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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Narcissus continued. 



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



N. radlatus (rayed). A form of If. Tazetta intermedius. 



N. recurvus (recurved). A synonym of N. poeticus recurvus. 



N. rugilobus (wrinkled-lobed). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus 

 bicolor. 



N. rupicola (rock-loving). A synonym of N. juncifolius rupicolus. 



N. serotlnns (late-flowering), fl. usually solitiiry, rarely two 

 together ; tube, segments, and crown like those of N. eleyans ; 

 scape very slender, under 1ft. high. September. I. solitary or 

 two together, filiform, sub-terete, usually not appearing till the 

 scape dies down. Bulb sub-globose, six to nine lines thick. 

 South Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor. (N. 46.) SYN. A'. 

 deficient (B. R. xxxiii. 22). 



N. s. elegans (elegant), fl. usually from two to four ; tube seven 

 to eight lines long, under one line thick, greenish-white ; divisions 

 of the limb pure white, linear, very acute, six to eight lines 

 long; crown yellowish, saucer-shaped, under one line deep, 

 entire, or slightly crenulate ; scape slender, flaccid, 6in. to 12in. 

 long. September and October. I. one, or rarely two, flattish, 

 channelled, one line or less broad, equalling or exceeding the 

 scape. Bulb roundish, lin. or less thick. Italy, Sicily, Algiers. 

 (N. 45.) obsoletus is another form of this rare species, in whicii 

 the corona is very minute. 



N. spurius (spurious). A form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus major. 



N. stellaris (star-shaped). A synonym of N. poeticus stellaris. 



FIG. 649. INFLORESCENCE AND PORTION OF LEAF OF 

 NARCISSUS TAZETTA. 



N. Tazetta (Tazetta). Polyanthus Narcissus, fl. fragrant, from 

 lin. to IJin. across when expanded, usually four to eight ; tube 

 about jin. long above the ovary ; divisions of the perianth white, 

 rather shorter than the tube, the alternate ones frequently nar- 

 rower, all much imbricated, bluntish or cuspidate, four to five 

 lines broad, spreading horizontally when fully expanded, or 

 slightly reflexed ; crown uniform bright yellow, two and a-half 

 to three lines deep, the edge sub-entire or slightly crenulate or 

 lobed. March. I. four to six to a scape, glaucescent, flattish, 

 bluntly keeled on the back. Bulb liin. to 2in. thick, copiously 

 tunicated with brown membranous coats. Europe. See Fig. 649. 

 A well-known and widely-distributed species. SYN. N. Cypri. 

 (N. 29-34.) 



N. T. aureus (golden). A. when expanded lin. to IJin. across ; 

 divisions bright yellow, iin. to |in. long, four to five lines 

 broad, bluntish, and much imbricated ; crown sub-entire, about 

 one-third the length of the divisions, a deep orange-yellow ; tube 

 exceeding the limb. (B. M. 925, under name of N. Tazetta.) 



N. T. canariensis (Canary Islands), fl., crown scarcely more 

 than one line long ; tube extremely slender, iin. long, swelling 

 where it joins the limb ; scape slender, bearing a seven-flowered 

 umbel. I. scarcely more than in. wide. 



N. T. chrysanthus (golden-flowered). /. about lin. across ; 

 divisions of the limb imbricated, narrowed to a point, lemon- 

 yellow ; crown sub-entire, golden-yellow, about two lines deep, 

 scape six to ten-flowered. The form Bertolonii resembles N. T. 

 papyraceue, but has smaller flowers and shorter perianth lobes. 



K. T. dnbius (doubtful), fl. two to six, six to nine lines across 

 when expanded ; tube cylindrical, pure white, five to six lines 

 long, about one line thick ; divisions pure white, ovate-oblong, 

 three lines long, two and a-half lines broad, imbricated, patent 

 or slightly reflexed, sub-obtuse or cuspidate ; crown pure white, 

 obcomcal, iin. deep, slightly crisped, and crenulate at the 

 throat, which is not more than three lines across ; scape 6in. 

 to 9in. long, slender, decidedly compressed and two-edged. 



Narcissus continued. 



I. four to six to a scape, concave on the face, 5in. to 6in. long, 

 one and a-half to three lines broad. Bulb ovoid, nine to twelve 

 lines thick. South France, &c. (N. 28, and Fl. Ment. 71, under 

 name of N. dnbius.) 



FIG. 650. NARCISSUS TAZETTA INTERMF.DIUS. 



N. T. Intermedins (intermediate), fl. from twelve to fifteen 

 lines across when expanded, the divisions obovate - cuspidate, 

 lemon-yellow, five to seven lines long, four to four and a-half 

 lines broad, much imbricated ; crown two to two and a-half lines 

 deep, slightly deeper in colour than the divisions, the edge a 

 little plaited and crenulate ; scape 1ft. or rather more high, sub- 

 terete, from tvro to five -flowered. I. three or four to a scape, 

 sub-cylindrical, from two and a-half to three lines broad. Bulb 

 ovoid, lin. or more thick. Spain, &c. See Fig. 650. (Fl. Ment. 

 41, under name of N. intermedius.) To this the following sub- 

 varieties are referred by Mr. Baker : bifrons, with narrow lobes 

 and a deep crown ; bicrenatus and primulinus, with broader, 

 much imbricated lobes, and a shallower, more open, crown ; 

 radiatus, with oblong-lanceolate, less imbricated divisions, and 

 a six-lobed crown (N. 38). 



N. T. Italicns (Italian), fl., scape slender, distinctly two-edged, 

 producing from six to ten flowers, which are from lin. to 2in. 

 across when expanded ; divisions eight to ten lines long, about 

 equalling the tube, narrowed gradually to a point, slightly im- 

 bricated, pale lemon-coloured ; crown sulphur-yellow, two to 

 two and a-half lines deep, distinctly six-lobed. SYN. N. italicus. 

 (B. M. 1188.) 



N. T. Luna (Luna), fl. fewer than in N. T. papi/raceus, about 

 lin. broad when expanded, with oblong, much-imbricated lobes. 

 Sarlce is a slight form from Italy. 



N. T. mediterraneus (Mediterranean). This differs from the 

 type by the narrower divisions of the flower, which are not more 

 than iin. broad, not at all imbricated, and more lengthened out 

 at the point, ganymcdoides is a sub-variety with the divisions 

 slightly reflexed. 



N. T. ochroleucus (yellowish-white), fl. when expanded lin. 

 to llin. across ; divisions milk- white, iin. broad, much imbri- 

 cated ; crown citron-yellow, with a sub-entire edge, nearly half as 

 long as the divisions. I. greener, and more convex on the back, 

 and stem more nearly terete than in the variety polyanthos. SYN. 

 Hermione tereticaulis. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 179.) 



