416 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Narcissus—continued. A 
N. pumilus (dwarf). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus minor. 
N. radiatus (rayed). A form of N. Tazetta intermedius. 
$ N. recurvus (recurved). A synonym of N. poeticus recurvus. 
1 (wrinkled-lobed). A form of N. Pseudo- Narcissus 
Ws i, 
N. rupicola Gel eine A synonym of N. juncifolius rupicolus. 
N. serotinus (late-flowering). fl. usually solitary, rarely two 
together; tube, segments, and crown like those of N. elegans ; 
scape very slender, under lft. high. September. J. solitary or 
together, filiform, sub-terete, usually not appearing till the 
scape dies down. Bulb sub-globose, six to nine lines thick. 
South Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor. (N. 46.) Syn. N. 
deficiens (B. R. xxxiii. 22). 
N. 8. (elegant). fl. usually from two to four; tube seven 
long, under one line thick, greenish-white ; divisions 
of limb pure white, linear, very acute, six to eight lines 
l ; crown yellowish, saucer-shaped, under one line deep, 
poss iy or slightly crenulate ; scape slender, flaccid, 6in. to 12in. 
long. September and October. l. one, or rarely two, flattish, 
chann one line or less broad, equalling or exceeding the 
scape. Bulb roundish, lin. or less thick. Italy, Sicily, Algiers. 
. 45.) obsoletus is another form of this rare species, in which 
he corona is very minute. 
N. spurius (spurious). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus major. 
N. stellaris (star-shaped). A synonym of N. poeticus stellaris. 
FId. 649. INFLORESCENCE AND PORTION OF LEAF OF 
NARCISSUS TAZETTA. 
N. Tazetta (Tazetta).* Polyanthus Narcissus, fl. 
lin. to lłin. across when expanded, usually four to 
about jin. long above the ovary ; divisions of the th white, 
rather shorter than the tube, the alternate ones uently nar- 
azeri e bere ip t a eer g date, four to five 
nes broad . orizontally w. or 
slightly reflexed ; crown uniform bright yellow, Boni oor yee r 
to three lines apap, the edge sub-entire or slightly crenulate or 
lobed. March. L. four to six to a scape, 2 flattish 
bluntly keeled on the back. Bulb 13in. to Ein. thick. 3 
tunicated with brown membranous coats, Europe. See 
A well-known and widely-distributed species. SYN. N. i 
(N. 29-34.) 
N. T. aureus (golden). fl. when expanded lin. to IAin, across; 
divisions bright yellow, zin. to zin. long, four to five lines 
, bluntish, and much imbricated ; crown sub-entire, about 
one-third the length of the divisions, a deep orango ; tube 
exceeding the limb. (B. M. 925, under name of N. 'azetta.) 
N. T. canariensis (Canary Islands). fl., crown scarcely 
than one line long A tube extremely slender, An. long, swel 
where it r= the limb; scape slender, bearing a seven-flo 
umbel. I. scarcely more than zin. wide. a 
den- flowered). AH. about lin. across; 
bricated, narrowed to a point, lemon- 
den-yellow, about two lines Ss 
The form Bertolonii resembles N. 7, 
smaller flowers and shorter lobes. 
t, from 
t; tube 
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Narcissus - continued. 
J. four to six to a scape, concave on the face, bin. to 6in. long, 
one and a-half to three lines broad. Bulb ovoid, nine to twelve 
lines thick. South France, &c. (N. 28, and Fl. Ment. 71, under 
name of N. dubius.) 
= 
— 
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Fic. 650. NARCISSUS TAZETTA INTERMEDIUS. 
N. T. intermedius (intermediate). fl. from twelve to fifteen 
lines across when expanded, the divisions obovate - cuspidate, 
lemon-yellow, five to seven lines long, four to four and a-half 
lines b) uch imbricated; crown two to two and a-half lines 
op slightly deeper in colour than the divisions, the edge a 
plaited and crenulate ; scape 1ft. or rather more high, sub- 
terete, from two to five-flowered. J. three or four to a scape, 
lindrical, from two and a-half to three lines broad. Bulb 
lin. or more thick. Spain, &c. See Fig. 650. (Fl. Ment. 
41, under name of N. intermedius.) To this the following sub- 
varieties are referred by Mr. Baker: bifrons, with narrow obes 
and a deep crown; bicrenatus and primulinus, with broader, 
much imbricated lobes, and a shallower, more HEH crown ; 
radiatus, with oblong-lanceolate, less imbricated divisions, and 
a six-lobed crown (N. : 
equalling the tube, narrowed 
bricated, lemon-colow 
two and a- lines deep, distinctly six-lobed. SYN. N. italicus. 
2 1188.) 
Luna (Luna). fl. fewer than in N. T. papyraceus, about 
lin. broad when expanded, with oblong, much-imbricated lobes. 
Barle is a slight form from Italy. 4 
N. T. mediterraneus 3 This differs from the 
narrower divisions of the flower, which are not more 
broad, not at all imbricated, and mora lengthened out 
5 is a sub- variety with the divisions 
ochroleucus (yellowish-white). when expanded lin. 
in. across ; rion milk-white, res broad, much imbri- 
; crown citron-yellow, with a sub-entire edge, n half as 
l er, and more convex on 
nearly than in the variety 
tereticaulis. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 179.) 
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