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THE KINDS OF PLANTS 



435. 

 Narcissus Tazetia. 



aa. CrotvH half or more as long as the divisions of the perianth. 

 N. incomparibilis, Curt. Scape 1-flowered. the flower about 2 In. or 

 more across, yellow, the cylindrical tube 1 in. long, the crown plaited and 

 usually a deeper yellow: leaves flat and glaucous. 



aaa. Crown less than half the length of the division. 



N. Taz6tta, Linn. Polyanthus narcissus. Chinese 

 sacred lily. Fig. 435. Flowers several to many in an 

 umbel, yellow or white, small, the crown usually darker 

 colored and usually somewhat scalloped: leaves flat and 

 somewhat glaucous. One of the commonest kinds. 

 The narcissus known to florists as " Paper-white " is a 

 white-flowered form of this species. 



N. posticus, Linn. Poet^s narcissus. Scape rather 

 slender, usually 1-flowered, the flower white with the 

 thick rim of the very short crown margined with red : 

 leaves flat, glaucous. 



N. Jonquilla, Linn. Jonquil. Scape 2-5-flowered, the flowers small and 

 yellow, the tube slender and the segments wide-spreading: leaves linear, 

 somewhat cylindrical. 



2. GALANTHUS. Snowdrop. 



Small, spring-blooming plants, with a single white flower nodding from 



the top of the scape, followed by grass-like leaves: perianth divisions C, 



oblong and more or less concave, the three inner ones shorter, some of 



y them usually green-blotched at the tip : anthers and style 



/ pointed. 



/ G. nivalis, Linn. Snowdrop. Fig. 43G. One of the earli- 



\\ M est of spring flowers, appearing as soon as the snow is gone, 



^ }fe the flower and leaves arising from a small bulb: scape 6 in. 



\ si or less high: inner divisions of the bell-shaped flower tipped 



vrfilf with green. Europe. 



3. LEUCOIUM. Snowflake. 



Flowers often more than 1 : divisions of the perianth all 

 alike: anthers and style blunt: otherwise very like Galanthus. 



L. v6rnum, Linn. Snowflake. Taller than the snow- 

 drop (about 1 ft.), the scape usually 1-flowered, blooming 

 later, the flowers larger. Europe. 



4. POLIANTHES. Tuberose. 



Leafy-stemmed lily-like plants, with a thick, tuberous rootstock (whence 

 the name tuber-ose not tube-rose), bearing an erect spike of white flowers: 

 perianth with a short slightly curved tube and G spreading nearly equal 

 divisions: stamens included in the tube (not projecting). 



P. tuberdsa, Linn. Tuberose. Two to 3 ft. bearing long-linear, chan- 

 nelled, many-ranked leaves: flowers very fragrant, sometimes tinted with 



