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the cells one- (or more) seeded. The seeds are 

 swollen or flattened, with fleshy endosperm. 



Honey is produced in the Narcissi and Snowdrop, 

 sweet sap in the Snowflake. The flowers are visited 

 by insects and cross-pollinated. 



Like the last group the Snowdrop group includes 

 many plants that are ornamental garden flowers. 

 Textiles are yielded by the Agaves, and pulque, a 

 liquor. 



These plants possess emetic, narcotic, and poisonous 

 properties. 



Daffodil {Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus) , 



From the Latin specific name (false Narcissus) we 

 obtain some notion as to the meaning of the first. 

 The name Narcissus was given to the plants of this 

 genus by Theophrastus. Narcissus was the name of 

 a beautiful youth, who was changed into a plant on 

 account of his self-love. According to Pliny it was 

 so-called, not after Narcissus, but from narce (torpor) 

 because of its effects. Theis says the same. Pam- 

 philus also remarks that Proserpine was gathering 

 Narcissi before Narcissus was born. 



Like most other beautiful flowers that find a place 

 in the garden, doubt attaches as to whether this plant 

 is native or not. But many flowers of this type have 

 been so long cultivated and so frequently naturalised 

 that they now have all the appearance of being native 

 in many places. 



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