Pl.end.ph. 19. AMARYLLIDE^. 128. Narcissus. 191 



1. Narcissus majal'is. May Tiarcissiis. 

 Leaves erect, obtusely keeled, rather curved, glaucous; 



loles of the perigonium imbricate, laterally deflexed, crown- 

 ed ; crown yellow, minutely plaited ; edge rather scariose, 

 white, slender; outer edge scarlet, crenulate; stigma as 

 long as the shorter stamens. 



NaicisMis medio purpiireus, Ger.em. 123. 



Narcissus medio puipureus maximus, Park. Par. 76. 



Narcissus poeticus, iin. S. P. 414 ? 



Narcissus majalis, Curtis But. Mag. 193. 



Narcissus patellaris, Salisb. Prod. 2^5. 



JPoefs' narcissus. Purple circled daffodil. 



Sandy heaths and fields ; perennial ; May. 



Leaves about one-third in. broad, edge reflexed ; scape 

 erect ; spathe 1 -flowered, often 2-lobed ; flower upright, 

 very fragrant, snow white ; crown scai'let edged. 



2. Narcissus liflorus. Two-flowered narcissus. 

 Leavei acutely keeled ; craivn entirely yellow ; spathe 2 



or 3-flowered ; scape kneed before flowering. 



Narcissus medio luteus vulgaris, Raii Sijn. 371 j 2} Park, 74. 



Narcissus medio luteus, Ger. em. 124,7. 



Narcissus poeticus, Huds. Fl.Angl. 141. 



Narcissus biflorus, Curtis Bot.Mag. 197. 



Narcissus cothurnalis, Salisb. Prod, 225. 



Pale narcissus. Primrose peerless. Common white daffodil, 



Sandy fields ; perennial ; April and May. 

 Edge of the leaves turned in ; scape upright ; spathe not 

 notched '; floivers drooping, sweet-smelling, yellowish white* 



II. 129. AJ AX. R.A.Salisbury. DaflvdiL 



Perigonium funnelshape, limb spreading, 6-parted, as 

 long as the crown ; crown large, cupshape ; tube topshape, 

 shorter than the lobes ; stamens 6, free, equal, threadshape, 

 inserted at the base of the tube, or slightly adnate to the 

 sides, often 3 times as short as the crown ; anthers linear, 

 long. — Herb bulbose ; hidh tunicated, rounded below, con- 

 cave above ; leaves 2-rowed, strapshape, thick, ribbed, 

 streaked, flat, channelled, more or less glaucous, mostly 

 upright before flowering ; scape upright, 2-edged ; spathe 

 membranaceous, 1 or 2-flowered ; flower yellow. 



1. Ajax fenestralis. Window daffodil. 



Scape 2-edged, roundish, straight, striated ; outer loles 

 elliptical, lanceolate, scarcely longer than the tube : crown 

 straight, crenate, serrate, the length of the lobesr 



