138 HEXANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. [Narcissus. 



3. PiiPLls. Linn. Purslane. 

 1. P. Porlula, L. (water Purslane); flowers axillary solitary, 

 leaves obovate. E. Bot. t. 1211. 



Watery places, not unfrcquent. FL July, Aug. 0. — P/an^ prostrate, 

 5 — 6 inches long, creeping, little branched. Leaves opposite, glabrous, 

 tai)ering at the base. 



4. Leucojum. Linn. Snowflake. 



1. L. *(Estivum, L. {Summer Snoivjiake); spatba many-flower- 

 ed, style club-shaped. E. Bot. t. 621. 



Moist meadows; Thames' side, below Greenwich, especially the 

 Kentish shore ; in Suffolk, Berkshire, Westmoreland, Northumberland, 

 &e. - FL May. 11 . — Root bulbous. Leaves long, linear, keeled ; scape 

 2-edged. Flowers white, drooping. 



5. Galanthus. Linn. Snowdrop. 



1. G. * nivalis, L. (Snowdrop). E. Bot. t. 19. 



Woods, orchards, meadows, pastures, &e., in very many places in 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland. P/. Feb. "U- — Bulb ovate. Leaves 

 2, broadly linear, glaucous-green. Flowers solitary, drooping, elegant, 

 rendering this plant a general favourite. 



" Like pendent flakes of vegetating snow 



The early herald of the infant year, 

 Ei"e yet the adventurous Crocus dares to hlow 



Beneath the orchard boughs thy buds appear." 



6. Narcissus. Linn. Daffodil. 



1. N. Pseudo-narcissus, L. (coimnoti Dnffodd); spatba single- 

 flowered, nectary campanulate erect crisped at the margin ob- 

 soletely 6-cleft, as long as tbe ovate segments of the perianth. 



E. Bot. t.n. 



Moist woods and thickets. Rare in Scotland ; about Culross and 

 Dunoon, but scarcely indigenous. Near Templeogue, Ireland, i^/. March, 

 Apr. If . — Flowers large, yellow. 



2. 'N. *poeticiis, Li. (Narcissus of the Poets); spatha mostly 

 single-flowered, nectary very short concave membranous and 

 crenate at the margin, leaves with an obtuse keel. E. Bot. t. 275. 



Heathy open fields on a sandy soil, said to be wild in Norfolk and 

 Kent. Ft. May. If. — Larger than the last, with a flower of a very 

 different structure, and with a deeply coloured border to the nectary. 

 Its beauty and delicious odour have recommended it to general culture. 

 Smith says this is the true Narcissus of the Greek writers, as clearly 

 described by Dioscorides. 



3. N. *hiJI6rus, Curt, (pale Narcissus); spatha 2-flowered, 

 nectary very short concave membranous and crenate at the 

 margin, leaves acutely keeled. E. Bot. t. 276. 



Sandy fields, in Kent and Herts ; near Totness, Devon : and about 

 Dublin, frequent. FL April, May. If.— Similar to the last in the gene- 

 ral form of the flowers, but these are smaller, not of so pure a white, with- 

 out the coloured border to the nectary, and with a less agreeable sceut. 



