of his Narcissinearum Monographia. 281 



Along with these fine-grown plants at Mr. Dennis's 

 I saw an Hermione witli 23 flowers on one scape ; and 

 another with a proliferous spathc, from the centre of 

 which arose a sort of second scape above the primary 

 flowers, bearing 4 peduncles, each having an open flower 

 upon it. I never saw a proHferous scape before in this 

 genus ; but it is represented, and recopied in several of 

 the works of the elder botanists. I likewise saw at the 

 same time Hermione deflexiccmlis, and others, with 21 

 flowers ; and H. -polyantha Loisel. with 1 9 flowers on 

 separate scapes each. In my own garden, several scapes 

 also bore 21 flowers; Qiieltia aurantia bore 2 flowers 

 in one spathe, which I have seen only once before : and 

 Corbularia serotina Nob. in Mr. Sweet's garden bore 2 

 flowers on one scape ; and a monstrous union, or casual 

 coalescence of /wo such scapes bearing together 4 flowers, 

 I have examined in the Herbarium of the late Sir James 

 Smith. 



decora. H. Narciss. Monog. ed. 2. p. 17. 



Obs. Under this species 1 now place the following 

 var., rather than where it stands in my Monograph. 

 My plant bore 9 flowers in a head, whose segments 

 were about twice as long as their cup. 



/3. major, foliis adultis 1^ unc. latis, floribus praecoci- 

 oribus. H. polyantha /3. Narciss. Monog. p. 18. 



polyantha. H. Loisel.: 3— 20-flora: corona sulphurascente 

 subcrateriformi plicatulatim crenulata mox alba, co- 

 rollae laciniis ovatis niveis sesquiduplo breviore, foliis 

 praelatis perviridibus planiusculis. 



Obs. Bulbus inter maximos. Varietates belgicas 

 plures in hortis coluntur. 



Folia inter erectiores, ssepe unciam lata. 

 Luna. H. 3 — 4- rarius 5-flora : corollae laciniis niveis imbri- 

 catis, corona primo palJidissime citrina mox alba ses- 

 quiduplo longioribus, foliis ensiformi-loratis perviri- 

 dibus planis. 



H. Luna Nob. Narciss. Revis. p. 143. 



Obs. Folia ssepe 8 lin. lata superne debiliter flexu- 

 oso-recurva. Florcs et bulbus minores qu^m in prae- 

 cedente. 



Sectio Ancipites. 



'chrysaniha. H. Narciss. Monog. ed. 2. j^- 1 8- 



Obs. The plant tlescribed in the place cited was in 



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