112 KEVIEW OF THE GENUS NARCISSUS. 



In this paper we propose to treat of the four remaining vernal spe- 

 cies of the Parvicoronatse group, which taken together may be known 

 from all other Narcissi by their saucer-shaped crowns, from a line to 

 one-eighth of an inch in depth. Of the four, three are quite common 

 in cultivation. 



XIV. N. PACHYBOLBOS (Duricu, EevueBot. ii. p. 425). — Bulb ovoid, 

 2 in. or more thick. Leaves 4-5 to a scape, glaucescent, about a 

 quarter of an inch broad, flattish, with a blunt keel. Scape under a 

 foot high, compressed and ancipitous, 5-8-flowered. Longer pedicels 

 about equalling the spathe. Tube pure white, ^ in. long above the 

 ovary. Expanded flower 6-7 lines across, pure white, the segments 

 of the limb not more than i in. long, and, consequently, only about 

 half as long as the tube, roundish, much imbricated, cuspidate. Crown 

 not more than a line deep, subentire, pure white. Anthers biseriate, 

 subsessile. — Walpers' Annales, i. p. 836 ; Durieu, Expl. Alger, t. 47. 

 fig.l. 



A native of Algeria, not yet, so far as we are aware, in cultivation 

 in England. It comes very near to some of the small varieties of 

 Tazetta ; even if it were introduced, the flowers are too small for it 

 to be likely to be a popular species. It is said to be slightly scented. 



XV. N. JoNQUiLLA (L. Sp. Plant, p. 417). — Bulb ovoid, under an 

 inch in thickness. Leaves 1-2 to a scape, deep glossy green, 8-12 

 in. long, semicylindrical, channelled down the face, about a line in 

 thickness. Scape equalling or shorter than the leaves, slender, sub- 

 terete, bearing 2-6 fragraiit flowers in the latter part of April. Spathe 

 18-21 lines long, the longer pedicels about the same. Tube 10-11 

 lines long, exclusive of the ovary. Divisions of the limb a bright 

 full yellow, spreading horizontally when fully expanded, |— |^ in. long, 

 slightly imbricated, oblanceolate or obovate cuspidate. Crown saucer- 

 shaped, not more than a line deep, about the same colour as the limb, 

 the edge faintly crenulate, about f in. across. Anthers sessile, biseri- 

 ate, the three upper ones protruded into the crown. Curt. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 15 ; Red. Lil. t. 159 ; Peich. Ic. t. 811. — QueltiaJonguilla, Kerb. 

 and Kunth. Jonquilla major, J. minor, J. media, and J. parvicorona, 

 Haw. Mon. p. 7. 



This, the well-known Jonquil of the gardens, extends in a wild 

 state from Spain, through the south of France and Italy, to Dalmatia. 

 It has often been confounded,- both in books and gardens, with N. 



