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planicorona Haw. lias very narrow leaves, very pale flowers, and a 

 subentire corona. 



Hab. An old garden plant, found wild, according to Salisbury, by Le Venier 

 near Bordeaux. 



10. N. JoNQuiLLA Linn. Sp. PI. 417 (excl. syn.) ; Curt, in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 15; Red. Lil. t. 159; Reich. Ic. t. 811; Burbidge, t. 40. 

 Queltia Herb. JonquiUa Haw. Titijrus Salisb. N. juncifolius 

 Salisb., non Lag. — Bulb l-l^- in. diam. Leaves 2-4 to a stem, 

 subterete, 8-12 in. long, bright green, deeply channelled down the 

 face, ^ in. diam. Pedmicle slender, subterete. Umbels 2-6- 

 flowered ; longer pedicels as long as the spathe. Perianth-tube 

 cylindrical, greenish, f-1 in. long ; segments bright yellow, obovate, 

 spreading, scarcely imbricated ; corona cup-shaped, the same colour 

 as the segments, ^ in. long, ^ in. broad at the crenate throat. 

 Stamens and style just imbricated from the tube. J. major and 

 viedia Haw. differ a little in stature. 



Var. J. MINOR Haw. N. Webbii Pari. — A dwarf form, with very 

 slender leaves, and a perianth-limb only ^ in. diam. — South of 

 Spain and Algeria. 



Var. sTELLARis Baker. — Segments lanceolate, reflexing ; corona 

 distinctly 6-lobed. 



Subsp. N. JoNQuiLLoiDES Willk. 111. Fl. Hisp. t. 138. — Perianth- 

 tube f in. long; limb f in. diam.; segments obovate, imbricated; 

 corona more than half as long as the segments ; throat erect, plain, 

 truncate. 



Hab, Spain, through France and Italy to Dalmatia and Algeria. Flowers 

 with us late in April. Very fragrant. 



11. N. viRiDiFLORUs Sclionsb. Maroc. fasc. i. t. 2 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1687 ; Burbidge, t. 44. Hermione Herb. Cidoraster Jissus Haw. 

 Prasiteles Salisb. — Bulb globose, 1 in. diam., with tunics produced 

 far above its neck. Leaves 1-2, subterete, not produced with the 

 flowers. Peduncle slender, fragile, 1-1^ ft. long. Umbel 2-4- 

 flowered ; pedicels long, erect. Perianth-tube cylindrical, slender, 

 green, ^-f in. long ; segments green, lanceolate, acute, reflexing, 

 shorter than the tube; corona very short, green, 6-lobed down to 

 the base. Anthers just exserted from the perianth-tube. C. integer 

 Haw. is said to have an entire corona. 



Hab. Morocco and Gibraltar, flowering in November. 



12. N. SEROTINUS Linn. Sp. PI. 417 ; Burbidge, t. 46. Hermione 

 Haw. Ar(jenope Salisb. — Bulb globose, ^-1 in. diam. Leaves very 

 slender, subterete, not produced till after the flowers are gone. 

 Peduncle very slender, flexuose and with 1-2 swollen joints low 

 down, which are often hidden by the produced tunics. Flowers 

 often solitary, sometimes 2. Perianth-tube greenish, subcylindrical, 

 h-% in. long ; segments of the limb spreading, pure white, oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, minutely cuspidate, about ^ in. long. Corona 

 l-16tli in. long, lemon-yellow, 6-lobed. Anthers just exserted from 

 the perianth-tube. 



Var. N. DEFiciENs Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1847, tab. 22, fig. 1.— 

 Corona reduced to a mere rudiment. 



