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NARCISSUS 



NARCISSUS 



2440. Narcissus maximus. A form of 

 N. Pseudo-Narcissus. ( X %) 



are var. major, Baker, to which Baker refers N. his- 

 panicus, Gouan, Ajax propinquus, Haw., A. maximus, 

 Haw., A. spurius, Haw., A. Telamonius, Haw., A. lori- 

 folius, Haw., and others. More robust and larger than 



the type of N. 

 Pseudo-Nar- 

 cissus, the fls. 

 2-2)4 in. long, 

 tube obconic, 

 long and 

 broad, segms. 

 mostly spread- 

 ing not im- 

 bricated and 

 lemon -yellow; 

 crown same 

 length and 

 shade as 

 segms., and 

 with a much 

 crisped mar- 

 gin. B.M. 51; 

 1301. Spurius 

 of the trade be- 

 longs here, with 

 a hooded peri- 

 anth and trum- 

 pet wide open 

 at mouth; Gol- 

 den Spur and 

 Henry Irving 

 are forms of it. 

 The garden 

 form maximus 

 (Fig. 2440) has a very large fl., deep golden yellow, 

 segms. twisted at ends, crown with spreading limb. 

 G. 6:505; 25:132 (as maximus superbus); 28:145. 

 J.H. III. 43:274. Obvalldris, Hort. (Tenby daffodil) 

 is a sub-variety of var. major. It is a distinct form 

 of medium size, somewhat dwarf, very floriferous, 

 almost self -yellow, the perianth wheel-like with rather 

 short segms. Gn. 63, p. 245. Var. minor, Baker (N. 

 minor, Linn. Ajax minimus, Haw.), is much smaller 

 in all its parts than the type of N. Pseudo-Narcissus; 

 Ivs. 3-4 in. long and J^in. broad: fls. to 1) in. long, 

 with obconic tube and oblong sulfur-yellow segms.; 

 crown deeper yellow, with deeply 6-lobed spread- 

 ing throat. The garden minimus (Fig. 2441) is very 

 small in all ways; said to be the smallest and earli- 

 est Trumpet narcissus. Gn. 76, p. 563. G. 36:171. 

 Var. muticus, Baker (Ajax muticus, Gay). General 

 stature of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, with somewhat broader 

 Ivs.: fl. to 1)4 in. long, with obconic tube and sulfur- 

 yellow segms.; crown deep lemon-yellow, as long as 

 segms., Min. diam., the throat 

 very truncate: from the Pyr- 

 enees. Gn.W. 5:593. Var. 

 Johnstonii, Baker (N. J6hn- 

 stonii, Hort.), is described by 

 Baker as "a Portuguese form 

 with a tube %in. long, J^in. 

 broad at the throat, a pale 

 truncate corona, and style 

 much longer than the sta- 

 mens." Bourne calls N. 

 Johnstonii "a typical hybrid. 

 Found wild in Portugal 

 (Pseudo - Narcissus x t r i a n- 

 drus). Slightly variable in 

 form. In color from soft 

 sulfur to pale lemon. Long 

 straight, funnel-shaped co- 

 rona; perianth-segms. some- 



2441. Narcissus minimus. what reflexed. Is best^rown 

 A form of N. Pseudo-Nar- in grass or coldframes. 

 cissus. (x?i) According to Bourne, "the 



recognized type fl. of N. Pseudo-Narcissus is the wild 

 daffodil of England. Trumpet yellow; perianth-segms. 

 pale sulphur." White varieties are found wild here 

 and there in England. There are many hybrids and 

 intermediate forms with Latin names. See supplemen- 

 tary list, page 2113. 



cc. Segms. reflexed or 

 pointing backward. 



3. cyclamineus, Baker 

 (Ajax cyclamineus, Haw. 

 N. Pseudo-Narcissus var. 

 cyclamineus Baker). Fig. 



2442. Lvs. narrow and 

 linear, deeply grooved, 

 the scape slender and sub- 

 terete: fl. very drooping, 

 the tube obconic and very 

 short, the segms. lemon- 

 yellow, J^in. broad, 

 abruptly reflexed (hence 

 cyclamineus, or cyclamen- 

 like); crown equaling the 

 segms., orange-yellow, cre- 

 nate. Portugal. B. M. 

 6950. Gn. 59, p. 352; 69, 

 p. 148; 71, p. 252. J.H. III. 

 42: 287; 64: 305. 



AA. MEDIOCORONATI or MEDIUM-CROWNED 



corona or crown usually about half the length of the 

 segms., cup-shaped. (Forms of N. triandrus may 

 have large crowns.) 



B. Segms. narrow, standing straight backwards (reflexed). 



4. triandrus, Linn. (Ganymedes dlbus, Haw.). Fig. 



2443. Slender most dwarf rush-lvd. species (scape 10-15 

 in. tall), bulb %in. or less diam.: Ivs. few (2-4), very 

 slender and semi-cylindrical and not overtopping the 

 blossoms, channeled : scape very slender, semi-cylindri- 

 cal: fls. 1 to several, horizontal or drooping, an inch 

 long, but variable in size, both the lanceolate sharply- 

 reflexed segms. and the entire cup-shaped corona (which 

 is half as long as segms.) pure white in the type; stamens 

 sometimes a little exserted. Spain and Portugal. G. 17 : 

 114; 19:355. There are several forms, as var. cdncolor, 

 Hort. (Ganymedes concolor, Haw.), pale self-yellow; var. 

 pallidulus, Hort. (N. pallidulus, Graells), primrose- 

 yellow. B.M. 6473 A; var. pulchellus, Hort. (Gany- 

 medes pulchellus, Haw.), segms. yellow, corona white. 

 B.M. 1262. (as var. luteus). Gn. 75, p. 604; var. nutans, 

 Hort. (Ganymedes nutans, 



Haw. N.trilobus. B.M. 945), 

 corona a deeper yellow than 

 the segms., crenulate. 



Var. calathinus, Hort. (N. 

 calathlnus, Red., Burbidge, 

 not Ker). Crown or corona 

 larger, nearly, or quite as long 

 as the segms., the fl. pale yel- 

 low. Isl. of Brittany. Gn. W. 

 20:297. Gn. 77, p. 459. 



BB. Segms. oblong or broader, 



spreading. 

 c. Foliage glaucous, 



5. incomparabilis, Mill. 

 (N. Goudni, Red. Queltia 

 fdetida, Herb.). Fig. 2444. 

 Strong fine ornamental plant, 

 with large bulb (1 )4 in. diam.) 

 and 3-5 Ivs.: Ivs. flat (but 

 narrow) and glaucous, nearly 

 or quite the length (1 ft. or 

 more long) of the distinctly 



2-edged scape: fl. always 1, 2 443. Narcissus triandrus. 

 not fragrant, horizontal or (X%) 



