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XAIU'ISSUS 



NARCISSUS 



2440. Narcissus mazimus. — A form of 

 N. Pseudo- Narcissus. (X?5) 



are var. mijor, Hakor. to whioli Hakor rofcr.s A'. Iiix- 

 ptiiiicus, lioiian, Ajtij: propiiiqini:i. Haw.. .1. nmjtimux. 

 Haw., .4. s/<iinH,v, Haw., ,4. Tctamoiihis, Haw., .4. tori- 

 foiius. Haw., anil others. More robust aiul larfjcr tlian 



the typo of A'. 

 Pscudo-Xiir- 

 cissus, the fls. 



2-2 '2 in- '''"Bi 

 tube obconic, 

 long and 

 broad, sesm.s. 

 mostly spread- 

 infi not ini- 

 bricato'd and 

 lemon -yellow; 

 crown same 

 length and 

 shade as 

 scgms., and 

 w i t h a m u c h 

 crisped m a r - 

 gin. B.M. r,\; 

 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 

 arc forms of it. 

 The garden 

 form tnaximus 

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

 segms. twisted at ends, crown with spreading hmb. 

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

 J.H. III. 43:274. ObvalUiris, 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 (.V. 

 m\noT, Linn. Ajax minimus, Haw.), is much smaller 

 in all its parts than the type of A^. Pseudo-Narcissits; 

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

 stature of A'. Fseudo-\arcissus, with somewhat broader 

 Ivs.: fl. to IJ/J 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 (A^. Jdhn- 

 uliinii, Hort.), is described by 

 Baker .as "a Portuguese fonn 

 with a tube %m. long, ^sin. 

 broiul at the throat, a pale 

 truncate corona, and style 

 much longer than the sta- 

 mens." Bourne calls A^. 

 Johnntnnii "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 i)ali; lemon. J..ong 

 straight, funnel-shaped co- 

 rona; perianth-segms. some- 

 2441. Narcissus minimus, ^hat reflexr-d Is best grown 

 —A fonn of K. Pseudo-Nar- >n grass or coldframes. 

 cissus. (XH) According to Bourne, "the 



<^:^s 



recognized type fl. of A'. Pxiiulo-Narciaxus is tlu' wild 

 dalTodil of England. Trumpet yellow; perianth-segms. 

 pale sulphur." White varieties are found wild liere 

 and there in iMighind. 'I'here are many hyljrids and 

 intermediate forms with Latin n.omes. See supplemen- 

 tary list, page 2113. 



cc. Scgms. rcflcxi'd or 

 pointing hackiranl. 



3. cyclamineus, Baker 

 (Ajax ci/rldiiihii'iin, Haw. 

 A'. l'stiulo-\(irrissu.'i var. 

 ci/ckimincux Baker). Fig. 



2442. Lvs. narrow and 

 linear, deeply grooved, 

 the scape slender and sul)- 

 terete: fl. very drooping, 

 the tube obconic and very 

 short, the scgms. lemon- 

 yellow, }^4in. broad, 

 abruptly reflexed (hence 

 ci/clamincujs, or cyclamen- 

 hke); crown equaling the 

 segms., orange-yellow, cre- 

 nate. Portugal. B. M. 

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

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

 42:287; 64 ::m5. 



AA. Mediocoronati or Medium-crowned species: 

 corona or crown usually about half the length of the 

 segms., cu])-shaped. {Forms of N. triandrus may 

 have large crowns.) 



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



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



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

 in. tall), bulb Jiin. 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 t j^je ; stamens 

 sometimes a little ex.serted. Spain and Portugal. G. 17: 

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

 Hort. (Ganymcdes cdncolor. Haw.), pale self-yellow; var. 

 palMulus, Hort. (A', palllduhts, Graells), primrose- 

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

 mcdes pulchcllus. Haw.), segms. yellow, corona white. 

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

 Hort. (Ganymcdes niitans, 



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

 corona a deeper yellow than 

 the segms., crenulate. 



Var. calathinus, Hort. (A. 

 calalKinus, Red., Burbidge, 

 not Ker). Crown or corona 

 larger, nearly, or quite as long 

 a.s the segms., the fl. pale yel- 

 low. Lsl. of Brittany. Gn.W. 

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



BB. Segms. oblong or broader, 



spreading. 



C. Foliage glaucous, 



5. incomparabilis, Mill. 

 (A*^. (jow'nd, Red. Qui'ltia 

 fmtuUi, Herb.). Fig. 2444. 

 Strong fine ornamental jjlant, 

 with large bulb (1 '2 in. diam.) 

 and 3-5 lvs.: Ivs. flat (b\it 

 narrow) and glaucous, nearly 

 or quite the length (1 ft. or 

 riKjre long) of the distinctly 



2-edged scape: fl. alw.ays 1, 2443. Narcissus triandrus. 

 not fragrant, horizontal or {X5a) 



