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Q. semipartita Haw. is coloured like the type, but the corona is 

 lobed more deeply. 



Var. Q. AURANTiA Haw. ; Burbidge, t. 19c. Q. Gouani Haw. — 

 Perianth pale yellow. Corona pale yellow at the base, orange at 

 the spreading lobed very plicate throat. Common in gardens 

 double, called "Butter and Eggs." Var. Leedsii Hort. has a rim 

 of orange-red to the corona. 



Var. Q. ALBA Haw. ; Burbidge, t. 18b, c, 19b. — Perianth white ; 

 corona lemon-yellow. Common double in gardens, called "Orange 

 Phoenix." Q, nivea Haw., dwarfer, with narrower twisted perianth- 

 segments. 



Hab. Spain and the south-west of France eastward to the Tyrol. Flowers 

 in England late in March or early in April. About 100 forms are named by 

 cultivators. 



5. N. oDORus Linn. Sp. PI. 416; Bed. Lil. t. 157; Eeich. Ic. 

 Germ. t. 818 ; Burbidge, t. 23. N. calathinus Bot. Mag. t. 934. 

 Genus Philoijyne Haw. P. odora and Campernelli Haw. — Bulb 

 1-1|- in. diam. Leaves 3-4, narrow, linear, bright green, deeply 

 channelled down the face, ^ in. diam. Peduncle subterete, 1-li ft. 

 long. Flowers 2-4, uniform bright yellow, fragrant ; pedicels 

 shorter than the spathe. Perianth-tube subcylindrical, greenish, 

 f in. long ; segments obovate-oblong, cuneate in the lower half, 

 spreading, not imbricated, 1-lJ in. long ; corona obconic, the same 

 colour as the segments, ^ in. long, with a spreading throat f in. 

 diam., with 6 short crenate lobes. Style overtopping the anthers, 

 reaching halfway up the corona. P. rugidosa (Burbidge, t. 25 a), 

 calathina, and interjecta Haw. are forms with shorter oblong imbri- 

 cated perianth-segments. 



Var. N. TRiLOBus Linn. Sp. PI. 417. N. Jatus Salisb. — Flowers 

 smaller, with imbricated segments about | in. long, not more than 

 half as long again as the lobed corona. P. Curtisii Haw. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 78) and P. heDiinalis Haw. (Burbidge, t. 24) are small- 

 flowered forms, with a narrow less-lobed corona. 



Var. MINOR Burbidge, 25 b, has flowers an inch in diam. and a 

 much smaller corona than any other form. It is very likely N. 

 Assoanus Dufour. 



Hab. Spain and France to Italy and Dalmatia. Flowers about London 

 early in April. 



6. N. jUNciFOLius Lagasca, Gen. et Sp. 13, non Salisb. ; Bur- 

 bidge, t. 37a. N. lieguienii Koem. Qiieltia juncifolia Herb. 

 PhiJogyne ynmor Haw. — Bulb ^-| in. diam. Leaves 3-4, terete, 

 very slender, green, erect, 4-6 in. long, 1-1 2th in. diam. or less. 

 Peduncle slender, terete, ^-1 ft. long. Umbel 1-4-flowered ; 

 pedicels -|-1^ in. long. Perianth-tube cylindrical, slender, about 

 ■^ in. long ; segments spreading, bright yellow, ovate, imbricated, 

 •1—1 in. long ; corona the same shade or rather darker, cup-shaped, 

 i-i in. long, ^-| in. broad at the crenulate throat. Style reaching 

 to the throat of the tube. 



Subsp. N. GADiTANus Boiss. ; Burbidge, t. 27c. — Flowers often 

 4-5. Pedicels longer. Perianth- segments not more than ^ in. 

 long, broad-ovate. Corona truncate, nearly as long as the segments. 



