NARCISSUS 



NARCISSUS 



1059 



LA. MEDIOCORONATI or MEDIUM - CROWNED species : 

 corona usually about half the length of the seg- 

 ments, cup-shaped. (Forms of N. triandrus may 

 have large crowns.) 

 B. Segments narrow, standing straight backwards 



(reflexed). 



3. triandrus, Linn. CYCLAMEN-FLOWERED NARCISSUS. 

 Slender (scape 10-18 in. tall), bulb % in. or less in 



1460. The Jonquil-Narcissus Jonauilla{X %). 



diam., the Ivs. few, very slender and semi-cylindrical 

 and not overtopping the blossoms: fls. 1-several, hori- 

 zontal or drooping, an inch long, both the lanceolate 

 segments and the entire cup-shaped corona pure white 

 in the type ; stamens sometimes a little exserted. 

 Spain and Portugal. 



Var. calathinus (N. calathlnus, Red., Burbidge, etc., 

 not Ker-Gawl). Corona larger, nearly or quite as long 

 as the segments, the flower pale yellow. Island of Brit- 

 tany. 



BB. Segments oblong or broader, spreading. 

 c. Lvs. flat (but narrow) and glaucous. 



4. incomparabilis, Mill. Figs. 1456. Strong' fine 

 species, with large bulb (\% in. in diam.) and 3-5 Ivs., 

 which are nearly or quite the length ( 1 ft. long) of the 

 distinctly 2-edged scape: fl. always one, not fragrant, 

 horizontal or somewhat ascending, on a very short pedi- 

 cel, the tube usually greenish, the segments and cer- 

 nate-plicate corona pale yellow in the type (but varying 

 to other color combinations), the stamens not exserted. 

 S. France and Spain to the Tyrol. B.M. 121. One of 

 the commonest species in cult., the fls. often 3-4 in. 

 across. Double forms are frequent. Var. albus, Hort., 

 has white fls., with the corona usually pale yellowish. 

 Var. aurantis, Hort., has the corona orange at the top. 



c. Lvs. linear and channelled, green. 



5. oddms, Linn. Lvs. half the width (% in.) of those 

 of N. incomparabilis, the bulb nearly or quite as large, 

 the peduncle terete or very nearly so : fls. about 2 

 (sometimes 4), fragrant, the tube more slender than in 

 JV. incomparabilis, and the corona somewhat smaller, 

 the fl. bright yellow throughout. France and Spain and 

 eastward. B.M. 934 (as 2V. calathinus). A. good hardy 

 species, differing from 2V. incomparabilis chiefly in its 

 narrow leaves, 2 or more blossoms to a peduncle, fls. 

 fragrant. 



6. juncifolius, Lag. Small, slender species, with 

 bulb about % in. in diam., and very narrow, rush-like 

 Ivs., about 6 in. long and about equaling the terete 

 scape: fls. 1-4, horizontal or ascending, the tube slen- 

 der-cylindrical (Yv in. long), the broad-ovate, spreading 

 segments and the cup-shaped, crenulate corona bright 

 yellow. S. France and south. A choice fancier's 

 plant. 



AAA. PARVICORONATI or SMALL-CROWNED species : 

 corona usually much less than half the length 

 of the segments, mostly saucer-shaped. 

 B. Corona soft and uniform in texture : Ivs. 



various. 

 c. Lvs. % in. or more broad, flat, somewhat glaucous. 



I. Tazetta, Linn. POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS. Fig. 

 1459. Strong species, the bulb often 2 in. in diam., the 

 Ivs. 1% ft. or less long, about the length of the flat- 

 tened peduncle : fls. several (4-12), horizontal or de- 

 clined on slender pedicels, the tube less than 1 in. 

 long and greenish, the spreading, broad segments pure 

 white, and entire corona lemon-yellow, the whole fl. 

 about 1% in. across. Canary Isl. to China and Japan. 

 The commonest species and the most variable. " Of 

 the multiform Tazetta Narcissi about 100 have received 

 specific names." .Safcer. "The numerous forms of 2V. 

 Tazetta are so extremely variable that nothing short of 

 fifty folio plates would do the plant justice." Bur- 

 bidge. All this mass of varieties is readily grouped 

 under one specific type, however, which is recognizable 

 by the many small-crowned fls. and the broad Ivs. The 

 variations are largely in color and in size of fls. Baker 

 makes three groups : 



a. bicolores, the perianth white and the corona yel- 

 low. Here are to be placed lacticolor, Corey rensis, 

 patulus, ochroleucus and many others. It is probable 

 that the "Chinese Sacred Lily" (2V. orientalis, Linn. 

 B.M. 948) is a form of this subtype, although Baker 

 suggests that it is N. incomparabilis x Tazetta. It is 

 known as Tazetta, var. orient alis, Hort. 



b. albce, entire fl. white. Here belongs the "Paper 

 White," very popular for winter bloom. Here are to be 

 referred the names papyraceus, Panizzianus, dubius t 

 Canariensis, pachybolbos, polyanthos. 



c. lutete, entire fl. yellow. Here belong aureus, cupu- 

 laris, Bertolonii, Italicus. 



cc. Lvs. % in. or less broad, mostly terete or subte- 

 rete, not glaucous. 



8. intermedius, Lois. A yellow-fld. species, distin- 

 guished from 2V. Tazetta chiefly by its subterete, deep- 

 channeled green Ivs., which are only 34 in. wide: 

 peduncle nearly terete. S. 



France and Spain. 



9. gracilis, Sabine. Smaller, 

 1 ft. high, the peduncle 2-edged, 

 the bright green Ivs. % in. or 

 less wide and very convex on 

 the back: fl. pale yellow, the 

 corona usually somewhat deeper 

 colored than the segments. S. 

 France (?). Known chiefly as 

 an old garden plant. B.R. 10: 

 816. 



10. Jonquilla, Linn. JONQUIL. 

 Fig. 1460. Very slender and 

 graceful plant, IK ft. or less 

 tall, the Ivs. and peduncle about 

 equal in height, the Ivs. glossy 



dark green and very narrow and rush-like : fls. 2-6, fra- 

 grant, the slender cylindrical tube greenish yellow and 

 an inch or less long, the segments yellow, obovate and 

 scarcely overlapping, the corona very short (/ in. or 

 less long), crenate, the same color as the segments. S. 

 Eu. and Algeria. B.M. 15. One of the old-fashioned 

 fls., perfectly hardy in N. Y 



BB. Corona with a prominently hardened or dry 

 rim : Ivs. broad. 



II. bifldrus, Curt. PRIMROSE PEERLESS. Strong 

 species, with bulb 2 in. or less 1 in diam. : Ivs. 1-2 ft. 

 long and nearly or quite % in. broad, and slightly glau- 

 cous, usually equaling and sometimes exceeding the 



1461. Narcissus 

 poeticus (X %). 



