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ticularly described here) are very numerous, 

 the chief of them (as arranged by Mr Baker) 

 being : 



(1) Bicolors (perianth segments white, corona 

 yellow). 



LACTICOLOR, CORCYRENSIS, PATULUS, OCH- 

 ROLEUCUS. 



(2) White Tazettas (segments and crown 

 both white). 



PAPYRACEUS, PANIZZIANUS, DUBIUS, CANARI- 

 ENSIS, PACHYBOLBOS, POLYANTHOS. 



(3) Telloiv Tazettas (segments and crown 

 both yellow). 



ITALICUS, BERTOLONII, AUREUS, CUPULARIS. 

 A list of forms specially suitable for 

 cultivation will be found in chapter ix. 



(4) N. Viridiflorus. A singular autumn-flower- 

 ing species. Found in Morocco and Gibraltar, 

 where it flowers in November. Rush-like foliage, 

 one to four flowered. Both perianth and crown 

 green, the crown being very small. Practically 

 impossible of cultivation in English gardens. 



(5) N. Serotinus. Autumn-flowering species. 

 Spain, through coasts of the Mediterranean to the 

 Holy Land. Very slender rush-like foliage, which 

 is not produced until the flowers are over. Flower 

 generally solitary, rarely two flowered. Perianth 

 segments spreading, pure white, with tendency to 

 become reflexed ; small lemon-yellow crown. Very 

 difficult of cultivation in this country ; impossible 

 unless the leaves, which are produced very late, 

 are sheltered from early frosts. 



Var. DEFICIENS has scarcely any corona. 



(6) N. Elegans. Autumn-flowering species. 

 Sicily, Italy and Algiers. Slender rush-like foliage, 

 two to six flowered (usually two to four). Perianth 



