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Narcissus continued. 



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crenulate, about 

 leaves, slender, s 

 two to 



NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS AURANTIUS 

 FLORE-PLENUS. 



lin. across ; scape equalling or shorter than the 

 ub-terete, two to six-flowered. April. I. one or 

 Sin. to 12in. long, acini-cylindrical, channelled 



FIG. 638. NARCISSUS JONQUILI.A, showing Habit, detached 

 Flower, and Portion of Leaf. 



down to face. Bulb ovoid, under lin. thick. Spain, &c., 1596. 

 See Fig. 638. (B. M. 15 ; N. 40.) A double form of this species 

 is known as Queen Anne's Jonquil. 



N. juncifolius (Rush-leaved), fl. one or two, rarely three, nearly 

 sessile in the spathes, or elevated on pedicels i-in. to lin. long, 

 tube seven to nine lines long, very slender, cylindrical, scarcely 

 more than half a line thick; divisions bright yellow, patent, 

 obovate, gin. to iin. long, Jin. broad, cuspidate, decidedly imbri- 

 cated ; crown same colour as the divisions, obconical, faintly 

 crenulate, two and a-half to three lines deep, four and a-half 

 to five lines in diameter at the mouth ; scape scarcely exceeding 

 the leaves, very slender, and not at all two-edged. April. I. three 

 or four to a scape, quite cylindrical, and Rush-like in shape, 4in. 

 to 6in. long. Bulb ovoid, about iin. thick. Spain and South 

 France. (N. 27.) 



N. 1. apodanthus (stalkless-flowered). fl., corona deeply six- 

 lobed. I. rather glaucescent. 



N. J. rupicolus (rock-loving), fl., corona orange-yellow, cup- 

 shaped, less than half as long as the perianth segments. (B. M. 

 6473c, under name of Si. rupicola.) 



N. lobularis (small-lobed). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. 

 N. lorifolius (strap-leaved). A form of N. Pseudo- Narcissus 

 bicolor. 



N. Maclcai (MacLeay's).* fl. ascending as in the Daffodil, fifteen 

 to sixteen lines deep, exclusive of the ovary ; tube cylindrical, 

 seven to eight lines long, Ain. thick, white, tinged downwards with 

 green ; divisions milk-white, spreading at a right angle from the 

 base of the crown, oblong-lanceolate, much-imbricated, eight to 

 nine lines long, four and a-half to six lines broad, bluntish or sub- 

 acute ; crown five to six lines deep, bright yellow, very slightly 

 plicate, iin. broad at the mouth, slightly lobed ; scape about 1ft. 

 nigh, sub-compressed and slightly two-edged, one or rarely two- 

 flowered. April. 1. five or six to a scape, Sin. to lOin. high, iin. 

 broad, concave on the face. Bulb lin. or more thick. Native 



Narcissus - continued. 



FIG. 639. NARCISSUS MACLEAI. 



country uncertain. A hybrid between N. Pseudo-Narcissus and 

 N. '1'azetta. See Fig. 639. (B. M. 2588 ; B. R. 987 ; N. 17.) 



N. maximus (greatest). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissi^ major. 



N. minimus (smallest). A form of If. Pseudo-Narcissus minor. 



N. montanus (mountain). A synonym of N. pocuUformis. 



N. uanus (dwarf). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus minor. 



N. obsoletus (obsolete). A form of N. serotinus elegans. 



N. obvallaris (trenched-round). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus 

 major. 



FIG. 640. NARCISSUS ODORUS. 



N. odorns (fragrant), fl. slightly fragrant, horizontal or ascending ; 



nes deep, exclusive 

 thick in the lower 



, 



perianth bright yellow, fifteen to twenty-one lines deep, exclusive 

 of the ovary ; tube six to nin 



part, but wider at the 



lines long, 

 throat; divisions nine to twelve lines 



