NARCISSUS 



NARTHECIUM 



2113 



edged : Ivs. about 4 to a St., linear, J^in. broad, somewhat 

 glaucous: fls. solitary (rarely 2), fragrant, horizontal, 

 wide open, the obovate overlapping segms. white, 

 about 1 in. long in native plants; corona much crisped 

 and red-edged, J^in. or less long; tube of perianth 

 cylindrical, greenish, 1 in. long; stamens 

 and style barely exserted from the tube. 

 Medit. region. An old favorite, recog- 

 nized by the red-margined short corona. 

 Var. radiiflorus, Burb. (.V. radiiflorus, 

 Salisb. N. angustifolius and N. majdlis, 

 Curt.). Slender; Ivs. narrower, and 

 shorter than the scape: corona narrower 

 and more erect; segms. narrowed below 

 so that they do not overlap. B.M. 193. 

 An early-fld. form, often known 

 as var. angustifolius. Var. orna- 

 tus, Hort. {N. ornatus, Haw.) 

 is an early-flowering kind, dis- 

 tinct in its perfect form: segms. 

 of good substance, imbricated, 

 broad and rounded. Var. poeta- 

 rum, Hort.(N. poetarum, Haw.), 

 blooms after var. ornatus: fls. 

 large; segms. imbricated and 

 slightly recurved; corona red 

 or reddish to base. 



Horticultural forms of N. poe~ 



jicusare:pZen MS (Fig.2450),dou. Narci8Sua po eticos 



ble, late-fld. ; recuruus, Ivs. much var . plenus> ,%) 

 recurved, and segms. recurving; 



patellaris, fls. flat, crown large, segms. much imbricated; 

 stelldris, has a much distended bladder-like spathe. 

 For poeticus forms, see Pugsley, Journ. Bot., Aug., 1915. 



N.^ abscissus, SchuIt.=N. Pseudo-Narcissus var. muticus. 

 Ajax is an old generic name for N. Pseudo-Narcissus; this species 

 is now sometimes called the Ajax narcissus. N. Bdckhousei, Hort. 

 (N. Pseudo-Narcissus X incomparabilis; or N. Pseudo-Narcissus X 

 Tazetta, or N. bicolorx poeticus) has single horizontal sulfur- 

 yellow fls. with tube about half equaling the segms., the latter about 

 1-1 l /i in. long; crown lemon-yellow, nearly equaling segms., erect, 

 deeply lobed and plicate. N. Bdrrii, Hort. (N. poeticus X Pseudo- 

 Narcissus or N. incomparabilisXpoeticus), of the medium-crowned 

 section, has yellow horizontal fls. with long, slender neck; "covers a 

 series of forms intermediate between incomparabilis and poeticus, 

 nearer the former than the latter" (Baker); Fig. 2446. G.M. 

 51:644. Gn. 73, p. 599; 78, p. 458 (all as N. Barrii conspicuus). 

 A popular form (see p. 2106). N. Berndrdii, Hen., is like N. Macleaii, 

 but with a more plicate and deeper-colored corona, which is orange 

 or lemon-yellow, and half as long as the spreading white segms. 

 Pyrenees, said to occur where N. Pseudo-Narcissus var. muticus 

 and N. poeticus grow together. Bunch-flowered daffodils are N. 

 Tazetta. N. Broussonetii, Lag. Lvs. linear, about 4 to a St.: 

 scape 1 ft., 2-edged: fls. many in an umbel, the cylindrical tube 

 whitish, the oblong obtuse segms. J^in. long and pure white; crown 

 rudimentary; anthers exserted. Morocco. N. Burbidgei, Hort. 

 (probably N. incomparabilisXpoeticus, in a series of forms). 

 Short-crowned: it has the habit of N. poeticus, with a solitary 

 drooping fl. with white horizontal or somewhat reflexed segms. 

 and a very short corona with a yellow base and red rim. Cam- 

 bricus is an early bicolor form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus: segms. sul- 

 fur-white; crown or trumpet yellow. Capax plenus is an old double 

 form, lemon-yellow. N. Codksonise, Hort., is a creamy-white 

 variety of the Leedsii type. G.C. III. 47 : 336. -Corbularia nar- 

 cissi are the N. Buibocodium forms. Corbularia is an old generic 

 name for this species. Daffodil. The word daffodil is variously 

 used. In this country it means usually the full double forms of N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus, plants that are very common in old gardens. 

