NARCISSUS. 7 



Subsb. N. MiNUTiFLORus Willk. 111. Hisp. t. 74. — Flowers about 4. 

 Pedicels ^-| in. long. Perianth-tube ^ in. long ; segments ovate, 

 J in. long ; corona truncate. 



Subsp. N. RUPicoLA Dufour. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6473 c. X apod- 

 anthus Boiss. et Kent. Queltia apodantha Kunth. — Pedicel none 

 or very short. Perianth-tube f in. long ; expanded limb f in. diam. ; 

 corona distinctly 0-lobed. 



Hab. Spain, Portugal, and the South of France ; the varieties, Spanish 

 and Portuguese. Flowers about London in the middle of April. 



7. N. TAZETTA Linn. Sp. PI. 416 ; Sibth. Fl. Gr^ca, t. 358 ; 

 Moggr. Cant. Ment. t. 23; Burbidge, t. 29. Hermione Haw. Her- 

 inione, Plateana, and Chione Salisb. — Bulb 1|~2 in. diam. Leaves 

 4-6, linear, glaucescent, 1-1^ ft. long, ^-f in. broad, bluntly 

 lieeled. Peduncle distinctly compressed, l-lf ft. long. Umbel 

 usually 4-8-flowered in the type ; longer pedicels equalling or 

 exceeding the spathe. Perianth-tube cylindrical, greenish, f in. 

 long; limb 1-1:^ in. diam ; segments pure white, obovate, imbri- 

 cated, \ in. broad ; corona cup-shaped, lemon-yellow, entire, -^ in. 

 long, ^-^ in. broad. Anthers and style just exserted from the tube. 



Of the multiform Tazetta Narcissi about 100 have received spe- 

 cific names.''' I can here only attempt to indicate and classify the 

 leading types. 



Series I. — Tazettin^ bicolores. Perianth white ; corona yellow. 



Snbsp. 1. H. LACTicoLOR. — From the type, as above described, 

 the following differ but little : — N. elatus, varians, and canaUculatus 

 Guss. ; N. neglectus Ten. ; N. Tenorii, spiralis, and Biccliicmus Pari. ; 

 N. syriacus Boiss. ; N. BianccB Tod. ; N. Aschersonii Bolle ; H. Cypri 

 Haw. ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ii. t. 92 ; H. citrina Haw. ; Jord. 

 Ic. t. 180 ; H. Jioribimda Haw. ; Jord. Ic. t. 181 ; H. monspeliensis 

 Jord. Ic. t. 186 ; R. pratensis Jord. Ic. t. 187 ; H.formosa Jord. Ic. 

 t. 189 ; H. decora and auranticorona Haw. ; H. neglecta, antipolensis, 

 littoralis, and lohata Jord. ; H. Trewiana Haw. (Bot. Mag. t. 940 ; 

 Jord. t. 188), Jiexiflora, suhcrenata, and cremdata Haw., have a 

 perianth-limb 1^-2 in. diam., and a corona ^ in. diam. ; N. grandi- 

 crenatus Pari., a large deeply-lobed corona; B. crispicorona Haw. 

 (Jord. Ic. t. 190) and corrugata Jord., a large crisped orange corona. 



Subsp. 2. H. coRCYRENsis Herb. — Colour of type, but flower 

 smaller, with narrower more acute non-imbricating segments. Near 

 this are H. (Bqidlimha Herb. ; H. mediterranea Jord. Ic. t. 185 ; H. 

 insolita Jord. t. 184 ; xV. remopolensis Pari. ; H. sulcicauUs Haw. ; 

 and II. debilis, discreta, and contorta Jord. H. ganyinedoides Jord. 

 has reflexed lanceolate segments, and a lobed orange corona. 



Subsp. 3. N. PATULus Lois. — Dwarfer and more slender than 

 the type, with a pure white perianth-limb f— | in. diam. and a small 

 lemon-yellow corona. Near this are N. etruscus, Fiicasolianus, 



* For further details see Haworth's • Monograph,' ijp. 8 — 12, Kunth's 

 ' Enumeratio,' Herbert's ' Amaryllidaceag,' Parlatore's 'Flora Italica,' vol. iii. 

 pp. 125 to 156, and Jordan & Fourreau's ' Icones ' and ' Breviarum Plantarum 

 Novarum.' 



