160 ENGLISH BOTANY, 
We often hear the Daffodil called ‘ Daffadowndilly ’’ and “ Daffodilly ;” and the 
origin of the name is probably never regarded. It is possibly confused with the 
saffron lily, by older writers called “ sapharoun lily.” 
Section I].—QUELTIA. Parl. 
Spathe 1- or few-flowered; flower rather longly pedicellate. Peri- 
anth tube above the ovary, cylindrical, slightly enlarged upwards ; 
perianth segments broad. Crown widely funnelshaped or cylindrical- 
funnelshaped, about half the length of the perianth segments, 
Stamens and style straight, the former adnate to the perianth tube 
half-way up. 
SPECIES II—-NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS. Miller. 
Pirate MDII. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. TX. Tab. CCCLXX. Fig. 819. 
Queltia incomparabilis, Haworth ; Parl. Fl. Ital. Vol, II. p. 111. 
Q. foetida, Herb. Kunth, Enum, Pl, Vol. V. p. 723. 
Leaves linear-lorate, scarcely tapering towards the apex, nearly flat, 
slightly glaucous. Scape a little longer than the leaves when in 
flower. Flower solitary, inclined or horizontal. Pedicel longer than 
the ovary. Perianth segments widely spreading, oblong-oval, sub- 
acute, about as long as the free portion of the perianth tube, which is 
cylindrical and slightly enlarged towards the apex. Crown about half 
the length of the perianth segments, widely tubular-funnelshaped, 
slightly plaited especially towards the apex, the margin with 6 shallow 
rounded entire or faintly crenate lobes. 
In meadows. Naturalised at Kilvington, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, 
and in a field near Guisbro’ Spa. Mr. Dillwyn states that it grows in 
a little park at Margam, near Swansea, and Mrs. D. Llewelyn has 
shown him good reason to believe that it has been growing there for 
at least two centuries. I have seen specimens in the British Museum 
from Hornsey, Middlesex, in Buddle’s Herbarium. 
[England.] Perennial. Late Spring. 
Bulb and leaves very similar to those of N. Pseudo-narcissus. Scape 
10 to 18 inches high, very slightly compressed. Spathe similar to 
that of N. Pseudo-narcissus, but the flower has a considerably longer 
pedicel, and the bud is but slightly inclined before expanding. Perianth 
segments 11 inch long, pale yellow. Crown about } inch long, bright 
yellow, shading into orange towards the apex. The mature capsule 
und seeds ] have never seen. 
