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NAS 



AT. infla'tus m?nor (lesser). 



March. Spain. 1696. 



infundibulu'ris (tunnel-cowered). . Yellow. 



March. 



inter jt'ctus (interjected). 1. Yellow. April.1810. 



interme'dius (intermediate). 14. Pale yellow. 



March. Pyrenees. 



Ita'licus (Italian). 1. Pale yellow. March. 



South Europe. 



ple'nus (double). 1. Cream. March. Italy. 



semiple'mus (semi-double). 1. Cream.Italy. 



jonqui'lla (jonquil). J. Pale yellow. April. 



Spain. 1596. 

 flo 're-pie 'no (double-flowered). 1. YeHow. 



April. Spain. 1596. 



junctfo'lius (rush-leaved), Yellow. South 



Europe. 



latifo'lius (broad-leaved-oran^e). 1. Yellow. 



April. 



lobula'tus (small -lobed). $. Yellow. March. 



lorifo'lius (strap-leaved. Two-coloured). 1. 



Yellow. March. 

 u'nceps (two-edged. Two-coloured). 1. 



Yellow. March. 1800. 

 bre'viflos (short-flowered. Two-colowed). 



1. Yellow. April. 



lu'na (moon). 1. White. April. 



Macle'aii (Mac Leay's). $. Cream. March. 

 Smyrna. 18)5. 



ma'jor (larger). 1. Yellow. March. Spain 1620,. 



m a 1 ximus (largest). 1. Yellow. April. 



mi' nor (smaller). . Yellow. March. Spain. '62Q. 



monta'nus (mountain). 1. White. April. 



Portugal. 



moscha'tus (musky). 1. White. April. England. 



multiflo'rus (a#-many-flowered). 1. Yellow. 



April. 



April. 

 au'reus (go!den-ny-j?ou>ered). 1, 



low. April. 

 -- negle'ctus (neglected). White, yellow 



Naples. 1830. 



ni'veus (snowy). 1. White. May. South Europe. 



nu'kilis (noble). I. Yellow. April, 



nu'tans (nodding). 1, YelUnv. April. South 



Europe. 1/89- 



obscl'ssus (cut-off). 1. Yellow. May, Spain. 



obsole'tus (obsolete). 1. White. August. 



Spain. 1819. 



obvalla'ris (trenched-round). 1. Yellow. 



March, Spain. 



odo'rus (sweet-scented). I. Yellovr. May. 



South Europe. 1629. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 1. White. April. Levant. 



papyra'ceus (paper). 1, White. Bfarch. 

 jasmi'neus (jasmine-like). 1. White. April. 



patella 1 ria (basin-jZuu'ered). 1. White. May. 



England. 

 exse'rtus (drawn-out). 1. White. May. 



England. 

 ple'nus (double). 1 .White. May. England. 



pa'tulus (spreading. White Musk). 1. White. 



, March. Spain. 



a'lbeus (whitish. Norfolk). 1. White. 



March. Spain. 

 'poe'tiws (poet's). l.White.May. South Europe. 



prlmuli'nus (cowslip-CMppe<i).l.Yellow.March. 



propi'nquus (allied). 1, Yellow. March. Spain. 



~~ pscu'do-Narci'ssus (bastard Narcissus. Dnjfo- 

 dil). 1. Pale yellow. March. England. 



pleni'asimus (most-double;. I. Yellow. 



March. 



pie' mis (double). 1. Yellow. March. 



ScoMciu (Scotch). l Yeihv, May. 



Scotland, 



Pale sulphur, f N. pulche'llus .(pretty). 1. Yellow. April. Spain. 

 I pu'milus (dwarfish). $. Yellow. March. Spain. 



flit're-ple'no (double-flowered). . Yellow. 



March. Gardens. 



pusi'llus (small. Jonquil), $. Yellow. April.181 8. 

 ple'nus (double. Queen Anne's Jonquil). 



. Yellow. April. 1810. 



Que'ltia (Qeltian). 



recu'rvus (curled-back-/eawd;. 1. White. May. 



South Europe. 



rwgw/ofiM^wrinkled-cttp).!. Yellow.April. 1818. 



Sabi'm (Sabine's). 1. Yellow. April. 



semiparti'tus (cloven-ewpped), 1. Sulphur. 



March. 



serra'tus (saw-edged). 3 Pale yellow. March. 



South Europe. 



sua'vis (sweet). 1. Pale yellow. March. 



South Europe. 



gi'milis (similar. Jonquil). . Yellow. April. 



spu'rius (bastard). 1. Yellow. March. England. 



sttlta'ris (starry -sepuled). 1. White, crimson. 



May. 1629. 



stria'tulus (small-channelled). $. Yellow.April. 



Taze'tta (Tazetta. Polyanthus). 1. White. 



March. Spain. 1759. 



Telamo'nius (Telamon's). 1. Yellow. April. 

 grandiple'nus (large-double). 1. Yellow. 



April. 

 ple'nus (double. Daffodil). 1. Yellow.April. 



tenu'ior (slenderer). 1. Lilac, white. May. 1/89. 



tereticau'lis (round-stalked). l. Pale yellow. 



March. Spain. 



tortuo'sus (twisted-pefated). 1$. White. April. 



Spain. 1629. 



Trewia'nus (Trew's). 1$. White, yellow. 



March. Spain. 



tria'ndrus (three-stamened). f . White. April* 



Portugal. 1629. 



tri'tobus (three-lobed-Jon?z7). 1. Yellow. 



April. South Europe. 1629. 



tubiflo'rus (tube-flowered). 1. White, yellow. 



March. 



viridifto'rus (green-flowered). $. Green. Sep- 



tember. Barbary. 1629. 



NAECISSUS FLY. Merodon Narcissi. 



NARTHE'CIUM. (From narthex, a rod ; 

 referring to the flower-stems. Nat. ord., 

 Rushes [Juncaceee]. Linn., Q-Hexandna 

 \-Monoyynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous, Iris-like rushes, adapted for 

 mixed borders of herbaceous plants. Divisions 

 of the plant in spring; a cool border, and supplied 

 with sandy peat, or sand and leaf-mould. 

 N. America'num (American). $. Yellow. July. 

 N. Amer. 1811. 



ossi'fragum (bone-breaking), $, Yellow- 



July. Britain. 



NASTU'RTIUM. (From nasus, the nose, 

 and tortus, tormented; referring to the 

 hot, acrid smell. Nat. ord., Crucifers 

 [Brassicaceae]. Linn., 15-Tetradynamia. 

 Allied to the Wallflower.) 



Simple-looking plants, of no great beauty. We 

 introduce the genus to correct the common error 

 of calling the Indian Cress (Tropee'olum) Nastur- 

 tiums. Hardy aquatics, with yellow flowers ; 

 seeds and division of the plant in common soil ; 

 but none are worth growing for their beauty. 

 N. a'nceps (two-edged-pod). 1. July. Britain. 



ere'ctum (upright). June. Siberia. 1837. 



na'tany (floating). 4. July. Siberia. 1827. 



