18 NARCISSUS POETICUS AND ITS ALLIES 
the garden forms; and it has been suggested with reason that this 
uniformity does not occur among wild Narcissi and is due to 
perianths—when these show appreciable differences. 
owers. 
the style, and the development of the fruits is by no means 
uniform. In i 
these Narcissi: and the examination ‘of extensive and varie 
material has resulted in the following conclusions. The bulb in 
different forms shows a certain degree of variation in shape, 
pected, but o 
characteristic. In the foliage the differences are small, but some 
them are seemingly constant. Narrow leaves are generally 
channelled and keeled, and broad ones distinctly flatter. In one 
or two forms the leaf.tips are reflexed and drooping. The scape, — 