 Modern named varieties of this daffodil type are Van Sion and Rip 

 Van Winkle. In England, however, daffodil is a more general term, 

 used for most species except the Poet's narcissus (N. poeticus). 

 N. elegans, Spach (N. autumnalis, Link). Autumn-flowering: 

 bulb globose, J^in. diam.: Ivs. 1-4, appearing with the fls., very 

 narrow, subterete: scape stiff and erect: fls. 2-6, on erect pedicels; 

 perianth-tube cylindrical, whitish, about J^in. long; segms. spread- 

 ing, lanceolate, pure white; crown very short, saucer-like, yellow. 

 Italy, Algeria. N. Engleheartii, Hort. Hybrids of N. incompa- 

 rabilis and N. poeticus, the name of recent origin: much like N. Bur- 

 bidgei but the flat crown or cup is ruffled or fluted. This comprises 

 the relatively new section of "flat-eyes" or "flat-crowns," although 

 the cup may take the form of a shallow wide-mouthed funnel. N. 

 Fosteri, Lynch. Garden hybrid between N. Buibocodium var. 

 citrinus and N. triandrus, the latter probably the male parent: 

 scapes 2-fld. : fls. have the Buibocodium character in size and shape 

 of perianth, lanceolate segms. and declinate stamens: Ivs. much like 

 those of N. triandrus; crown and segms. pale yellow, tube greenish. 

 }.C. III. 47:342. Flat-leaved narcissi are the various forms of N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus. Ganymedes is an old generic name for N. 

 triandrus and its forms. Giganteus=SiT W&tkm.Grandiflorus is 



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applied to a large-fid, white form of N. Tazetta. -V. Hiimei, 

 Hort., has a single nodding medium-crowned yellow fl. with long, 

 straight cup about 1 in. long (often equaling the segms., but varia- 

 ble in size); segms. oblong, somewhat ascending, 1 J^ in. long: fls. 

 said to have "a deformed clipt-off appearance." Ascribed to N. 

 Pseudo-Narcissus and N. poculiformis. Incognita, one of the 

 Engleheartii forms, or by some referred to N. Barrii. Gn. 71, p. 

 vii, Nov. 30 (1907); 73, p. 301. G.M. 54:300. N. Leedsii, Hort., 

 has horizontal or drooping fls. with white segms. and yellow to 

 whitish medium corona; described by Baker as having perianth- 

 tube subcylindrical, %in. long; segms. spreading, oblong, acute, 

 milk-white, to 1 J4 in. long and to %in. broad; crown cup-shaped, 

 >2in. long, sulfur-yellow, erect and irregularly crenate-plicate; 

 style overtopping anthers and reaching nearly to throat of crown: 

 intermediate between N. poculiformis and incomparabilis, but 

 said by some to be produced by crossing white N. Pseudo-Narcissus 

 varieties with N. poeticus. (See p. 2106.) Lent Lily=N. Pseudo- 

 Narcissus. Lobularius is a confused name, usually applied to the 

 deep yellow double daffodil, N. Pseudo-Narcissus. Lusitanicus is 

 a name for a bicolor N. Pseudo-Narcissus. N. Macleaii, Lindl., is 

 a .1-fld. plant of small growth, bearing horizontal short-tubed fls. 

 with milk-white segms. and medium-sized yellow crenate corona half 

 or more the length of the lobes ; segms. much imbricated, about %in. 

 long, crown about Yivo.. long, minutely crenulate; style included. Of 

 doubtful origin, several species having been suggested as parents. 

 B.M. 2588. B.R. 987. Gn. 69, p. 103. .V. Mastersianus is a hybrid of 

 N. Tazetta and N. poculiformis. N. MUneri, hybrid of N. incompa- 

 rabilis and N. Pseudo-Narcissus var. moschatus. N. minicycla, 

 Hort. A garden hybrid between N. cyclamineus and N. minimus. 

