AMARYLLIDE 147 
A. Crown bell-shaped; leaves broadly linear :—J. 
Pseudo-narcissus, L., Daffodil, Lent-Lily; crown as long 
as the perianth-segments ; meadows, common. JV. zzcom- 
parabilis, Curt.; flowers paler, crown bright yellow, half 
as long as the perianth-segments; Valais, Ticino. 
£. Crown shallow; tube of perianth elongated; leaves 
nearly flat:—/V. foeticus, L.; flowers large, usually 
solitary, white, fragrant, crown yellow with a red 
crenulated border; meadows, local; Southern Switzer- 
land, Jura, Carinthia, Pyrenees. WV. dzflorus, Curt. ; 
flowers large (14 in.), fragrant, usually in pairs, pale 
yellow, crown dark yellow; Valais, Geneva, Lombardy, 
Pyrenees. JV. radizflorus, Salisb.; flower solitary, white, 
sepals and petals lanceolate, not overlapping, ovary cylin- 
drical, stem more slender, leaves narrower; meadows ; 
Switzerland, Jura, Styria, Savoy. 
C. Tube elongated; crown saucer-shaped; leaves 
subulate or cylindrical :—lV. zuncefolius, Req. (Pl. 111); 
flowers I-3, yellow, fragrant, crown orange, tube very 
long and slender, leaves subulate; Pyrenees. 
Many other species of Varczssus, especially belonging 
to the sections /ouxquzlla and Tazetta, grow in the plains 
of Lombardy and in the Pyrenean valleys. 
2. GALANTHUS, L. 
Flowers solitary, white, pendulous, enclosed in a mem- 
branous spathe; sepals spreading; petals small, erect, 
with green streaks; leaves 2, linear. 
G. nivalis, L., Snowdrop; meadows and orchards; 
Switzerland, Pyrenees ; not common. 
