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flori succedit satis crassum triangulare caput... radix superiore 
crassior.”’ This is a late flowering plant, presumed to have been 
brought from Styria, and noticed by Clusius in ieidas at 
Frankfort. 
The three species of Clusius curs a in the Pinaz of 
Caspar Bauhin (p. 48 (1623) ) under the names of N. albus circulo 
purpureo, N. niveus odoratus aestes reibisll, ig N. albus — 
odore flore circulo a respectively. the first of the 
N. mediopurpureus precox Gerard is quote neo & synonym, and tor 
the third N. mediopurirous Ger. Icon. bales (i.c. p. 49) farthiog 
admits two other species, viz. N. alb. circulo croceo vel luteo (N. 
medio-purpureus precox Ger. Icon.), which differs from the first- 
named chiefly in = colour of the corona-ring; and, lastly, 
N. ie ctrculo croceo minor. 
In Johann Bauhin’s Hist. Plant. ii, p. 600, published as a 
purpureus, is figured and described at some length, the salient 
features being “ folia latitudine semunciali florem medium 
obtinet corona fimbriata ora rubenti, infra quam siredlus exalbidus, 
aliusque huic subjectus luteus; sena in fistuloso canali oa 
tria modice elata, reliqua tantillum apice proferentia.’’ The plant 
intended, which the figure shows to be similar to that described 
at Narbonne. J. Bauhin’s second species is N. medio eames 
magno flore folio lateore (Clusius Hist. vii), which enn to be taken 
from Clusius without personal knowledge of the pla and his 
third is N. mediopurpureus minor, which is the N. latifolins vi of 
Clusius. This is clearly figured with atelints flowers and narrow 
perianth-segments. The eae reg flai-crowned plant is 
not mentioned in the Historia, and was probably confused with 
N. medio- “purpureus, as Was afterwards done by Ra 
After Bauhin’s time interest in these plants seems to have 
abated, although their differing forms were still recognized by 
Haller and Magnolius; and it is fairly certain that during the 
papiecnth century most types of Narcissi became esa wees 
both in botany and horticulture. The varying forms of Poet’s 
Na shia known to the older botanists were pene este eepresanted 
in Linneus’s Spec. Plant. ed. 1, p. 289 (1753) by one species, 
Narcissus poeticus, and this alone continued to be recognized on 
the Continent till — , the wage! . Salisbury and Haworth. 
N. poeticus cribed by Linnzeus thus:—“N. spatha 
uniflora, nectarii or soeabs ae aati scarioso crenulato, Hort. 
Ups. 74. N. foliis ensiformibus ae nectario = brevissimo, 
Hort. Cliff. 134. Roy. Lug Sauv. Mons. 17. WN. albus 
circulo purpureo Bauh. Pin ow 5 a ail ecstea Dod. 
Fompt. 223. 
“8. N. medio purpureus multiplex Bauh. Pin. 54. 
“ Habitat in G. Narbonensi, Italia.” 
