ilEi 11 I (_ 1 «SFD species: 

 I 1 If a I itl of the seg- 

 Forms of N tr andnis may 



Small 



iitk I 



about e | 1 

 r ascend] 



I 111 cup shaped creuulal 

 France and south — A cl 



ntU 



1059 



1460. The JonQuil— Narcissus Junquilla ( 



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

 and not overtopping the blossoms; fls. 1-several, h(pri- 

 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. oalathinus {JV. calamnus, Red., Burbidge, etc., 

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

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

 tany. 



BB. Segments oblong or broader, spreading, 

 r. Lrs. flat {hut narroiv) and glaucous. 



i. incomparabilis, Mill. Figs. 1456. Strong fine 

 species, with laiKi- Imll) {1% in. in diam.) and 3-5 Iv.s., 

 which are marly iir .|uite the length (1 ft. long) of the 

 distinctly 2-edgeil scape: fl. always one, not fratrraiit. 

 horizontal or somewhat ascending, on a very sliitrt jicdi- 

 cel, the tube usually greenish, the segments and ci r- 

 nate-plicate corona pale yellow in the type (but vaiyiiiL.- 

 to other color combinations t. the stamens nut exserted. 

 S.France and Spain te the Tyn.l. B.M. 121. -dn. ..f 

 the commonest s|M-ei.-s in c-nil.. the lU. ntien :;-( in. 

 across. Double f.n-nis are fi, qu.ui. Var. albus, 11,. rf.. 

 has white fls., w f, tbe cn.na usnally ,.ale yellewish, 

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



c. Lrs. U 



and channelled, green. 

 . half the width (H in.) of those 

 he bnlh nearly nr iinite as large. 



of iV. i„r„,„,n,,:r;il 



the pe.lin..-i.' t, r. r v.-ry nearly s,,: fi^. abeut 2 



(SOmetiTHi- I ! ; I I ■ I . I he 111 he niefe ^lenl|l•l■ tliail lu 



JV. incn,.,; ■ ., '!i- r.ir.ina s,,„,eHi,at Mualler, 



thefl. bri-hi ^. lh.^^ ihiv.n-hont. France and Spain and 

 eastward. B.M. !W4 (as.V. calathinus).-A good hardy 

 species, differing from X. incomparabilis chiefly in its 

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

 fragrant. 



Parmcorovati or Small Crowned specui 

 en, on I u-,ualhi much las than half the hnr/th 

 of the scjiniiit'i mostly saucti •shaped 



Coiona soft and uniform m textutt lis 



moic bioad, flat ^omeuJiat glaucoiti 

 Tazetta I t Poltanthis N\R(Issi.s Fig 



cc Lts '4 



.t^tnauvi:,':.;;;!'':;,;.;': '411^ 



ired tba'n'ihe"s,.^-nM'nls.' S. ^.'if 

 nee (fl. Known cliiellv as ^-V 



)r le^s broad mostly fe>ete 01 ^iibte 

 rete, not glaucoiib 



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

 guished from JV. Tazetta chiefly by its subterete, deep- 

 channeled green Ivs., which are only J4 in, wide: 

 peduncle nearly terete. S. 

 France and Spain. /(^fi' 



0. grAcilis, Sabine. Smaller, _^l; /—-^Mi-y 



1 ft. high, the peduncle 2-edged, 

 the bright green Ivs. 'g in. or 

 less wide and \er\- e(.n\Mx on , „„ 



colored 



an old garden plant. B.K. 10: 



in. Jonqtiilla, Linn. .Jonqiil. 

 VK'i. UC.n. Very slender and 

 irraei-fiil |il:uit. !'._■ ft. or less 

 tall, til.- Ivs. an.l |.eilnncle about 

 .•.|ual in li.'i^'ht. till- Ivs. glossy 



grant, the sl.-n.l.-r i-ylin.lri.-al tnln 



an inch or less h.ni.'. ih.- -.-^ nl 



scarcely overl.-ii.i.iin;, iln- .-.-r..].:. v.-ry sle.rt ( '« in. or 



less long), crenate. the s:iii .h.r as tin- s>-i;ments. S. 



Eu. and Algeria. B.M. l."..-Oue of the old-fashioned 

 fls., perfectly hardy iu N. Y 

 BB. Corona with a prominently hardened or dry 

 rim : Ivs. broad. 

 11. MfldruB, Curt. Primrose Peerless. Strong 

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

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

 cous, usually equaling and sometimes exceeding the 



fls. 2-f), fra- 



and 



