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2. GALANTHUS (Snowdrop). Perianth bell-shaped ; 

 sepals 3 (white), spreading; petals 3, erect, notched. 

 (Name in Greek signifying " milk-flower.") 



3. LEUCOJUM (Snow-flake). Perianth bell-shaped, of 

 6 equal sepals and petals, which are thickened at the 

 point. (Name in Greek signifying " a white violet.") 



1. NARCISSUS (Daffodil). 



1. N. Pseudo- Narcissus (Common Daffodil, Lent 

 Lily). Flower-stalk hollow, 2-edged, bearing near its 

 summit a membranous sheath and a single flower ; nectary 

 notched and curled at the margin, as long as the sepals 

 and petals. Woods and orchards, common. A favourite 

 flower with country children, owing to its large size and 

 showy, yellow colour ; but its smell is unpleasant, and 



GALANTHUS NIVALIS (Snowdrop). 



