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fewer thon in the last, bright yellow, both corona and oblong acute 

 non-imbricated segments. 



Subsp. 13. N. AUREUS Lois. ; Moggr. Ment. t. 22 ; Jord. Ic. 

 t. 194. — Expanded perianth-limb 1-1 i i^- diam., lemon-yellow; 

 segments ovate, much imbricated ; corona entire, a little darker 

 than the segments. — Allied to this are H. xanthea Jord. Ic. t. 193; 

 H. luteola Jord. Ic. t. 195 ; H. chlorotica Jord. Ic. t. 191 (limb 

 sulphur-yellow) ; U. cheiranthea, calliojms, ammna, and sertulosa 

 Jord. ; and H. suhlutea, flaveola, trijida, and rejiexicaulh Haw. 



Subsp. 14. H. cupuLARis Salisb. (Red. Lil. t. 17; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 925). — Segments broadly imbricated, lemon-yellow ; corona 

 orange-yellow. — Allied to this are H. multifiora, Solaris, latifolia, 

 pedutea, and apertlcorona Haw. ; and H. nohilis, spleyidens, callichroa, 

 eriodora, and fulgida Jord. 



Hab. Extends from Canai-y Islands and Portugal through the South of 

 Europe to Syria, Cashmere, China, and Japan. The principal concentration of 

 various forms is in Italy and the South-east of France. Flowers from January 

 to May. 



8. N. iNTERMEDius Lois. Gall. i. 237, t. 7 ; Red. Lil. t. 427 ; 

 Moggr. Cont. Ment. t. 41 ; Burbidge, t. 38a. Hennione Herb. — 

 Bulb ovoid, 1-1|- in. diam. Leaves about 4, subterete, bright 

 green, deeply channelled down the face, ^ in. diam. Peduncle 

 subterete, a foot or more long. Umbel 4-10-flowered ; longer 

 pedicels as long as the spathe. Perianth-tube subcylindrical, 

 greenish, f-f in. long ; segments oblong, slightly imbricated, 

 spreading, bright lemon-yellow, f in. long ; corona cup -shaped, 

 orange-yellow, ^ in. long, ^ in. broad at the slightly-lobed throat. 

 Style and anthers just exserted from the perianth-tube. H. bifrons 

 Haw. ; Burbidge, t. 38a, has narrower perianth-segments, and a 

 longer corona. H. primulina Haw. (Bot. Mag. t. 1299) has imbri- 

 cated segments, and a corona with a spreading 6-lobed margin. 

 H. hiscrenata Haw. is a robust many-flowered form, with 6 bifid 

 plicate lobes to the corona. H. compressa Haw. [X. radiatas Red. 

 Lil. t. 459) has a large plane 6-lobed corona. H. alba Haw., known 

 only from old records, has white flowers. 



Hab. Spain, Balearic Isles, and South of France. Differs from the 

 Tazettince lutece by its subcylindrical green leaves. Salisbury forms of it, with 

 N. Jonquilla, his genus Tityrus. 



9. N. GRACILIS Sabine in Bot. Reg. t. 816 (1824); Sweet, Brit. 

 Flow. Gard. ii. t. 136; Burbidge, t. 37a. Genus Helena Haw. 

 Genus Veniera Salisb. — Bulb 1 in. diam. Leaves narrow, linear, 

 green, a foot long, i-i in. broad. Peduncle weak, slender, sub- 

 terete, a foot long. Umbel 1-3-flowered ; pedicels long. Perianth- 

 tube cylindrical, yellowdsh-green, f-l in. long; segments bright 

 yellow, spreading, imbricated, oblong, acute, an inch long ; corona 

 obconic, deeper yellow, l-6th to l-5th in. long, ^ m. broad at the 

 slightly plicate erect crenulate throat. Stamens and style not 

 exserted from the corona. A^. tenmor Curt, in Bot. Mag. t. 379 

 (1797); Burbidge, t. 37 b, is more slender in all its parts, with 

 smaller paler flowers, changing to white as they grow old. H. 



