192 129. Ajax. i9. AiVEARYLLIDE^. Plend.pk 



Narcissus sylvestris pallidus, calyce liiteo, Rati Syn. 371, 1. 

 Pseudo-narcissus Anglicus, Ger. em. 133, 2. 

 Pseudo-narcissus Anglicus vulgaris, Park. Par. 100. 

 Common yellow daffodil. Daffodowndilly. 



"Woods; perennial; March. 



Mower drooping, scentless ; hhes of the perigonium pale 

 yellow ; crown bellshape, golden yellow. 



(3. Scoiicus. Scape 2-edged, compressed, tortuous, deeply 

 striated; /o^e5 of the perigonium elliptical, lanceolate, much 

 longer than the tube; edge of the crown expanded, cut, 

 serrate, rather rugose. 



Ajax fenestra! is Scoticus, Haworth Syn. Sue. app. 



2. Ajax spurius. Bastard daffodil. 



Scape 2-edged, smooth, compressed ; sepales rather erect, 

 lanceolate; crotvn much longer than the tube; edge 6-cut, 

 toothed, spreading. 



Ajax spurius, Haworth Syn. Succ. app. 329. 



Woods and pastures ; perennial ; April. 

 Leaves striated, smooth ; sepales and crown yellow ; tip 

 of the anther black. 



III. 3 30. LEUCOJUM. Dioscorides. S?iouMflake, 



Perigonium 6-parted, tube short, limb bellshape ; lobes 

 equal, thickened at the tip ; stamens 6, inserted on a gland 

 covering the ovary ; anther obtuse, opening by two pores 

 at the tip ; style clavate ; stigma simple, acute ; capsule 

 JJ-celled ; seeds many, roundish. — Herb bulbose ; bulbs 

 round, tunicated; leaves radical, many, keeled; scape 2-edged, 

 upright; spathe 1 -leafed, 1 or many-flowered, compressed; 

 peduncle 1 -flowered ; flowers white, drooping, green at the 

 tip. 



Leucojiim a'stivum. Summer snowflake, 



Spathe many-flowered. 



Leucojum bulbosuin majus polyanthemum, Ger. em, 148. 

 Leucojuin aestivum, Lin. S. P. 414. 



Damp fields ; perennial ; May. 



Scape 18 in. long, upright; leaves blunt, smooth; spathe 

 upright; flowers 5 or 6. 



