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Subsp. N. RADiiFLORUS Salisb. N. angiistifolius and majalis Curt. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 193. — Leaves ^-^ in. broad, shorter than the slender 

 peduncle. Perianth-segments cuneately narrowed in the lower 

 half, and not imbricated. iV. verbanensis Haw. Amaryll. t. 37, fig. 2 ; 

 Burbidge, t. 43, fig. b, is a dwarf form, with narrow leaves, and 

 lanceolate acute reflexing perianth -segments. 



Hab. All through the Mediterranean region from France to Greece. 



16. N. BROussoNETn Lag. Nov. Gen. 13 ; Burbidge, t. 47. 

 Aurelia J. Gay. N. obliteratus Willd. Hermione Haw. — Bulb 

 1|- in. diam. Leaves about 4, linear, contemporary with the 

 flowers, ^ in. broad. Peduncle 2-edged, a foot long. Umbel many- 

 flowered ; pedicels 1-2 in. long. Perianth-tube whitish, cylindrical, 

 with a funnel-shaped apex, f in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, 

 pure white, ^ in. long ; corona rudimentary. Anthers exserted 

 from the perianth-tube. 



Hab. Morocco ; long lost, but lately regathered by Dr. Leared and others. 

 Flowers in April. Habit of N. italicus. 



Hybrid Narcissi.* 



17. N. BuLBocoDio-PSEUDo-NARcissus Baker in Gard. Chron. 

 1887, i. 414. — Leaf linear, slightly glaucescent, channelled down 

 the face, ^ in. broad. Peduncle slender, terete, 1-flowered; spathe 

 an inch long, tubular in the low^er half; pedicel as long as the 

 spathe. Flower horizontal, milky-white, 1^ in. long ; tube narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, much tinged with green, f in. long, ^ in. diam. at 

 the throat ; segments linear, ascending, rather shorter than the 

 corona. Corona f in. long, ^ in. diam. at the base, faintly crenulate 

 at the throat, where it is ^ in. diam. Stamens inserted low down 

 the tube ; filaments straight , anthers only just protruded from the 

 tube. Style reaching halfway up the corona. 



Hab. Portugal, near Oporto, found wild by Messrs. Tait and Barr in March, 

 1887. This or a nearly-allied form is figured Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. fig. 78. 

 N. triandrus also hybridises naturally both with N. Pseudo-narcissus and Bulbo- 

 codmm. 



18. N. Humei Hort. X. poculiformis luteus Herb. Leeds. — 

 Leaf -J- in. broad. Flower solitary, cernuous ; tube obconic, |- in. 

 long, ^ in. broad ; segments oblong, loosely ascending, sulphur- 

 yellow, 1^ in. long, -I in. broad ; corona lemon-yellow, about an 

 inch long and an inch broad at the erect throat, which is minutely 

 crenulate. Var. albidns Hort. has milk-white ascending segments, 

 and a lemon -yellow corona. 



Hab. A hybrid raised by Dr. Leeds, of Manchester, no doubt between 

 IwcuUformis and some form of Pseudo-narcissus. 



19. N. Backhousei Hort. — Stature and leaves of Pseudo- 

 narcissus. Flower solitary, horizontal ; tube obconic, about ^ in. 

 long and broad; segments spreading horizontally, oblong, imbri- 

 cated, sulphur-yellow. 1-1 ^ in. long ; corona lemon-yellow, a little 

 shorter than the segments, with a deeply-lobed plicate erect throat. 



* See Herbert in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 21 to 28. 



