NARCISSUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



NARCISSUS 



the diagram of the variety "Grand 

 Monarque " is given. In the other 

 diagrams the corona (shaded in all 

 diagrams) is shown to be getting 

 gradually larger, while the "tube' 

 varies from narrowly funnel-shaped 

 in the X. iwcomparahilis Stella to 

 broadly obconic in K. licdor Hors- 

 Heldi — the latter being representative 



wise similar to K. jx^eticus. In 

 "Stella"' the filaments are present, 

 but are united to the tube for the 

 greater part of their length, the 

 anthers just peeping beyond the end 

 of the tube. In "Sir Watkin" the 

 filaments are also attached to the 

 tube for about one-third of their 

 length, the upper two-thirds being 

 free, and having the anthers further 





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Fig. 254.— >rarci««u Tazttia Grand Monarqut, 

 section. 



Fig. 257. — yareissus incomparabilis 

 Sir Watkin, section. 



Fio. 256.— .Varcisiw incomparalilU Stella, 

 section. 



Fig. 258. — Sarcissus licolor BoriJUldi, section. 



Figs. 254 to 258 show the relative sizes of five different sections of the genus Karcissns, 

 and the variation in the parts. 



ExPLASATios.—C, corona; P, perianth; .4n, anthers; Ft'I, filament ; S<, style; Or, ovary; 

 Ptd, pedicel ; Sp, spalhe. 



of all the large trumpet forms. In 

 regard to the stamens, it will be 

 noticed that there are no filaments 

 in X. jxjeti^us, and the anthers are 

 therefore sessile at the mouth of the 

 cj'lindrical tube. In "Grand Mon- 

 arque" there is the vestige of a 

 filament about 1 mm. long, but other- 



out from the top of the tube. In 

 "Horsfieldi"' and the other varieties 

 with large coronas, the filaments are 

 quite free for their entire length, and 

 the anthers are pushed well beyond 

 the mouth of the tube. The style 

 (St) is just the same length as the 

 tube in X. jxteticus, and a little longer 



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