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Hab. Through the Mediterranean region from Spain to Greece and 

 Palestine. Flowers in October and November. Carregnoa dubia Willk. Ic. 

 t. 74 A, agpears to be a form of this, with the corona slit down to the base into 

 six square segments. 



13. N. ELEGANs Spach Veg. Phan. xii. 452 ; Burbidge, t. 45. 

 Hermione Haw. N. autwnncdis Link. N. Cupanianus Guss. N. 

 oxypetalus Boiss. — Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 1-4, con- 

 temporary with the flowers, subterete, green, 4-6 in. long, l-16th in. 

 diam. Peduncle rather shorter than in serotinvs, stiffly erect, not 

 jointed. Umbel 2-6 -flowered ; pedicels erect, often longer than the 

 spatlie. Perianth-tube cylindrical, greenish white, ^-% in. long ; 

 segments pure white, spreading, lanceolate, acute, not imbricated, 

 ^ in. long. Corona saucer-shaped, yellow, l-20th in. deep. 



Var. H. OBSOLETA Haw. ; Herb. Amaryll. t. 41, fig. 28. — 

 Perianth- segments rather broader ; corona nearly obsolete. 

 Hab. Italy, Sicily, and Algeria, flowering in September and October. 



14. N. BiFLORus Curt. Bot. Mag. t.- 197 ; Engl. Bot. t. 276 ; 

 Bed. Lil. t. 405 ; Burbidge, t. 41. .Y. medio- hiteus Miller (1771).— 

 Bulb globose, l|-2 in. diam. Leaves about 4, linear, slightly 

 glaucous, broadly channelled down the face, 1-2 ft. long, |— f in. 

 broad. Peduncle sharply 2-edged, 1-1 i ft. long. Flowers usually 2, 

 rarely 1 or 3 ; pedicels shorter than the spathe. Perianth-tube 

 cylindrical, greenish white, an inch long ; segments obovate, milky- 

 white, imbricated, obtuse, minutely cuspidate, ^-1 in. long ; corona 

 obconic, ^ in. long, pale yellow, i in. diam. at the scariose erect 

 much-crisped edge. Stamens and style just exserted from the 

 perianth -tube. N. dianthos Haw. has pure white flowers, non- 

 imbricated perianth- segments, and an orange-yellow corona. N. 

 hiflonis Haw, has 2-3 flowers, pure white imbricated segments, and 

 an orange-yellow corona. A', alhus Miller has snow-white flowers, 

 with imbricated segments, and a more spreading corona, tinged 

 with red. 



Hab. France, Switzerland, Italy, and the Tyrol, flowering in England in 

 May. The three varieties are intermediate between the tj-pe and poeticus. 



15. N. POETicus Linn. Sp. PI. 414 ; Bed. Lil. t. 160. — Bulb 

 l-l"! in. diam. Leaves about 4, linear, glaucous, a foot or more 

 long, |— §- in. broad. Peduncle 2-edged, as long as the leaves. 

 Flower solitary, ascending or horizontal, fragrant, developed in the 

 type in May. Perianth-tube cylindrical, greenish, an inch long ; 

 segments spreading, pure white, obovate, imbricated, an inch long; 

 corona -|-^ in. long, with a scariose red much-crisped edge \ in. 

 diam. Style and stamens just exserted from the perianth-tube. 

 N. pateUaris Haw. (Engl. Bot. t. 275) is a robust late-flowering 

 form with imbricated perianth-segments. Y. spathulatus Haw. has 

 smaller earlier flowers. X stellaris Haw. (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. 

 ii. t. 132 and X recurviis Haw. (Sweet, ii. t. 188) are late-flowering 

 forms, with scarcely imbricated perianth-segments, the latter with 

 weak recurving leaves. N. jjoetamm Haw. flowers in April, and 

 has large flowers, with imbricated segments, and a corona fulvous 

 down to the base. N. tripodalis Salisb. (N. ornatus Haw.) is an 

 early form, with rather reflexing narrower segments. 



