158 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Var. a, genuinus. 



Plate ilDI. 



Leaves slightly glaucous. Perianth segments oblong-lanceolate, 

 pale yellow. Cro\vn bright yellow, crenate-serrate and usually cut 

 into six shallow nearly rectangular segments at the apex. 



Var. /3, Bromjieldii. 



N. Pseudo-narcissus var. y, concolor. Bromf. Fl. Vect. p. 407. 



Ajax lobularis, Haworih in Phil. Mag. Aug. 1830, p. 131 (ex loc. nat., non ex 

 descript.). 



Leaves very glaucous. Perianth segments ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 bright yellow, nearly as dark as the crown. Crown crenate and cut 

 into six rounded lobes at the apex. Flowers expanding earlier than 

 those of var. a, and the scape generally shorter. 



In woods, meadows, pastures, and on banks. Xot uncommon in the 

 south of England, where it appears to be truly native; but how far 

 north it is impossible to ascertain. In Scotland it is only an intro- 

 duced plant. In Ireland it may be native in some of its stations, but is 

 considered by the authors of the " Cybele Hibernica," as not a true 

 native. Var. very doubtfully native. The late Rev. W. T. Bree 

 sent me living specimens from his garden, the roots of which originally 

 were gathered by a friend of his at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Dr. Brom- 

 field mentions its occurrence on a steep bushy bank behind Apse Farm 

 (It^le of Wight), overlooking the garden, in which it also grows plenti- 

 fully, " though appearing rather to have encroached on the grass plots 

 from the station above than to have escaped there from the former " 

 (Fl. Vect. p. 498). Mr. Frederick Stratton has visited this station, 

 and reports that the garden appears formerly to have extended up the 

 bank, and he does not believe the Narcissus is indigenous there. 



England, [Scotland, Ireland]. Perennial. Spring. 



Rootstock flowering when about the size of a nutmeg, with a thin 

 smooth pale-brown covering, the coats continued upwards mto a few 

 scarious sheaths enclosing the leaves and scape. Leaves 2 or 3, f to 

 i inch broad, appearing towards the end of winter. Scape 6 inches to 1 

 foot high, when in flower 2-edged, ei'ect, and furrowed, slightly inclined. 

 Spathe at tirst subherbaceous, but scarious before the flowers expand. 

 Buds at first erect, afterwards drooping, the flower inclmed or nearly 

 horizontal. Perianth tube about | inch long, yellow tinged with 

 green ; perianth segments about 1 inch long, subacute, primrose-yellow. 

 Crown golden yellow, 1 to 1] inch long, usually with the mouth 



