282 Mr. Haworth's Additions to and Ame7idme7its 



a weak state, and has since produced 5 flowers in a 

 spathe, with a less compressed scape, and the floral 

 segments only 3 or ^ times longer than the crown : 

 wherefore it should be removed fi'om this section, and 

 placed in, and an-anged at the head of, \.h.e Section Fla- 



VlFLOR>E. 



Its presumed Italian origin is given up. 



duhia. H. (The lesser white): scapo sub-9-floro ancipiti, co- 

 rolUe laciniis brevibus ovatis incurvis imbricatis hori- 

 zontalibus tubo brevioribus coronaque cyathiformi un- 

 dulatim subintegrii subtriplo longioribus. 



Narcissus dubius Gouati et Willd. Herm. dubia 

 Narciss. Monog. j)' 19. 



Communicavit florentem amicus Dom. Penny, Apr. 

 10, A.D. 1832. 



Obs. Scapus valde compressus et acute anceps, 

 grosse vel subangulatim striatus virescens, humilior 

 quam H. jasmineuy el tota planta longe minor. Folia 

 subvirescentia ensiformi-lorata, paululum torta cari- 

 nata obtusiuscula, basin versus intus inflexo-canalicu- 

 lata, scapo florendi temp, parum altiora, dodrantalia, 

 et 7 lineas lata. Spatha albida ad oras quasi exusta. 

 Pedunculi breves subunciales angulatlm subsemicy- 

 lindrici. Flores nivei concolores unciam lati et confertim 

 quasi imbricati. Tubus basi vii-escens obtuse angulatus. 

 Goiitalia nivea, exceptis solum aurantiacis polliniferis 

 antheris, harum 3, extra tubicm, sed stigma trilobum 

 humiliores. 



jasminea. H. (The jasmine-like) sub-5 — 9-flora : corollae 

 elegantissimae niveae laciniis lanceolatis stellatis basi 

 subimbricantibus, corona erosula sub-5-pl6 longiori- 

 bus. 



Hermione papyratia /3. jasminea Nob. in Narciss. 

 Revis. p. 143. A.D. 1819. et H. jasminea Nob. in Phil. 

 Mag. 1830, p. 133, et Narciss. Monog. ed. 2. p. 19. 

 — Narcissus niveus Loisel., et Schultes Syst. Veg. v.1. 

 p. 976. 



Obs. I believe these synonyma to be correct, but 

 have never been able to procure a sight of the work of 

 Loiseleur, and cannot at present determine vi^hich is 

 the elder name. All these pure white-flowered plants 

 were well known to and figured by the elder botanists; 

 but I cannot take up the valuable space in the pages 

 of the Philosophical Magazine, which it would require, 

 to unravel their synonyma. 



