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noticed in the gardens at Kew, which agree precisely with 
J. Bauhin’s description and figure, and the early diagnosis of 
apparently be recognised in N. recurvus Haworth, which seems 
tially different plant from N. majalis owing to its 
charataeeie foliage, peculiarly curved ideeine of unusually 
constant form, absence of white zone in the corona and larger, 
more trilobate fruits. The origin of this plant in cultivation is 
somewhat mysterious. It appears to have been unknown to the 
pree-Linnean writers, for despite its foliage agreeing with that of 
Gerard’s N. medio purpureus precocior, its late flowering precludes 
its identification with that form ; and while it may also recall 
Clusius’s N. latifolius vii, it is much more probable that this was 
correctly identified by Caspa ar Bauhin with his N. albus oe 
odore flore circulo pallido, Then, although N. recurvus was not 
Seated till 1812 by Haworth, who had first observed it cise 
pens hana by 1833, according to its describer, it had 
on English market flower, as it is at the present 
and it may not be aera grown unless 
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mentioned at the beginning of this paper, and M. Beauverd has 
quite recently informed me of its discovery in a third station, 
where it grows in company with Orchis sambucina. Herbarium 
specimens are sometimes not readily separable from N. majalis. 
A curious incident connected with N. recurvus is its association 
teas nee beg gee! English name ‘The old Pheasant’s Eye 
This 
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the recent Oxford ane (1909), where the earliest references 
quoted are Routledge’s Every Boy’s Annual, May, 1872, war a 
Westminster Cinatia hee 1898 ! Haworth called N. r 
the “drooping-leaved saffron-rim” and Barr inserted it i = hs 
List of 1884 as the . drooping-leaved ” but it a et as the “Old 
Pheasant’s Eye” in Barr’s trade catalogue o war. 3. G. 
Baker tells me aa he has no knowledge of this as an old name 
for any Narcissus, and I am unable to trace any real evidence of 
its former use although it may have been a local appellation in 
certain southern counties. Its application to Narcissi is seared 
Journat or Borany, Nov. 1915. (SuppLeMEnt oh) 
