NARCISSUS. 13 



Hab. An intermediate form between Pseudo-narcissus and incomparabilis . 

 Named after W. Backhouse, Esq., of Darlington and St. John's in Weardale, 

 who raised many new garden forms. 



20. N. Macleaii Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 987 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2588 ; 

 Burbidge, t. 17. Diomedes minor Haw. Panza hicolor Salisb. — 

 Bulb above 1 in. diam. Leaves about 6, linear, bright green, 

 l-\ in. broad. Peduncle a foot long, slightly 2-edged, 1 -flowered. 

 Flower horizontal, inodorous ; x^edicel much shorter than the 

 spathe. Perianth-tube subcyhndrical, f in. long, white tinged 

 with green ; segments milk-white, obovate-oblong, much imbri- 

 cated, f in. long; corona bright yellow, ^ in. long and broad, 

 minutely crenate at the throat. Stamens biseriate. Style included. 

 A'. Sahini Lindl. in Bot. Keg. t. 762 {Diomedes major Haw.) is more 

 robust, with a larger flower, and corona longer in proportion to the 

 segments. iY. Nelsoni, a garden type with many forms, is more 

 robust than Macleaii, with segments 1-1-|- in. long, ^-1 in. broad, 

 much imbricated, with a lemon-yellow corona more than half as 

 long as the segments. A\ tridyinus Hort. bears 2-3 flowers, like 

 those of Xelsoni, but the tube is rather more obconic. Y. Bernardi 

 Henon (Diomedes Parkinsoni Haw.) has an orange or lemon-yellow 

 more plicate corona half as long as the spreading white segments. 



Hab. Macleaii was received by Alexander Macleay, Esq., from France in 

 1819. Bernardi is wild in the South of France, and has been imported alive 

 lately into English gardens by the Hon. Mrs. Barton from the Pyrenees. These 

 forms connect incomparabilis var. alhus with hicolor. A form very like Bernardi, 

 figured Bot. Eeg. vol. xxix. tab. 38, was produced by Herbert by crossing 

 Pseudo-narcissus and poeticus. 



21. N. juNciFOLio-MUTicus Baker. — Leaves subterete, bright 

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

 slender, terete. Umbel 2-3-flowered; pedicels 1-1| in. long. 

 Perianth-tube cylindrical, greenish yellow, % in. long; segments 

 ovate-oblong, spreading, lemon-yellow, ^-f in. long, nearly ^ in. 

 broad ; corona obconic, orange-yellow, \ in. long, above ^ in. 

 diam. at the truncate erect throat. Style reaching halfway up the 

 corona. 



Hab. Gathered in the Pyrenees, in April, 1886, by E. W. Buxton, Esq., 

 growing with its parents. A probable hybrid heUxeen juncifolius and triandrus 

 was exhibited by Mr. Geo. Maw at the Linnean Society in February, 1887. 



22. N. pocuLiFORMis Sahsb. Prodr. 224 ; Burbidge, t. 16. N. 

 montaniis Ker in Bot.^ Eeg. t. 123. Genus Tros Haw. Cydenis 

 Salisb. — Bulb 1-li in. diam. Leaves about 4, linear, glaucous, 

 a foot long, |-^ in. broad. Peduncle angled, a foot or more long, 

 1-2-flowered; spathe 1-1|- in. long; pedicels cernuous, shorter 

 than the spathe. Flower fragrant, pure white ; tube green, sub- 

 cylindrical, I in. long ; segments spreading, oblong, an inch long, 

 rather imbricated; corona cup-shaped, half as long as the segments, 

 minutely crenulate at the throat. Stamens biseriate, inserted low 

 down in the tube. Style reaching sometimes to the throat of the 

 corona. 2\ (jalanthifolia Haw. has less imbricated perianth-segments, 

 with inflexed edges, and a more plicate corona. 



Hab. Origin uncertain. Stated by Salisbury to be a native of damp 

 valleys of the Pyrenees. Flowers early in April, 



