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2. NARCISSUS JONQUILl.A. 



JONQLIL. 



This genus contains plants of the bulbous-rooted perennial 

 dowering kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Jlcxandria Motwgi/ii/a, and ranks 

 in the natural order ot" Spathacecc. 



The characters are: that the calyx is an oblong si^allic, obtuse, 

 compressed, opening on the flat side, shrivelling: the corolla has six 

 ovate, acuminate petals, flat, ccpial, inserted into the lube of the 

 nectary externally above the base: nectary one-leafed, cylindric- 

 funnel-form, coloured on the border: the stamina have six awl- 

 shapcd filaments, fixed to the tube of the nectary, shorter than the 

 nectary: anthers oblongish: the pislillum is a roundish germ, ob- 

 tusely three-sided, inferior: style iiliforni, longer than the stamens: 

 stigma bifid, concave, obtuse: the ])ericarpiuiu is a roundish cap- 

 sule, obtusely three-cornered, three-celled, ihree-valved: the seeds 

 are many, globular, and a|)pendicled. 



The species cultivated are: 1. N. pseudo-iiorcisxus. Common Daf- 

 fodil; 2. N. poeticus, Poetic, or\Vhi(e Narcissus; 3. JV. hi fionis, Two- 

 lowered Narcissus, or Pale Dafl'odil; 4. A', i/ro/o;-, 'J'wo-colouied 

 Narcissus; 5. A. utiiior, Least Dailodil : (i. A^. triainiriis. Rush- 

 leaved Narcissus, or l\eflexed Dalfodil; 7- A", or'unlalis, (J\\cx\V,\\ 

 Narcissus: 8. N. Biilbodociion, }Iooj>-l*ellicoat Narcissus: 9. A. /«- 

 zetta, Polyanthus Narcissus; 10. ]\. serod/iiis. Late-flowering Nar- 

 cissus; IL N.oclonis, Sweet-scented Narcissus, or Great Joiu|uil ; 

 12. A'^. calath/inis, Calathine Yellow Narcissus; 13. N.jonquilla, Com- 

 mon Jonquil. 



The fust has a large bulbous root, fiom which come out five or 

 six flat leaves, about a foot long, and an inch broad, of a grayish 



