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23. N. Leedsii Hort. — Leaf twisted, canaliculate, glaucous, 

 i in. broad. Peduncle 2-edged, longer than the leaf. Flower 

 single, horizontal or rather drooping. Perianth-tube subcylindrical, 

 I in. long ; segments spreading, oblong, acute, milk-white, 1-1^ in. 

 long, i-f in. broad; corona cup-shaped, sulphur-yellow, | in. long, 

 I" in. diam. at the erect irregularly crenate plicate throat. Style 

 reaching nearly to the throat of the corona, overtopping the 

 anthers. 



Hab. Intermediate between i^ociiUformis and incomjuirabilis. About fifty 

 forms are distinguished by name by cultivators. 



24. N. Barrii Hort. ; Burbidge, t. 22. — Leaves linear, twisted, 

 glaucous, above a foot long, ^ in. broad. Peduncle compressed, 

 a foot long. Flower solitary, horizontal or ascending. Perianth- 

 tube subcylindrical, f-1 in. long; segments spreading, oblong, 

 acute, sulphur-yellow, slightly imbricated, 1-1^ in. long, ^-| in. 

 broad; corona obconic, i in. long, above I in. broad at the erect 

 crenulate plicate throat, lemon-yellow at the base, passing into 

 orange-yellow upwards. Style just overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Covers a series of forms intermediate between incomparahilis and 

 poeticus, nearer the former than the latter. About fifty forms have been named 

 in cultivation. Burbidge t. 22 a, is a cross between minor &.nd j^oe tic us ; t. 22 b, 

 between incomparahilis and Pseudo-narcissus. 



25. N. oRiENTALis Liun. Mant. 38 ; Bot. Mag. t. 948. Queltia 

 orientalis Herb. Hennione amhigua Salisb. Schizanthes orientalis 

 Haw. Genus Patrodes Salisb. — Leaves green, ^ in. broad. 

 Peduncle much compressed. Umbel 3-4-flowered ; pedicels long, 

 erect or arcuate. Perianth-tube subcylindrical, green, I in. long ; 

 segments spreading, sulphur-yellow, oblong, acute, 1 in. long, | in. 

 broad ; corona cup-shaped, one-third the length of the segments, 

 orange-yellow, deeply irregularly 3-lobed ; margin erect. Stamens 

 and style not exserted. 



Hab. Probably a hybrid between incomparahilis and Tazetta. 



26. N. BuRBiDGEi Hort. — Leaves linear, glaucous, twisted, 

 above a foot long, ^-| in. broad. Peduncle above a foot long, 

 2-edged. Flower solitary, horizontal or drooping. Perianth-tube 

 subcylindrical, green, an inch long; segments spreading hori- 

 zontally, oblanceolate-oblong, acute, not imbricated, pure white, 

 1^ in. long, |- in. broad ; corona obconic, ^ in. long, \ in. broad, 

 yellow at the base, red at the minutely crenulate plicate throat. 

 Stamens and stigma not exserted from the corona. 



Hab. Covers a series of forms between incomparahilis and poeticus, in 

 which the characters of the latter iDredominate. About fifty of them are dis- 

 tinguished by names in Mr. Barr's catalogue. 



27. N. Tazetto-poeticus Gren. & Godr. Fl. Franc, iii. 257. 

 X. bijioriis var. hyhridus DC. — Near hifloriis, but flowers 2-5, 

 smaller, with less imbricated segments. Corona sometimes larger, 

 scarcely scariose at the edge and lobed, sometimes scariose, plicate, 

 and tinged" with red. 



Hab. South of France, in meadows at Grasse and near Montpellier, growing 

 amongst its parents. 



