MYEOSMA 



THE BULB BOOK 



NAECISSUS 



Greece, witli clusters of blue flowers 

 like M. hotryoides, only being much 

 larger, and appearing rather later in 

 spring {Bef. Bot. t. 172; Gartenfl. t. 

 1199, A.). 



M. Maweanum. — An Armenian 

 Grape Hyacinth, with dense clusters 

 of clear light blue flowers on stalks 

 less than 6 ins. high. 



M. moschatum {M. svaveolens). — 

 This pretty little species from Asia 

 Minor is known as the " Musk Hya- 

 cinth." It has large roundish clusters 

 of sweet-scented flowers, changing 

 from purple to greenish-yellow tinted 

 with violet. {Bot. Mag. t. 734.) 



The variety flavvm (or M. macro- 

 carpum) is recognised by its larger 

 and looser clusters of yellowish 

 flowers with purple-tipped segments 

 {Bot. Mag. t. 1565). 



M. neglectum. — A species with 

 rather large bulbs, native of S. 

 Europe, and bearing dense clusters 

 of deep blue sweet-scented flowers 

 {Garden, August 1884). 



M, racemosum {Hyaamthus race- 

 mosus). — A native of England as well 

 as Europe and Asia Minor. It has 

 small bulbs, slender channelled leaves 

 6 to 9 ins. long, and short cylindrical 

 spikes of deep blue plum - scented 

 flowers. {Bot. Mag. t. 122.) 



M. Szovltslanum. — A rather large- 

 bulbed Caucasian species, having 

 dense clusters of faintly scented 

 bright blue fertile and pale blue 

 sterile blossoms {Bot. Mag. t. 6855). 



MYBOSMA {myron, fragrant ; omie, 

 smell). Nat. Ord. Scitaminese. — A 

 small genus of tuberous-rooted hot- 

 house plants, natives chiefly of 

 Tropical America, and closely related 

 to the Marantas and Galatheas. and 

 may be treated like those plants. 

 M. nana is remarkable for its dwarf 

 habit and very hairy leaves, with a 

 yellowish band down the midribs. 



The small white flowers are borne in 

 dense distichous spikes. {Gard. 

 Ghron. 1894, xv. 652.) 



N^GELIA (after Karl Ncegeli, an 

 eminent German botanist). Nat. 

 Ord. Gesneracese. — A small genus 

 closely related to Achimenes and 

 Isoloma, and like them having 

 rhizomes with scaly catkin-like tubers, 

 softly hairy leaves, and tubular 

 flowers borne in large trusses. 



The Nsegelias have been crossed 

 and intercrossed with the Isolomas 

 (including the Tydseas) and Achi- 

 menes, so much so that it has become 

 impossible to say to which genus the 

 garden forms belong. They are very 

 ornamental when in blossom, and are 

 useful for pot or basket culture. 

 The treatment is precisely the same 

 as described for Achimenes — which 

 see. Apart from the hybrid forms, 

 the following have been described 

 and figured as distinct species. They 

 are all natives of Central America, 

 Brazil, and Mexico. 



N. achlmenoides. — ^Flowers yellow- 

 ish-rose spotted with red. 



N. cinnabarlna (Gesnera). — Flowers 

 scarlet {Bot. Mag. t. 5036). 



N. multiflora. — Flowers white or 

 creamy-yellow {Bot. Mag. t. 5083). 



N. zebrlna. — Flowers bright orange- 

 scarlet {Bot. Mag. t. 3940). 



NARCISSUS (named by Linnaeus 

 after a Greek youth, who was changed 

 into the flower). Nat. Ord. Amaryl- 

 lidese. — The plants popularly known 

 as " Daffodils " belong to this genus, 

 but the name seems to be confined 

 generally to the large trumpet- 

 flowered varieties, while the small- 

 cupped forms like the Poet's Narciss 

 {N. poeticus) are usually called 

 Narcissus. 



The plants belonging to the genus 

 are recognised by their tunicated 



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