AMARYLLIS FAMILY 



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1. Narcissus. — Perianth with 6 nearly equal segments united m 

 a tube below with a bell-shaped coronet within. 



2. Galanthus. — Perianth-segments 6, free, the outer larger, the 

 inner notched ; no coronet. 



3. Leucojum. — Perianth- segments 6, free, equal, thickened at 

 the point ; no coronet. 



NARCISSUS PSEUDO-NARcissus {Comvioti Daffodil, Lent Lily). 



I. Narcissus (Daffodil). — Bulbous plants with linear, radical 

 leaves; a. 2-edged peduncle ; a membranous spathe ; flowers \sirge, 

 solitary or umbellate, yellow or white, generally drooping, poly- 

 syn-.metric ; perianth with 6 nearly equal petaloid segments in 2 

 whorls, united into a tube below, the mouth of which terminates 

 in a bell-shaped coronet diifering in colour from the perianth ; 



