8 NARCISSUS POETICUS AND ITS ALLIES 
narrow leaves, subreflexed and nearly | spathulate perianth-seg- 
ments, ore a spreading, yellow corona ‘“‘circulo carmosino serru- 
latim erosulo. 
plenus. N. albus multiplex Park. Par 
4. N. REcuRvuS, with a repetition of the original diagnosis ; 
stated to mates in May with N. majalis and to have been culti- 
vated — 
worth’s lates views respecting these plants are embodied in 
his Monograph of Narcissinee, PP- 14-15 ar ipso the number 
of poeticus-species is raised to twelve. In this work he departs 
from his pie and Salisbury’s eee views oa identifying the 
specimen in the Linnean Herbarium with the N. majalis of his 
Revisio, to whic he transfers the name N. poeticus, renaming as 
ornatus the N. poeticus of his Revisio and of Salisbury. He also 
od rei for a time majalis and patellaris, and introduces 
several new 
With usa! modifications Haworth’s species stand thus :— 
* Precociores. 
1. porETARUM (saffron-cupped). Folia gece inferne carinata 
7 lineas lata apice flaccide recurva. Corolle laciniis amplissimis 
cunea 6 imbri Pp 
subdiscoidea), pee oe omnino crocea ore plicatissime crispo satura- 
i i renee intense lutea denique albicante periente. 
N. maximus medio purpureus Merian. Florileg. t. 144, fig. infer. 
Fi. aes 1831, in hort. Londini. 
2. 8 (flat-crowned saffron-rim). jie a diagnosis 
sbeldged | front that of N. "poate s in the Revisi 
N. poeticus Salisb. in Hort. Trans. i. p. 365, sine ullo charactere. 
nedio purpureus precox Park. Par. N. tripodalis Salisb. MS. 
pe semireflexis. 
Floret initio Aprilis cum se 
3. ANGUSTIFOLIUs (narrow- laaved leo -rim). With the diag- 
nosis of N. radiiflorus from the Revi 
N. angustifolius Bot. Mag. 193. N. radwflorus Salisb. Prod. 
p. 225, et Hort. Trans. i. p. 365, excl. synon. Parkinsoni. Narciss 
Revis. p. 149. 
Habitat Sevens pratis a os Floret in Aprilis. 
* Medio tempore florescentes. . 
4, SPATHULATUs (lesser saffron-rim). Corolle minoris laciniis 
obtusis seu spathulatis, corona lutea, margine plicato crispo croceo. 
hort. medio seu fine Aprilis. An varietas minor certe 
precocior N. patellaris infra? 
5. aALBus (slightly saffron- a Corolle mediocris laciniis- i. 
exterioribus obovatis, interioribus subovatis valde imbr: oe 
corona ee sn magic plinalasions subcroceo, mox M 
cescente albid 
N. al 
. TRIFLORUS s (Hort. ii 
8. BIFLORUS — 197. 
