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Pyrenean district. — Whitish, or primrose- 

 yellow. 



Var. MoNOPHYLLA (or Clusii). Algiers. — 

 White. Winter-flowering. 



Var. CiTRiNA. S. France. — Sulphur- 

 yellow. Rather larger than the type. 



Var. Nivalis. Mountains of Asturias and 

 Central Spain, and in Portugal. — Deep yellow 

 flowers. 

 (2) Ajax (Pseudo-Narcissus) (Trumpet Daffo- 

 dils). A species having its home from Sweden and 

 England to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Transyl- 

 vania. Known by the long trumpet-like crown, 

 oblong perianth segments, and flat bluish-green 

 leaves. Cultivators, for convenience sake, generally 

 divide this species with its six sub-species [see 

 below] into three divisions, viz., Self-yello'w Ajax, 

 Bicolor Ajax, White and Sulphur Ajax. Under 

 " Self-yellow Ajax" are ranged the various forms of 

 the four sub-species, Major, Minor, Muticus, 

 Cyclamineus, and some of the connecting links 

 betiveen Major and the type. Under " Bicolor Ajax^^ 

 come most of the forms of the type species, the 

 sub-species Bicolor, and connecting links between 

 the type and Moschatus. Under " White and Sulphur 

 Ajax" are placed the sub-species Moschatus, and 

 also the Pyrenean form of the type, Pallidus Pracox. 

 In cultivation the White Ajax are delicate, the 

 Bicolors easily grown. Of the Self-yellow Ajax some 

 are uncertain, some very easily grown. 



N.B. — The "long-crown" hybrids, resulting 

 from various crosses between N. Pseudo-Narcissus 

 and N. Triandrus, viz., the natural hybrid N. 

 Johnstoni, and such garden hybrids as N. " Snow- 

 drop," N. " Ada," etc., etc., seem to require more 

 definite classification than they have yet received. 



