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fruit, erect, 3-4 in. long. Peduncle not longer than the bulb-neck ; 

 spatlie linear, an inch long. Flowers autumnal ; perianth-tube 

 cylindrical, ^-1 in. long; segments oblanceolato, 1-1:^ in. long, 

 ^-^ in. broad. Stamens half as long as the limb. Stigma with 

 3 short falcate lobes. Fruit subglobose, ^ in. long, produced in 

 spring. Seeds strophiolate. 



Hab. Sicily, East Europe, Asia Minor, Crimea, Caucasus. .S'. dahnatica 

 Herb. (Reich. Ic. Gerin. t. 872, figs. 825—7) and ,S'. pulchcUa Boiss. et Blanche, 

 look to me mere varieties. Narcissus pcvsicus Clus. Hist. ii. 103 {H. Clusiana 

 Ker) is, from the figure, evidently this species, not the next. 



2. S. MACRANTHA J. Gaj in l^alans. Exsicc. No. 827. S. baifulia 

 and stipititta Boiss. ^S'. Cludana Boiss., non Ker. — Bulb globose, 

 1-1^ in. diam., with a neck 4-6 in. long ; tunics pale or brown. 

 Leaves lorate, obtuse, glaucescent, f in. broad, fully developed in 

 June. Peduncle as long as the bulb-neck ; spathe 3-4 in. long, 

 membranous, cylindrical in the lower half. Flowers bright yellow, 

 produced in autumn; tube cylindrical, 2 in. long; segments oblong, 

 1-1:1 in. broad. Stamens more than half as long as the hmb. 

 Stigma not lobed. 



Hab. Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, West Persia, and Sinaitic Peninsula. 



Subgenus Oporanthus. 



3. S. LUTEA Eoem. & Schult. Syst. viii. 795 ; Reich. Ic. Germ, 

 tab. 373, fig. 828. AmanjUis lutea L. ; Bot. Mag. t. 290 ; Bed. 

 Lil. t. 418 ; Fl. Graec. t. 310. Oporant/ms luteus Herb. — Bulb 

 ovoid, 1-2 in. diam. Leaves 5-6, lorate, f in. broad, a foot long, 

 produced with the flowers in autumn. Peduncle protruded from 

 the bulb-neck, sometimes 6-9 in. long, rarely 2-flowered. Spathe 

 lanceolate, 1-1-| in. long. Flowers produced in autumn, bright 

 yellow ; ovary sessile ; tube funnel-shaped, ^-| in. long ; segments 

 oblong, IJ-l^- in. long, ^ in. broad. Stamens more than half as 

 long as the limb. Style sometimes as long as the limb ; stigma 

 not lobed. Fruit green, turbinate, developed in winter. Seeds 

 black, shining, not strophiolate. S. sicula Tineo is a form with 

 narrower leaves and perianth-segments. Var. (jrcEca Reich. Ic. 

 Germ. fig. 828, from the mountains of Greece, is a form with leaves 

 only l-12th to l-8th in. broad, and oblanceolate perianth-segments. 

 There is a similar form in Crete with a longer peduncle. 



Hab. Through the Mediterranean Eegion from Spain and Algeria to Syria 

 and Persia. 



4. S. FiscHERiANA Rocm. Amaryll. 46. Oporanthus Fischerianus 

 Herb. Habit of S. lutea, from which it differs by flowering in 

 spring, and by its stipitate ovary and capsule. 



Hab. Caucasus. 



16. Haylockia Herb. 



Perianth solitary, erect, regular ; tube long, very slender ; limb 

 funnel-shaped, with equal obovate-oblong segments. Stamens bi- 

 seriate at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments short, filiform; 

 anthers linear-oblong, versatile. Ucanj 3-celied ; ovules many, 



