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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. 



+- Leaves flat, glaucous. 



N. incompardbilis, Curt. Flowers yellow, solitary, 2'-2i' 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. 



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



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

 grant ; tube V-\' long, open at the throat; segments oblong-lanceolate 

 and acute ; crown plaited ; scape l°-l2° high. Variable. Spain. 



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



■1- Leaves flat, glaucescent. 



++ Scape many-flowered. 



N. Tazetta, Linn. (X. polyanthos). Polyanthus 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. Runs into many forms. P]u. The Chikesk 

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



++ ++ Scape l-S'-floioered. 



N. biflbrus. 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. 



N. posticus, 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. ^ ,. , , 



•t- -1- Leaves linear and subterete. 



N. Jonquilla, 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: m/7A- and. /fower, probably 

 from the color.) Flowers earliest spring. 



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

 leaves and a scape 3'-G' high, bearing its delicate drooping white flower, 

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



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

 Italy. 



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

 White VioJi't.) In gardens from Eu. ; much like Snowdrops on a 

 larger scale, flowering later, the scape more leafy at ba.se, and leaves 

 bright green. 



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

 pod pear-shajicd and 0-sided. 



L. oesfivum, Linn. Scape 2'^ high, bearing ."J-T ratlier hrnadn- flowers 

 in late spring or early summer; pod rounder. 



