338 84. AMABTtLIDACE^. 



Order LXXXlV. AMART^LLIDACE^. 

 Stam. 6. Anth. bursting inwards. Otherwiselike IMIDACS^. 



1. Narcissus. Periantli tubular below ; limb 6-parted, 

 spreading, with equal segments, and a bellshaped crown 

 witbin. Stam. alternately shorter^ within the crown. 



2. LET7C0.TUM. Perianth bell^aped, 6-parted ; segments all 

 equaland thickened at their points. Stam. equal. 



3. Galanthus. Perianth 6-parted, 3 outer segments spread- 

 ing, 3 inner shorter erect emarginate. Stam. equal, subulate. 



1. Waecis'stjs Linn. 



1. iV. bifidrm (Curt.); 1. linear hlimt slightly keeled, scape 

 compressed 2-edged striate 1- — 2-fltowered, crown very short 

 concave crenate at the pale (ultimately white)^margin. — S. £. 

 276. -ffi. ix. 365. — Pet. of a pale sulphur-colour.— Sandy fields 

 in the South. P. IV: V. E.I. 



[2. iV; poetieus (L.) ; 1. linear blunt slightly; keeled, scape 

 compressed 2-edged mostly 1-flowered, crown very short concave 

 crenate at the red margin. — E. B. 275. jB. ix. 364. — Pet. white, 

 broadly ovate, crown yeUow.^ — Heathy open fields on a sandy 

 soil. Norf., Kent. P. V.] E. 



3. N. Pseudo^aarcis'sus (L.) ; 1. linear blunt not keeled, scape 

 2-edged 1-flowered, perianth-segm., scarcely exceeding tube, 

 crown bellshaped crisped at the margin and crenate equalling 

 the perianth, pedicel within the spath short. — JE. B. 17. iJ. ix. 

 o69.' — L.|2 or 3,, scarcely a foot long. Fl. large, yellow. — Open 

 woods and pastures. P. III. IV. DaffoM. E. S. 



[iV. lohuldris (Schult.) ; ''perianth-segm. exactly twice as long 

 as tube, crown 6-lobed." Tenby:-^iV. minor (L.) ; " crown 6- 

 lobed equalling the perianth, pedicel long." Penrice Castle, 

 (rlam. — N. incomparah'ilis (Curt.); crown erect \ as long as 

 pei-ianth, otherwise like Sp. 3. In several places in the South. 

 — These are not native plants.] 



2. Lettco'jttm: Linn. Snowflake. 



tl. L. eEstimtm (L.) ; spath many-flowered, style thickened up- 

 wards.— ^. B. 621. B. ix. 362.— Bulbous. Height 2— 2^ feet, 

 n. whiti, drooping ; tips greenish. L. broadly linear, keeled. 

 Scape 2-edged. — Wet meadows. P. V. E. 



12. L. ver'num (L.) ; spath 1-flowered, style thickened up- 

 wards. — Seem. J. ofB. iv. t. 49. — Bulbous. Heights — 10 inches. 

 FL white, drooping.— Near Bridport. P. II. — IV. E. 



