KEY TO THE DAFFODILS 221 



B. Leaves broad and flat. 



C. Flowers large: height a foot or more, hardy. 

 D. Blossoms not drooping. 

 E. Petals generally yellow, sometimes white. 

 F. Cup a third or more the length of the petals. 

 7. N. incomparabilis. 

 FF. Cup a fourth to a third of the length of the 



petals ; 8. N. Barrii. 



FFF. Cup nearly as long as the petals. 



9. N. Backhousei. 

 EE. Petals always white. 



F. Cup white 10. N. Leedsii. 



FF. Cup orange-scarlet: crown half as long as 



the petals u. N. Bernardl. 



FFF. Cup yellow, sometimes tinged orange: 



crown more than half as long as the petals, 



12. N. Nelsoni. 



DD. Blossoms drooping 13. N. montanus. 



CC. Flowers small: height four to nine inches: for 



pots or rockeries 14. N. Maclean. 



BB. Leaves narrow, rush-like. 



C. Petals reflexed 15. N. triandrus. 



CC. Petals spreading horizontally. 



D. Flowers large: height twelve to twenty-two 

 inches: petals not imbricated: hardy. 



1 6. N. odorus. 



DD. Flowers small: height three to four, inches: 

 petals imbricated: for pots or rockeries. 



17. N. juncifolius. 



AAA. The small-crowned or saucer daffodils: crown less 

 than one-third as long as the petals: perianth tube 

 much longer than the crown and narrow. 

 B. Number of flowers about a dozen: only for indoor 



culture North. 

 C. For pot culture 18. N. Tazetta. 



