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the petals are white, the nectary is dark yellow and 

 larger, with a speadine, waved, notched border. 

 Gouan thinks it is easily distinguished liy its 

 leaves, which are scarcely a pahii^in length'and 

 halt' an inch in breadth; by its large "flower, 

 with cordate -ovate petals, imbricate at the base, 

 and sulphur-coloured, and by the nectary hav- 

 ing a reflex mouth, twelve-cleft or there- 

 abouts, the lobes also being toothed and curled : 

 the scape is the length of the leaves, or a little 

 shorter, and thick. Tt is a native of the South 

 of Europe, flowering in April and Mav. 



There is a large variety, which approaches in 

 its general appearance very near to the lirst 

 sort; but it is a much taller plant, and has its 

 leaves more twisted, as well as more glaucous : 

 the flower, but especially the nectary, is much 

 larger, and the petals are more spreading, ft 

 is of a fine deep yellow colour, having sub-va- 

 rieties with double flowers, and is a" native of 

 Spain, flowering in April. It is sometimes 

 known by the title of Great Yellow Spanish-Bas- 

 tard Daffodil. 



The lifih is nearly related to the first sort, but 

 is three times smaller in all its parts : the scape 

 is scarcely striated: the spathe is greenish : the • 

 flowers more noddimr: the petals distinct at the 

 base, lanceolate, straight, not oblique or ovate :' 

 the margin of the nectary six-cleft, waved, 

 curled. Jjut though the flowers are not so large 

 as those of the other species, when the roots 

 are planted in a cluster, they make a very pretty 

 show, and have this advantage, that they flower 

 somewhat earlier than any of the others. It is 

 s. native of Spain. 



The sixth is of the same size with the second, 

 but the leaves are narrower by half and channel- 

 led : the spathe one-flowered: the whole corolla 

 snow-white : the petals ovate-oblong : the nec- 

 tary bell-shaped, shorter by half than the corolla, 

 with the margin straight, and unequally crenu- 

 late : the stamens three, seldom six : the anthers 

 dark yellow, shorter than the nectary. In 

 nurseries the flowers are of a pale yellow, having 

 two and sometimes three flowers' from a spathe. 

 It is a native of Portugal. 



There are varieties with cup and petals wholly 

 of a gold colour ; with yellow with a white cupj 

 and with white, with a yellow cup. 



The seventh species is broad-leaved, having 

 the appearance of the ninth sort : the corolla is 

 white : the nectary erect, half or one-third of 

 the length of the petals, trifid, yellow, with the 

 lobes emarginate. It is a native of the Levant, 

 flowering in May. 



There are several varieties. 



The eighth has small bulbs : the leaves very 

 narrow, having some resemblance to those of 

 the Rush, but a little compressed, with a longi- 

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tudinal furrow on one side; they are seldom 

 more than eight or nine inches long : the flower- 

 stalk slender, taper, about six inche; long: petal 

 scarce half an inch long, cut into six acute seg- 

 ments: the nectary or cup is more than two 

 inches long, very broad at the brim, lessening 

 gradually to the base, formed somewhat like the 

 old farthingale or bell-hoop petticoat worn by 

 the ladies. It is a native of Portugal, flowering 

 in April or May. 



The ninth species has a large, roundish bulb : 

 the leaves three or four, long, narrow, plane: 

 the scape or flower-stalk upright, broadish, 

 angular, concave, from ten or twelve to eighteen 

 inches in height : the flowers six or seven to fen 

 from one spalhe, very fragrant, clustered, white 

 or yellow. It is a native of Spain and Portugal, 

 &c., flowering in February and March. 



There are a great many varieties : the principal 

 of which are ; with yellow petals, with orange, 

 yellow, or sulphur-coloured cups or nectaries; 

 with white petals, with orange, yellow, or sul- 

 phurcolouredcupsorneetaries; with white petals, 

 with white cups or nectaries; and with double 

 flowers of the difiisrent varieties. 



The flower catalogues contain about a hun- 

 dred sub-varieties under these heads. It may be 

 observed, that " the varieties with white petalsand 

 white cups are not so much esteemed as the 

 others ; there are, however, two or three with 

 large bunches of small white flowers, which arc 

 valuable for their agreeable odour, and for flower- 

 ing later than most of the others. There is also 

 one with very double flowers, the outer petals 

 white, those in the middle some white, others 

 orange-coloured," which " has a very agree- 

 able scent, flowers early, and is generally called 

 the Cyprus Narcissus," and is the most beautiful 

 of all the varieties when blown in glasses in 

 rooms or other places. 



The tenth has a small bulb : the leaves few, 

 narrow : the stalk jointed, nine inches high : the 

 corolla while, cut into six narrow segments : the 

 cup yellow. It flowers late in the autumn, and 

 is a native of Spain, Italy, and Earbary. 



The eleventh species has the flower deep yel- 

 low, three times as large as that of the ninth, soiTie- 

 times one only from a spathe, but frequently 

 more: the nectary not fringed, but divided at the 

 mouth into six blunt lobes. It possesses more 

 fragrance than many of the others. It is a na- 

 tive of the South of Europe, flowering in April 

 and May, 



It varies with double flowers. 

 The twelfth resembles the ninth verv much, 

 but the petals are a little larger and sharper; the 

 nectary is the same length \vith the petal : the 

 leaves two or tliree, a h)oi or more ui length : 

 the stem is slender, strong, afoot in length : the 



