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KEVIEW OF THE GENUS NARCISSUS. 



By J. G. Baker, F.L.S. 



{Extracted from the ' Gardeners' Chronicle ' for 1869.) 



{Concluded from page 36.) 



Group II. MEDiocoEONATiE : croion half as long as the divisions, or in one 

 or two exceptional cases three-quarters as long. 



Of this group there are seven leading types known, five of which 

 appear to be species, in the broad botanical sense, and are known defi- 

 nitely as wild plants, whilst the other two, though tolerably well known 

 in horticulture, and keeping up a distinctly marked individuality, are 

 not known anywhere in a native state. 



Divisions of the perianth distinctly reflexed ... 4. teiandeits. 

 Divisions of the perianth spreading at a right angle 

 from the base of the crown. 

 Large-flowered ; the divisions 9-12 lines long, and 

 the corona 5-6 lines. 

 Divisions of the limb white. 



Crown white, half as long as the divisions . . 5. pocttliformis. 

 Crown bright yellow, three-quarters as long as 



the divisions 6. Macleaii. 



Crown and divisions of the limb both yellow. 

 Flower always solitary ; leaf 6-7 lines broad, 



glaucous 7. INCOMPAEABILIS. 



Flowers 1-2 ; leaf 3-3^ lines broad, bright 



green 8. odoeus. ' 



Small-flowered ; the divisions 3-6 lines deep, and 

 the crown half as long. 

 Divisions and limb bright yellow ; leaf green, 



cylindrical 9. JUNCIFOIIUS. 



Divisions and limb white ; leaf glaucous, flattish 10. dttbius. 



IV. N. TRiANDRUS (L. Sp. Plant, p. 416). — Bulb not more than 

 half an inch thick. Leaves very slender, semi-cylindrical, 6-8 in. 

 long, green, 3-4 to a scape, binder a line broad. Scape very slender, 

 6-13 in. long, one- or two-flowered. Spathe 6-9 lines long, the pedi- 

 cels of the solitary or the uppermost flowers equalling or exceeding it. 



