HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Narcissus. 131 



Cat. none. Pet. 6, ovate, pointed, flat, equal, spreading, at- 

 tached to the outside of the tube of the nectary, at some 

 distance above its base. Nectary of one leaf, funnel- 

 shaped, regular ; cylindrical below ; dilated into a cup- 

 shaped, coloured border, above the insertion of the pe- 

 tals ; containing honey in the bottom of the tube. Filam. 

 awl-shaped, inserted into the tube of the nectary, in 2 

 rows, and shorter than its border. A)ith. linear, incum- 

 bent, bursting along their outer edges. Germen inferior, 

 roundish, with 3 blunt angles. Style slender, triangular, 

 rising above the stamens. Stigma in 3 concave, obtuse 

 segments. Caps, roundish, with 3 blunt angles, mem- 

 branous, of 3 cells and 3 valves, v/ith central partitions. 

 Seeds several, globose. 



Root a coated bulb. Leaves several, radical, in 2 opposite 

 ranks, linear, a little succulent, smooth ; either flattish, 

 or semicvllndrical and tubular. Stalk central, bearinn: one 



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or many Jlo-ooers, from a termmal, membranous, simple, 

 permanent, sheathing bractea. FL yellowish, or whitish, 

 or partaking of both colours. 



1. N, poelicus. Poetic Narcissus. 



y^ Flowers mostly solitary. Cup of the nectarv very short, 

 depressed ; membranous and crenate at the margin. 

 Leaves bluntly keeled ; their edges reflexed. 



N. poeticus. Linn. Sp. PL 414. JVilld. v. 2. 34. FL Br. 353. EngL 

 Bat. V. 4. t. 2/.5. BulL Fr. t. 306. Redout. LUiac. t. ICO. 



N. n. \2:A). IlaU. Hist. v. 2. 122. 



N. albusjcirculo purpureo. Bauh. Pin. 48. Rudb. EIi/s. r. 2. o6.f. 2. 



N. medio purpureas. Dod. Pempt.223. f. Ger. Em. \23. f. Dalech. 

 Hint. 1517./. Pass. Hart. Florid. t.'lQ. 



N. primus. Camer. Epit.9^>\. f. 



N. medio rubro communis, Sweert. F/oril. t.22. f. 3. 



In heathy elevated open fields, on a sandy soil. 



At W'ood-bastwick, and in other parts of Norfolk. Mr. Rose. On 

 a rabbit-warren at Shorne, between Gravesend and Rochester. 

 Mr. Jacob Raijrr. 



Perennial. Mai/. 



Bulb ovate, with a dark-ijrovvn skin. Leaves 12 to 18 inches long, 

 nearly erect, half an inch broad, of a rather e;laucous deep green ; 

 rounded and obtuse undcrneatli ; their edges acute, recurved ; 

 the disk slightly concave, striated with numerous longitudinal 

 veins. Sion about as tall as the leaves, straight, hollow, 2- 

 edged ; rounded at the sides. Brat lea brown and dry, cloven, 

 rather longer than tlie partial stalk. Flower large and very beau- 

 tiful, powerfully frngrant. Petals pure white. Ned. with a 



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