AMARYLLIDACE^ 275 



Royal Horf. Soc. (191 1), Part i, illustrating a paper by Monsieur 

 Correvon on Alpine Gardens. 



Narcissus angustifoUus Curtis. 



This is perhaps only an Alpine variety of the last, with narrower 

 leaves, and rather smaller flowers with narrower divisions. 



It is found in meadows of the Swiss Alps, sub- Alps, and Jura, 

 and descends to the plain. 



Narcissus biflorus Curtis. 



Flowers usually in pairs, cream-coloured, sweet-scented. Perianth- 

 tube slender, about an inch long, segments rather shorter, oval ; 

 crown very short, concave or broadly cup-shaped, slightly crenate, 

 yellow. 



Meadows in Southern and Western Europe, Italy, Tyrol. April, 

 May. 



Introduced into England. In Switzerland it is probably native 

 about Bex, Locarno, Bellinzona, and several places in Valais. 



Narcissus incomparabilis Miller. 



Leaves almost flat. Perianth segments pale yellow, twice as 

 long as the lobed corona. 



In Switzerland found only near Lugano and at one or two places 

 in Valais. It is native in Provence, Italy, and Spain. 



Galanthus L. 

 Galanthus nivalis L. Snowdrop. 



The snowdrop is found occasionally in Swiss meadows, orchards, 

 and thickets, and flowers in February and March ; but it barely 

 reaches the sub-alpine regions. 



Distribution. — Central and Southern Europe, extending eastward 

 to the Caucasus and northward to Central Germany. In Britain 

 probably not indigenous. 



Leucojum L. 

 Like Galanthus, but scape 1-6 flowered. Petals larger. Leaves 

 more numerous and broader. 



Leucojum vernum L. Spring Snowflake. 



Stem 8-18 inches high, springing from a rather large bulb and 

 bearing a handsome, white, usually solitary blossom, drooping and 

 scented. Style broadly club-shaped. The ' petals ' usually have a 

 greenish yellow spot at the top, as dp those of the Summer Snow- 

 flake. Corolla campanulate, with free divisions. 



Damp meadows and woods in the mountains and lower Alps. 

 Widely spread in Switzerland, flowering in February and March, 

 and sold in the market at Geneva, etc. 



Distribution, — Central Europe. 



