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long; segments 1-1^ in. long, more or less ascending, twisted, at 

 first tinged with sulphur, finally pure white, as long as the corona, 

 which has an inciso-crenate plicate throat about an inch across. 

 A. albicans Haw. has a larger flower, with more imbricated segments. 

 A. cernuus Haw. ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ii. t. 101 ; Burbidge, 

 t. 8, a more drooping flower, with a tube distinctly longer than 

 broad, and segments sometimes longer than the corona. A. tortu- 

 osus Haw. ; .V. lonijijiorus Salisb. (Bot. Mag. t. 924], twisted 

 perianth-segments shorter than the corona. 



Hab. Sweden and England to Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Transylvania ; 

 major, moscJiaUis, and minor are confined to the Pyrenees and Spanish Penin- 

 sula, and hicolor is not clearly known in a wild state. Altogether between 150 

 and 200 forms are distinguished by name by the English cultivators. 



3. N. TRiANDRUs Linn. Sp. PI. 416; Burbidge, t. 15a. Genera 

 Illus and Ganymedes Haw. Illm triandrus Haw. Ganymedes albus 

 Haw. — Bulb k-i in. diam. Leaves 2-4, very slender, subterete, 

 channelled down the face. Peduncle very slender, subterete, ^-1 ft. 

 long. Flowers 1-6, drooping; spathe 1-1|- in. long; pedicels 

 shorter or longer than the spathe. Perianth about an inch long ; 

 tube cylindrical, ^-f in. long; segments lanceolate, sharply reflexed, 

 acute, as long as the tube, pure white in the type ; corona cup- 

 shaped, truncate at the throat, half as long as the segments and 

 the same colour. Stamens and style very variable in length, often 

 exserted fi-om the corona. G. concolor Haw. has a concolorous pale 

 yellow flower. In N. jjcdliduhis Graells (Bot. Mag. t. 6473 a) both 

 segments and corona are primrose-yellow. In G. pidchellus Haw. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 1262 ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser, 2, t. 99) the 

 corona is white and the segments yellow. In G. nutans Haw. \N. 

 trilobiis Bot. Mag. t. 945) the corona is crenulate and a deeper 

 yellow than the segments. G. cernjnis Salisb. (Bot. Mag. t. 48) is 

 a robust many-flowered form, coloured as in the last. 



Subsp. N. calathinus Bed. Lil. t. 177 ; Burbidge, t. 14. Assa- 

 raciis capax Haw. — Corona larger, nearly as long as the segments, 

 both pale sulphur-yellow. — Isle of Glenans, Brittany. The Portu- 

 guese .V. reflexiis Brot. Bed. Lil. t. 40 ; Assaracus reflexus Haw. ; 

 connects it with the type. 



Hab. The type, Spain and Portugal, flowering in April and May. 



4. N. iNCOMPARABiLis Miller in Gard. Diet. 1771, No. 3 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 121; Keich. Ic. t. 819; Engl. Bot. ed. 3, t. 1502; Bur- 

 bidge, t. 17a. N. Gouani Bed. Lil. t. 220. Genus Queltia Salisb. 

 Q. fcetida Herb. — Bulb 1-1 i in. diam. Leaves about 4, linear, 

 glaucous, obtusely keeled, ^ in. broad. Peduncle distinctly 2-edged, 

 1-1^ ft. long. Flower solitary, not fragrant, ascending or hori- 

 zontal ; pedicel shorter than the spathe. Perianth-tube subcylin- 

 drical, green, f in. long, dilated at the throat; segments spreading, 

 ovate-oblong, imbricated, 1-1^ in. long, pale yellow in the type; 

 corona obconic, -^ in. long, lemon-yellow, f in. diam. at the 6-lobed 

 crenulate plicate throat. Stamens and style not exserted. The 

 form called Sir Watkin has flowers 4 in. diam. Q. concolor Haw. 

 (Burbidge, t. 19 a) has segments and corona both pale lemon-yellow. 



