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the typical N. incompardbilis^ but differing in its leaves 

 being very concave, flowers bright yellow, very fragrant and 

 rarely solitary. A native of the South of Europe. 



9. N. juncifdliuSy a very small plant with terete leaves and 

 bright yellow flowers, from the South of Europe. It blooms 

 in April. 



10. N. dubius, similar to the last, but having pure white 

 flowers, not known in English gardens. 



11. N. Tazetta. This is the commonest of the several- 

 flowered Daffodils, and is very prolific in forms. It is found in 

 a wild state from the South of Europe, through Syria and North 

 India, to China and Japan. It blooms in March or April, and 

 has flattened scapes, with fragrant flowers. The forms are 

 arranged by Mr. Baker in three series, characterised as follows : 

 1. Segments of the limb white, crown yellow; which includes 

 N. Idcticolor, N. polyanthus, N. Mediterrdneus, and N. ochro- 

 leucus. 2. Crown and segments of the limb both pure white ; 

 includes N. papyrdceus and N. Panizzidnus. 3. Crown and 

 segments of the limb both yellow ; contains N. Itdlicus, 

 N. aureus, and N. chrysdnthus. 



12. N. grdcilis. A plant about a foot high with sub-terete 

 leaves and yellowish or nearly white flowers, well known in 

 cultivation, and supposed to be of hybrid origin. 



13. N. intermedius. Is a native of Spain and the South of 

 France. It has the same cup-shaped crown as the last two, 

 differing from Tazetta in its sub-terete leaves, and from grdcilis 

 in its smaller flowers. 



14. N. pachybolbos comes from Algeria, but does not appear 

 to be in cultivation. 



15. N. Jonquilla. Jonquil. A native of the Mediter- 

 ranean region. It has been confounded with N. juncifolius, 

 but it is much more robust in habit, with larger more nume- 

 rous flowers, and a crown considerably shorter in proportion to 

 the limb. The flowers are invariably of a beautiful bright 

 yellow, and very fragrant. It is often seen with double 

 flowers. 



16. N. biflorus. A very common species with white flowers, 

 having a yellow rim to the crown. It is often met with in a 

 wild state in this country and on the Continent. 



17. N. poeticus (fig. 240). From the South of Europe, and 

 one of the prettiest species of the genus, the flowers being pure 

 white with a scarlet border to the crown. There are several 



