326 84. AMARYLLIDACE.E. 



bearded, stigma in 3 deep linear divisions drooping, bulb clothed 

 with slender anastomosing fibres. E. B. 343. Fl. purple. L. 

 usually appearing just before the fl. fades. Formerly cultivated 

 near Saffron Walden : not naturalized. P. IX. Saffron.^ 



2. C. nudiflorus (Sm.) ; 1. succeeding the fl., spath simple, 

 stigma in 3 deeply laciniate divisions erect, bulb with a mem- 

 branous coat. E. B. 491. C. speciosus Hook., E. B. S. 2752, 

 not Bieb. L. linear, appearing in March. Fl. purple. Stigmas 

 only a little higher than the anthers, or rising considerably above 

 them. Meadows. P. IX. E. 



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Scapes naked. 



[C. Uflorus (Mill.); 1. and fl. at the same time, spath double, 

 stigma longer than the stam. erect deeply trifid, divisions trun- 

 cate and slightly notched at the end, bulb with a membranous 

 coat. E. B. S. 2645. C. prcecox Haw. C. minimus Hook. Fl. 

 pale lilac with yellow and purple stripes. In the park (site of 

 old garden) at Barton, Suif. Not indigenous. P. III.] 



[C. aureus (Sib.); 1. and fl. together, spath simple, stigma 

 shorter than the stam. shortly 3-fid, segments truncate or slightly 

 notched at the end, bulb coated with compact fibres. E. B. S. 

 2646. Fl. yellow. With the preceding. P. III.] 



Order LXXXIV. AMARYLLIDACE^. 



Stam. 6. Anth. bursting inwards. Otherwise like IRIDACE^E. 



1. NARCISSUS. Perianth 6-p#rted, spreading, with equal seg- 

 ments, and a bellshaped crown within. Stam. alternately 

 shorter, within the crown. 



2. LEUCOJUM. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, the segments 

 all equal and thickened at their points. Stam. equal. 



3. GALANTHUS. Perianth 6-parted, 3 outer segments spread- 

 ing, 3 inner shorter erect emarginate. Stam. equal, subulate. 



1 . NARCISSUS Linn. 



*1. N. Uflorus (Curt.); 1. linear obtuse "acutely" (Sm.) 

 " obtusely " (Koch) keeled, scape compressed 2-edged striated 

 1 2-flowered, crown very short concave crenate at the pale 

 (ultimately white) margin. E. B. 276. R. ix. 365. Pet. of a 

 pale sulphur-colour. Sandy fields in the south. P. IV. V. E. I. 



[2. IV. poeticus (L.) ; 1. linear obtuse obtusely keeled, scape 

 compressed 2-edged mostly 1 -flowered, crown very short con- 

 cave crenate at the red margin. E. B. 275. R. ix. 364. Pet. 



