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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Narcissus—continued. 
three to a scape, sub-terete, 4in. to 8in. long, not more than one 
line broad. Bulb ovoid, zin. to zin. thick. South-west Europe, 
North Africa, &., 1629. See Fig. 631. (N.1.) 
N. B. citrinus (citron). This only differs from the type in its 
somewhat larger beautiful sulphur-yellow flowers. 
N. B. conspicut nspicuous). A robust form, with a slightly 
expanded corona and . style. SYN. V. conspicuus. 
See Fig. 632. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 326.) 
N. B. Graellsii (Graells’). A., perianth lin. long, above the ovary ; 
divisions sub-patent, with a brown keel, which is decurrent to the 
base of the tube; scape Ain. to bin. long. J. two or three. (B. M. 
6473B, under name of N. Graelisii.) 
B. monophyllus (one-leaved).* fl., perianth and corona nearly 
white; style exse: . L. very slender, usually solitary. Algeria. 
See Fig. 633. (B. M. 5831; N. 33B.) 
N. B. nivalis (snowy). f., perianth not more than eight to nine 
lines long above the ovary ; divisions of the limb as long as the 
corona; scape 2in. to Ain. high, J. two or three. 
N. B. tenuifolius (slender-leaved). A slender form, with erect, 
Shining leaves, a distinctly exserted style, and a distinctly lobed 
corona. (S. B. F. G. 114.) 
Fig. 634. NARCISSUS CALATHINUS, showing Habit and 
detached Flower. 
N. calathinhs (cup-like)." jl, fourteen to fifteen lines long, ex- 
clusive of the „ 
four to four and a-half lines broad at the base, decidedly reflexed 
when the flower is fully expanded, white, or a very pale sulphur- 
8 crown the same colour as the divisions, and the same 
; throat erecto-patent, scarcely at all plicate, with six 
s w, rounded, sub-entire lobes ; scape 8in. to 12in. high, very 
slender, terete, one or two flowers to a stem, on pedicels nine to 
fifteen lines long. l. generally two to a scape, very slender, 
green, one and a-half to two lines broad, concave. Bulb ovoid, 
not more than jin. thick. Brittany. See Fig. 634. (N.14.) The 
name reflexus has been indiscriminately applied to both this 
species and V. triandrus; the latter has always the perianth 
longer than the cup, whilst in calathinus the perianth and cup 
are equal in length. 
N. cambricus (Cambrian). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. 
N. cernuus (drooping). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus moschatus. 
N. conspicuus (conspicuous), A synonym of N. Bulbocodium 
conspicuus. 
N. Cypri (Cyprian). A synonym of N. Tazetta. 
N. deficiens (deficient). A synonym of N. serotinus. 
N. dubius (doubtful). A synonym of N. Tazetta dubius. 
N. Gouani (Gouan’s). A synonym of N. incomparabilis. 
N. gracilis (slender). f. pale sulphur- yellow, lin. to 2in. 
broad when expanded, —— one or two, rarely three; tube 
twelve to fourteen lines long, exclusive of the ovary, about 
one line thick; divisions obovate-cuspidate, sp: hori- 
zontally, gin. to zin. broad; crown two to two and a-half lines 
„ cup-s zin. broad at the mouth, slightly plicate and 
« ‘orm in texture, a rather deeper yellow than 
the divisions; scape slightly compressed and two-edged, lft. 
high. April. J. four to six to a scape, very convex on the back, 
not more than three lines broad. Bulb ovoid, lin. or more 
thick. Native country unknown. A hybrid between N. junci- 
8 $ ius and N. Tazetta. (B. R. 816.) SYN. N. tenuior (B. M. 379; 
Ni. Graellsii (Graells’). 
N. incomparabilis (incomparable).* f. always solitary, 2łin. to 
_ @hin. broad when expanded; tube nearly or guise fi deep, 
_ cylindrical, one and a-half to two lines thick at the middle, three 
lines at the throat; divisions spreading, slightly imbricated, 
lin. long, generally ee than the crown, oblong. 
late, six to eight lines broad; crown six to seven lines 
allow. nearly ereak much plaited at the throat, a 
i with six deep imbricated lobes, the mouth eight to 
divisions of the limb oblong-lanceolate, bluntish or sub-acute, 
A synonym of N. Bulbocodium Graellsii, 
Narcissus—continued. 
nine lines across. March and April. J, three or four to a scape, 
about Ift. long, bluntly keeled, about zin. broad, slightly 
glaucous. Bulb ovoid, lin. to Izin. thick. Europe, &c. (naturalised 
in Britain), 1629. (B. M. 121; N. 18-21.) 
FIG. 635. NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS AL RTI DUS PLENUS, showing 
Habit and detached Flower. 
N. i. albidus (white). fl., crown yellow, but the divisions 
a very pale sulphur-yellow or milk-white. The double form is 
the Orange Phoenix of gardens. See Fig. 
Fic. 636. NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS AURANTIUS. 
N. 1. aurantius (orange).“ A robust form, with the crown orange, 
but the divisions a pale (sulphur) yellow. Syns. N. aurantius, 
N. Gouani. See Fig. 636. Double forms of this are the Butter- 
and-Eggs and Nonpareil of gardens, which sometimes produce 
flowers din. across. See Fig. 637. 
N. intermedius (intermediate). A synonym of N. Tazetta inter- 
medius. 
N. italicus (Italian). A synonym of N. Tazetta italicus. 
N. Jonquilla.* Jonquil. fl. bright yellow, very fragrant; tube 
ten to eleven lines ae exclusive of the one divisions of the 
spreading horizontally when fully expanded, ĝin. to zin. 
long, slightly imbricated, oblanceolate or obovate-cuspidate ; 
crown saucer-shaped, not more than one line deep, the edge faintly 