 N. mont&nus, Ker=N. poculiformis. N. Nelsonii, Hort., a sub- 

 type of N. Macleaii, very robust, and fls. larger (2-3 in. across), the 

 lemon-yellow corona more than half as long as the segms. N. patti- 

 dus, a whitish form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. Pattidus prsecox is a 

 pal_e sulfur-colored early form. Gn. 60, p. 320; 65, p. 271. G. 30: 

 215. Peerless narcissi are the forms of N. incomparabilis. N. 

 poculiformis, Salisb. (N. montanus, Ker; B.R. 123) has 1 or 2 

 nodding medium-crowned white fls. and a cup-shaped corona about 

 half the length of the segms. ; origin doubtful: by some regarded as 

 a hybrid and by others as a native of the Pyrenees. Princeps, 

 sulfur-yellow and yellow-crowned, a form of the N. Pseudo-Nar- 

 cissus type. G.C. III. 29 : 182. -^QueUia is an old generic name to 

 distinguish the group comprising N. incomparabilis. Rip Van 

 Winkle is a double variety of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. Roman nar- 

 cissus is a name for double-fld. N. Tazetta, white with orange cup. 

 Rugilobus, large-fld. variety of N. Pseudo-Narcissus, with prim- 

 rose perianth and yellow trumpet. G. 16:89. Salmonetta, raised 

 by Engleheart: perianth clear white; cup salmon-orange; fl. 

 star-like. Gn. 63, p. 393. Scoticus, N. Pseudo-Narcissus with deep 

 yellow corona and whitish segms.; known as Scotch garland lily. 

 There is also a double form. N. serotinus, Linn. Autumnal: 

 bulb globose, 1 in. or less in diam. : Ivs. appearing after the fls., very 

 slender: scape very slender and jointed low down: fls. 1 or 2; tube 

 subcylindrical, greenish; segms. oblanceolate, obtuse, spreading, 

 pure white, about l Ain. long; crown very short, 6-lobed, lemon- 

 yellow. Medit. region. Sir Watkin or giganteus is a very large-fld. 

 form of N. incomparabilis. N. Sprengeri tomerensis is a garden 

 hybrid between N. Pseudo-Narcissus and N. Tazetta. Carl 

 Sprenger, Naples. Spurius, a yellow N. Pseudo-Narcissus, a sub- 

 form of var. major. Stella, one of the star-narcissi of the N. incom- 

 parabilis group; now represented by Stella Superba, about twice 

 the size, with long white spreading segms. and cup clear yellow. 

 J.H. III. 43:269. Telamonius plenus is the common sulfur-yellow 

 double daffodil, N. Pseudo-Narcissus. Gn. 73, p. 227. Tortuosus 

 has twisted segms.: a form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus. Tridymus is 

 like N. Nelsoni, but has 2-3 smaller fls., with tube usually obconic 

 (N. Pseudo-Narcissus X Tazetta). Van Sion is a large pure yellow 

 and very double form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus of the Telamonius 

 set; much used for forcing. There is also a single Van Sion. 

 Variiformis is a form of N. Pseudo-Narcissus with canary- 

 yellow corona and white segms., the fls. variable. N. viridifldrus, 

 Schousb. Autumnal: bulb globose, 1 in. diam.: Ivs. 1 or 2 to St., 

 subterete, not appearing with the bloom: fls. 2-4, on a slender 

 fragile scape, green in all parts; perianth-tube cylindrical and 

 slender, about Viva, long; segms. lanceolate, reflexing, short; crown 

 very short, 6-lobed; anthers barely exserted. Gibralter, Morocco; 

 very late. B.M. 1687. G.C. III. 40:375. L H B 



NARTHECIUM (the name may be derived from 

 Narthex, the Greek name of Ferula, the stems of which 

 were used as rods; or by others explained as an ana- 

 gram of Anthericum). Liliacese. BOG- ASPHODEL. Per- 

 ennial rhizomatous herbs. 



Flowers yellowish green, the solitary pedicels sub- 

 tended by a narrow bract, and bearing a small linear 

 bractlet; perianth-segms. linear-lanceolate, obscurely 

 3-nerved, reflexed or spreading in fl., soon erect, per- 

 sistent; stamens 6, included; filaments subulate, 

 woolly; anthers linear-oblong; style none; the slightly 

 lobed stigma sessile upon the attenuated apex of the 

 ovary: caps, narrowly oblong, membranous, prolonged 

 upward, splitting into 3 valves; seeds long with a 

 straight tail at each end: Ivs. 3-8 in. long, often less 

 than J^in. broad; grass-like and vertical: sts. 1-2 ft. 

 tall. About 6 species, natives of northern hemisphere, 

 Eu., E. Asia, Atlantic states, Calif. 



