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XCI. AjMAHYLLIDACE^. 



tary^ within which are the stamens. Anthers dehiscino- lono-l^ 



dinally. Flowers from a spatha. — Named from vap^r]^ shm 

 in allusion to the powerful and Injurious smell of the flowers' 

 More immediately derivable from ^ the youth Narcissus^ who is 

 fabled to have been changed into this plant. An inhabitant 

 sometimes of watery places, by the banks of streams. 



1. N. Pseudo -narcissus L. (common -D.) ; spatha slno-le- 

 ilowered, nectary campanulate erect crisped at the marfrin ob- 

 soletely 6-cleft, as long as the ovate segments of the pe'iuanth 

 E.Ba. 17. 



• Moist woods and thickets. Hare in Scotland ; about Cuhoss and 

 Dunoon, but scarcely indigenous. Near Templeogue, Ireland, v 



Flowers large, yellow. 



2, 4. 



2. N. "^poeticus L. {the Poet's N.) ; spatha mostly sino-le- 

 flowered, nectary very short concave membranous and crenate 

 at the margin, leaves with an obtuse keel. E. B. t. 275. 



Heathy open fields on a sandy soil, said to be wild in Norfolk and 



Kent. 11, 5 Larger than the last, with a flower of a very dif- 



ferent structure, and a deeply coloured border to the nectary. Its 

 beauty and delicious odour have recommended it to general culture. 

 Smith says it is the true Narcissus of the Greek writers, and clearly 

 described by Dioscorides. 



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3, N. *bl/l6rus Curt, (pale iV.) ; spatha 2-flowered, nectary 

 very short concave membranous and crenate at the maro-in, 

 leaves acutely keeled. F. B. t. 276. - o ' 



Sandy fields, Kent; Herts; near Totness, Devon; Hampshire, 

 apparently quite wild; thoroughly established (with A^. incomparal 

 hiUs^ at Kilvington, near Thirsk. About Dublin, frequent. If.. 5,6. 

 — Similar to the last in the general form of the flowers, but they are 

 smaller, not of so pure a white, without the coloured border to the 

 nectary, and with a less agreeable scent. 



(Besides the above, N. conspicuus, incomparabilis, minor, and 

 lobularis have been all enumerated as '« wild," or "naturalized," in 

 England ; none of them have however any right to a place in our 

 Flora; and even two of those usually admitted, because they were 

 sanctioned by Smith's authority, and figured in E. Bat., ought to be 

 rejected.) 



2. Galanthus Zinn. Snowdrop. 

 Perianth campanulate, of 6 pieces, 3 outer ones spreading, 

 3 inner smaller, erect, emarginate. Anthers opening by a pore. 

 Seed with a whitish skin. Flowers from a svatha. — Scape 

 solid.— ^^mQ& from yaXa, milk, and avQoc, ^d, flower. The 

 French name, perce-neige, is very expressive. " 



1. G. 



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E. B. t. 19. 



Woods, orchards, meadows, pastures, &c„ in very many places in 

 England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1^, 2, 3.^ Bulb ovate. , Leave) 



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