12 



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/ 



.. 



40 Luna. H. (the pale few-flowered) 3-5 



flora corollas laciniis niveis imbricatis, 

 corona prirao pallidissime citrina. mox 

 alba, sub3-plo longioribus : foliis en- 

 siformi-loratis viridibus planis. 

 Obs. Folia seriora sa?pe 8-lineas lata 



plana, saepe superne debiliter flex- 



uoso-recurva. 



********* Ancipites : Italici : Scapis 

 omnium praecocioribus, valde com- 

 pressis gracilibus, acute ancipitibus. 

 Genus proprium ? 



f Sulphurea! : 3-9-flora?, corolla? laciniis 

 primo sulphureis seu rarius flaves- 

 centibnsdemum plus minus albican- 



tibus,sa?piusovato-lanceolatove-acu- 

 minatis, fere elongatis; vel simpli- 

 citer lanceolatis. 



41 chrysantha. H. (the golden) subtriflora : 



corolla? laciniis saturatissime sul- 

 phureis lanceolatis distinctis, (tnbo 

 respectu) flexuose horizontalibus, 

 corona cupulari obsolete crenato- 

 repandula aurantia, 4-plo plusve lon- 



^ gioribus. 



N. chrysanthus. Redout. Lill. vol. t. 

 Schult. syst. v. 7. p. 971. 



Habitat, ex strnctura, in Italia. Floret 

 i. Apr. sub dio. 



H. tenuiflorae. Nob. affinis. Folia lo- 

 rata plana glauca ordinaria, at uti 

 planta, inter minores. Scapus com- 

 pressus gracilis acute anceps. Pe- 

 dunculi triangulares fere ut in om- 

 nibus. Flares horizontaliter subnu- 

 tantes. Corolla lacinia? tubo bre- 

 viores sub 9-lineas longa?. Corona 

 rectissima saturatissime lutea poti- 

 usve snbaurantia. 

 Obs. I have seen in Messrs. Youngs 

 fine Nursery, at Epsom, 2 semi- 

 double (plenicorona?) varieties of a 

 plant, extremely near to this, but 

 rather paler; and two more as large 

 again, but similar. Few points 

 amongst monocotyledonous plants 

 are more difficult, than to ascertain 

 the true parents of double varieties 

 by study only. They may become 

 single, and may again become 

 double. They are still varieties from 

 seed in every stage. 

 italica. H. (the large early sulphur) 

 subiO-flora corolla? laciniis elliptico- 

 lanceohitis subflexuosis basi imbrican- 

 tibus primo sulphureis, corona citrina 

 subquadruplo longioribus: stylo coro- 



nain crenato-erosara patulo-cupularem 

 jfMjuanti. 



N. italicus. Bot. Mag. 1188. 



Obs. Spatha inter alias magna viiidi- 



membranacea, fere foliacea. 



vrtrcox. N. (the middle early sulphur) 



corollas laciniis lanceolato-acuminatis 



tortuoso-undatis subdfetinctis primo 



suli-hums, corona recta citrina sub- 



42 



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46 



campanulata plicata 6-partita quadru- 

 plo longioribus. 



N. pra?cox. Tenore Fl. Neap. p. 146. 



T - 



44 straminea. H.(the lesser sulphur petaled) 



corollae laciniis lanceolatis cum mu- 



cronulo sulphureis mox stramineo-al- 



bicantibus sub-distinctis, tubo sa-pe 



brevioribus, corona cupulari citrina 



plicatim eroso-crenata, sub4-plo lon- 

 gioribus. 



Obs. Priore simillima, sed in latiori- 



bus laciniis discrepat. 

 Ex Caldario cum sequente, commu- 



nicavit amicus Dom. R. Sweet. 



45 subalbida. H. (the straw-coloured) sub- 

 4-flora : corolla? laciniis anguste lanceo- 

 latis lacteis basi subimbricantibus, co- 

 rona cyathiformi straminea plicatim 

 eroso-crenulata, sub4-plo longioribus. 

 N.subalbidus. Loisel. Schult. syst. v. 7 . 



p. 967. 

 Obs. Plusquam 

 gracilis. Folia *7 lineas lata viridia^ 



uti scapus apicem versus alte stri- 

 atus. 



tenuiflora. H. (the slender-petalled sul- 

 phur) sub4-flora : corolla? laciniis sor- 

 dide albis lanceolatis stellatis distinc- 

 . tis, corona minuta lutea sublacera in- 

 curvo-erecta 5-plo longioribus. Philos. 

 Mag. for 1830. p. 133. Floret sub dio 

 i. Martii. An precedents varietas? 

 ft Nivea>flora>, Floribus toto niveis gra- 

 ciliter elegantissimis suaveolentibus. 



47 papyratia. H. (the great paper white) 



subll-flora: corolla? nivea? laciniis 

 subovato-lanceolatis imbricatis, corona 

 cupulata subplicatim erosula sul>4-plo 

 longioribus. 



N. papyratius. Bot. Mag. 947* N. 

 niveus. Loisel. Schult. syst. veg. 

 v. 7. p. 973. 



48 dubia. H. (the lesser white) snb9-flora : 



petalis ovatis nectario campanulato 

 integerrimo triplo brevioribus. n/ 

 N. dubius. Gouan. Illustr. p. 22. 

 Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 40. N. totus 

 alb. medius polyanthos, &c. Hort. 

 Eyst. ord. 3. fol. 2. /. 2. Tazzetta? 

 duplo humilior. Petala ovata uni- 

 formia, nectario campanulata inte- 

 gerrimo alba, triplo longiora. Willd. 



*. C. fl-|; 



Obs. Bodrantalis plusve, scapo anci- 

 piti, flores toto albos humiliore. Init. 

 Main Jloret. 



An vere hnjus sectionis ? 



49 unicolor. H. (the winter flowering) mul- 

 tiflora : petalis oblongis, nectario cam- 



•« panulato plicato lacero petalis sextu- 

 plo breviore, scapo foliis planis ligulatls 

 longiore. Tenore {sub Narcisso) Flora 

 Neap, v. I. p. 144. t. 26. Schult. syst. 

 r. 7. p. 976. 



. Floret in loco natali, Novcmbro in 

 Dccembrem. 



