162 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Bulb flowering when about the size of a walnut, covered with a 
dull brown skin. Leaves similar to those of the preceding species, 
but more strongly keeled and much less glaucous. Scape compressed, 
with two sharp angles. [Flowers commonly 2, but not untrequently 
1, and sometimes 3. Free portion of perianth tube rather more 
than 1 inch long, slender, subherbaceous; perianth segments scarcely 
1 inch long, very broad, overlapping each other, white with a ver 
indistinct yellowish tinge. Crown about 4 inch high, yellow, Bi | 
contracted at the throat. The mature capsule and seeds I have not 
seen. 
Tuo-flowered Narcissus. 
SPECIES IV—NARCISSUS POETICUS. Lin. 
Prats MDIV. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. et Helv. Vol. TX. Tab. CCCLXIV. Fig. 808. 
Billot, F). Gall. et Germ. Exsice. No. 659. 
Leaves linear-lorate, scarcely tapering towards the apex, channelled, 
more or less glaucous. Scape about as long as the leaves, or a little 
longer when in flower. Flower solitary. Pedicel longer than the 
ovary. Perianth segments widely spreading, oval-oblong or broadly 
oval, obtuse, apiculate, about as long as or a little shorter than the free 
portion of the perianth tube, pure white. Crown very short, subrotate, 
saucershaped, yellow, with a spreading crenulated bright red margin. 
In meadows and orchards. Naturalised in a few places; very 
abundant in a field at Blabers Hall, Warwickshire, from whence I 
received a large supply of living specimens from the late Rey. W. S. 
sree. I have also specimens from Shorne Warren, near Gravesend, 
Kent. It has occurred in Norfolk; but, except in the three counties 
above mentioned, | am not aware of its being considered even a natu- 
ralised plant. Its occurrence in Ireland seems to be doubtful. 
[England.] Perennial. Early Summer. 
Bulb flowering when about the size of a walnut, tapering more 
gradually upwards than in N. biflorus, and covered with thicker 
brown coats. Leaves more glaucous, more deeply channelled, more 
twisted, and more flaccid than those of N. biflorus. Free portion 
of perianth tube 14 inch long; perianth segments 1 to 1} inch, o 
thicker texture and much purer white than the preceding; the crown 
shorter, more expanded, and with a bright red margin. Capsul 
trigonous-ovoid, } inch long. Seeds about the size of white mustar 
seed, black, at first smooth and shining, afterwards rugose. 
Poet's Narcissus. 
French, Narcisse des pottes. 
