We have omitted all the figures from Rudbeck cited by 

 Linnaeus for fynonyms, as they appear to us to belong ex- 

 clusively to bifiorus, from which our plant may be diftinguifhed 

 by its proportionately longer and trilobately cleft crown, as 

 well as by not having the edges of the outer leaves turned up. 

 Are they however really diftinB: fpecies ? (y) is the variety of 

 Hort. Kew. Differs from Tazetta, to which it is alfo but too 

 clofely akin, by a crown more manifeftly trilobate, more cre- 

 nulate and patent. All the varieties of our prefent fpecies are 

 very fragrant and bloom earlier than either poeticus or bifiorus^ 

 but later than Tazetta. In the enfuing fafciculus we mean 

 to give ((3) and (<y). The beft bulbs of this fpecies are im- 

 ported from Holland. Hardy. 



According to the appellation bellowed on it by the older 

 Botanifts, a native of the Levant ; probably fome of the va- 

 rieties are alfo found in Spain and the South of France. Not 

 figured as a Linnean fpecies in any work known to us. G. 



