36 NARCISSUS POETICUS AND ITS ALLIES 
3. NARCISSUS HELLENIOUS, noy. spec. 
Narcissus hellenicus, nov. spec. N. “ poeticus of Linnxus ” 
ap. Barr in Fl. and Pomol., 101 (1884) et hort. 
Bulbus ovoideus vel ovoideo-elongatus, in hortis 25-30 mm. 
circa 13 mm. lata, medio viridi marginibusque haud angustis 
coccineis infra quos circulus angustus albidus denique explicatus 
est pallide it in dimidi i 
inclusis; stylus stamina longiora fere sequans. Fructus circa 
mm. longus, subglobosus, haud triangularis, vix sulcatus. 
Habitat, ut videtur, in regione Montis Pindi Grecie 
borealis. 
Bulb ovoid or ovoid-elongate, 25-30 mm. in diameter when 
cultivated, tinted with de own. Leaves broad and erect, 
shaped with margins ascending from a broad, flat centre, 
relatively large, about 13 mm. broad, pale yellow with a green 
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margin. Stamens unequal, with three anthers slightly exserted 
and three included; style nearly equalling the longer stamens. 
Fruit about 16 mm. long, subglobose, not trigonous and scarcely 
d. 
. This plant, remarkable for its corabination of a robust habit 
with small but finely formed flowers, does not appear to have 
een known until recent. years in horticulture, and it has ne 
hitherto been botanically described. It is reasonably certain ' 
it is indigenous in the region of Mt. Pindus, in Nort 
