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THE KINDS OF PLANTS 



1. NARCISSUS. NARCISSUS. DAFFODIL. 



Low plants producing from 1 to many 6-parted flowers on a scape which 

 arises from a tunicated bulb: perianth with a long tube and bearing a cup 



or crown in its center. Old World, but frequently 



cultivated. 



a. Crown as long as, or longer than, the 

 divisions of the perianth. 



N. Pseudo-Narcissus, Linn. Trumpet narcissus. 

 Common daffodil. Scape 1 -flowered, the flower large 

 and yellow with a relatively short tube and a wavy- 

 edged crown. Leaves flat and glaucous. Double forms 

 are common in gardens. 



494. aa. Crown half or more as long as the divisions 



Narcissus Tazetta. of the perianth. 



N. incomparabilis, Curt. Scape 1-flowered, the flower about 2 in. or 

 more across, yellow, the cylindrical tube 1 in. long, the crown plaited and 

 usually a deeper yellow: leaves flat and glaucous. 



aaa. Crown less than half the length of the division. 



N. Tazetta, Linn. Polyanthus narcissus. Chinese sacred lily. Fig. 494. 

 Flowers several to many in an umbel, yellow or white, small, the crown 

 usually darker colored and usually somewhat scalloped: leaves flat and 

 somewhat glaucous. One of the commonest kinds. The narcissus known 

 to florists as "Paper-white" is a white-flowered form of this 

 species. 



N. poeticus, Linn. Poet's narcissus. Scape rather slender, 

 usually 1-flowered, the flower white with the thick rim of 

 the very short crown margined with red: leaves flat, glaucous. 



N. Jonquflla, Linn. Jonquil. Scape 2-5-flowered, the 

 flowers small and yellow, the tube slender and the segments 

 wide-spreading: leaves linear, somewhat cylindrical. 



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2. GALANTHUS. SNOWDROP. 



Small, spring-blooming plants, with a single white flower 

 nodding from the top of the scape, followed by grass-like 

 leaves: perianth divisions 6, oblong and more or less con- 

 cave, the three inner ones shorter, some of them usually 

 green-blotched at the tip; anthers and style pointed. 



G. nivalis, Linn. Snowdrop. Fig. 495. One of the earliest of spring 

 flowers, appearing as soon as the snow is gone, the flower and leaves arising 

 from a small bulb: scape 6 in. or less high: inner divisions of Ihe bell-shaped 

 flower tipped with green. Europe. 



