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testa hlsick.— Bulb with membranous tunics. Leaves linear or 

 subulate, usually contemporary with the flowers. Flowers solitary 

 or umbellate, erect or drooping, white or yellow, rarely green, 

 vernal, rarely autumnal; spathe membranous, always 1-valved. 



Magnicoronati. Corona funnel-shaped or cylindrical, as long as the 

 perianth-segments. 

 Corhularia. Perianth-segments lanceolate. 



Stamens long, declinate . . • . Sp, 1. 



Ajax. Perianth-segments oblong. 



Stamens shorter, erect ; . . . . Sp. 2. 



Mediocoronati. Corona cup-shaped, about half as long as the 



perianth-segments. 

 Gamjmedes. Perianth-segments reflexed . . Sp. 3. 

 Queltia. Perianth-segments spreading . . Sp. 4-6. 



Parvicoronati. Corona small, obconic or saucer- shaped. 

 Hermione. Corona uniform in texture. 



Vernal Sp. 7-10. 



Autumnal Sp. 11-13. 



Eiinarcissiis. Corona scariose at the edge . Sp. 14-15. 



Aurelia. Corona nearly obsolete . . . Sp. 16. 



Magnicoronate hybrids 17-21. 



Mediocoronate hybrids 22-25. 



Parvicoronate hybrids ...... 26-27. 



1. N. BuLBocoDiuM Linn. Sp. 417; Bot. Mag. t. 88; Bed. Lil. 

 t. 24; Burbidge, fig. 1a. X tiirgidus Salisb. Genus Corhularia 

 Salisb. C. serotma Haw. — Bulb i-f in. diam. Leaves_ usually 

 3-4, subterete, ascending, channelled down the face, 3-12 in. long. 

 Peduncle slender, terete, about as long as the leaves. Flower 

 single, ascending; pedicel i-f in. long; spathe 1-H in. long, slit 

 only in the upper half. Perianth 1-1 5 in. long, bright yellow; 

 tube obconic, as long as the corona; segments lanceolate, ascending, 

 i-f in. long, broadly keeled with green, turning to brown ; corona 

 obconic, ^-f in. long and broad at the throat, entire or crenulate, 

 just the same colour as the perianth in all the forms. Stamens 

 long, declinate, inserted low down in the tube, reaching nearly to 

 the throat of the corona. Style long, not exserted. The type 

 flowers in May. C. hhulata Haw. ; Burbidge, fig. 1b, has a repand 

 corona, and flowers in April. N. ohesus Salisb. flowers early, and 

 has leaves that He flat on the ground. N. conspicuus (Haw.) 

 Sweet, Brit. Flow. Card. ii. t. 326; Burbidge, fig. Ic; and lY. 

 aureus DC, are forms with moderately large yellow flowers, and an 

 exserted style. N. tenuifoUus Sahsb. ; Bed. Lil. t. 486 ; Sweet, 

 Brit. Flow. Card. t. 114,' is an early-flowering form, with slender 

 erect leaves, a 6-lobGd corona, and exserted style. C. Bulbocodium 

 Haw. and C. SchuHesii Koem. dift'er from temdfoHus by an entire 

 corona. 



