent difference in the colour and (cent of 

 'he bloom, as well as in the verdure of the foliage ; we can 

 fee no reafon why they mould not be confidered as diftinft 

 •pecies. The leaves in italicus are of a bright grafs-green, 

 a nd not of deep blackifh green covered with a whitifh bloorn 

 or hoar as in papyraceus $ the limb of the corolla is here 

 hkewife of a pale brimftone and the crown of a lemon-colour, 

 while there both are of a pure white. That is far lefs fragrant. 

 * Wi flowers the Iateft of the two. Probably a native of Italy. 



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