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indistinctly toothed; segments of the perianth linear and ascending; 

 stamens declined ; scape 4'-8' high, 1-flowered, more or less surpassed 

 by the leaves. S. Eu. and N. Africa. 



* * Crown half to three fourths as long as the perianth divisions. 



t- Leaves flat, glaucous. 



N. incompar&bilis, Curt. Flowers yellow, solitary, 2'-2\' broad, the 

 tube about 1' deep and cylindrical, the perianth divisions spreading, 

 oblong-lanceolate ; crown plicate and lobed, of a deeper shade than the 

 segments ; scape 1° high. Eu. 



I- -1- Leaves linear and caniculate, green. 



N. oddrus, Linn. Flowers yellow, 2-5 on a scape, only slightly fra- 

 grant ; tube ^'- 1' long, open at the throat; segments oblong-lanceolate 

 and acute ; crown plaited ; scape 1°-1.|° high. V^ariable. Spain. 



♦ # * Crown less than half the length of the divisions. 



•4- Leaves flat, glaucescent. 



++ Scape many-flowered. 



N. Tazetta, Linn. (N. poltAsthos). Poltanthcs N. Leaves glau- 

 cous ; flowers fragrant, numerous in an umbel, yellow or sometimes 

 white, with the crown golden or orange color. Bulb large (often 2 

 thick), the scape l°-2° high. Huns into many forms. Eu. The Chinese 

 Backed Lily is var. orientXlis, with a more spreading and crenulate 



crown. ^ , r. ^ 



++ ++ ticape l-3-flowered, 



N. bifldrus. Curt. Primrose Peerless of the old gardeners ; flowers 

 white or pale straw-colored, 1-3 on the scape, the crown pure yellow. 

 Thought to be a hybrid between the last and the next. 



M. poeticus, Linn. Poet's N. Scape 1-flowered; crown of the snow- 

 white flower edged with pink, hardly at all projecting from the yellowish 

 throat ; in full double-flowered varieties the crown disappears. Common 



in cult. S. Eu. , ,. , , 



■>- -I- Leaves linear and subterete. 



N. Jonqullla, Linn. Jonquil. Flowers 2 to 5, small; yellow, very 

 fragrant ; segments spreading horizontally, oblanceolate or obovate-cus- 

 pidate ; tube slender. There is a double form. S. Eu. 



3. GALANTHUS, SNOWDROP. (Greek: mi7A: and /ower, probably 

 from the color.) Flowers earliest spring. 



G. nivalis, Linn. Sends up in earliest spring a pair of linear pale 

 leaves ami a scape 3'-6' high, bearing its delicate drooping white flower, 

 the inner divisions tipped with green ; a variety is full doulile. 



G. Imperatri, Bertol. Larger, with very narrow-based outer segments. 

 Italy. 



4. LEUCOIUM, SNOWFLAKE. (Ancient Greek name, meaning 

 White Violet.) In gardens from Eu. ; much like Snowdrops on a 

 larger scale, flowering later, the scape more leafy at base, and leaves 

 bright green. 



L. vernum, Linn. Scape about 1° high, mostly 1-flowered in spring ; 

 pod pear-shaped and 6-sided. 



L. (Bstiyum, Linn. Scape 2° high, bearing 3-7 rather broader flowers 

 in late spring or early summer ; pod rounder. 



