Amaryllidea Narcissus. 485 



Filaments and style curved ; divisions of the perianth 

 linear-lanceolate, a line to an eighth of an inch 

 broad at the base . . . 1. N. Bulbocbdium, 



Filaments and style straight ; divisions of the perianth 

 oblong- lanceolate, 5 to 6 lines broad at the base 



2. N. Pseudo-Narcissus. 



Tube cylindrical, rather widened at the top, five or six 

 times as long as broad; divisions of the perianth 

 distinctly reflexed . . . . . 3. N. Calathinus. 



II. MEDIOCORONAT.E. Crown half as long as the divisions, or 

 sometimes three-quarters as long. 



Of this group there are seven leading types, but two of these are 

 not known in a wild state. 



Divisions of the perianth distinctly reflexed . 4. N. trid/ndrus. 



Divisions of the perianth spreading at a right angle from 



the base of the crown. 

 Large-flowered ; the divisions 9 to 12 lines long?- and the 



corona 5 to 6 lines. 

 Divisions of the limb white. 



Crown white, half as long as the divisions 5. N. poculiformis. 

 Qrown bright yellow, three-quarters as long as the 



divisions . . .' . . . . 6. N. Macleaii. 



Crown and limb both yellow. 



Flowers always solitary ; leaf 6 to 7 lines broad, 



glaucous ~ , '....' . . 7. N. incompardbilis. 



Flowers 1 or 2 ; leaf 3 to 4 lines broad, bright 



green . ... ' . . . . ,- . 8. N. odbrus. 



Small- flowered ; the divisions 3 to 6 lines deep, and the 



crown half as long. 



Divisions and limb bright yellow, leaf green, cylin- 

 drical . . . . . . 9, N. juncifblms. 



Divisions and limb white, leaf glaucous, flattish 10. N. dulius. 



III. PARVICORONATJ;. Crown less than half, as long as the 

 divisions of the perianth. 



Of this group we may define eleven leading types. 

 Limb of the flower horizontal, or nearly so, when ex- 

 panded ; anthers sessile or nearly so. 

 Flowering in Spring. 



Crown cup- shaped, 2 to 4 lines deep, with its margin 



uniform with that of the limb. 



Leaves glaucous, flattish, 6 to 8 lines broad 11. N. Tazetta. 

 Leaves sub-terete, green. 



Flowers 1 or 2, nearly white, with a tube 12 to 14 



lines long . . . . . . 12. N, grdcilis. 



