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France, through Italy to Dalmatia, and in Algeria. 

 Long, bright-green, rush-like leaves, deeply chan- 

 nelled down the middle ; two to six flowered ; 

 bright self-yellow flowers ; perianth segments 

 spreading and scarcely imbricated, three or four 

 times as long as the saucer-shaped crown. Varies 

 in habit, but is readily distinguished from Odorus 

 by its narrower segments and flatter crown, and 

 from Juncifolius by its much larger size and rela- 

 tively small crown. Does well in a warm, open 

 border in rich soil. 



The double form, Jonquilla Jlore plena, 

 rarely does well in the open border, but 

 is very fine under glass. 

 Var. Minor, dwarf form from south of Spain 

 and Algeria. 



Var. Stellaris with perianth segments 

 lance-shaped and reflexing. 



Sub-species — Jonquilloides. Crown more 

 than half as long as the segments, which are 

 imbricated. 

 (3) N. Tazetta {Polyanthus Narcissus). A 

 species remarkable for its great variability, and 

 also for its very widely extended geographical 

 distribution — viz., from the Canary Isles and Por- 

 tugal through S. Europe and N. Africa to Syria, 

 Persia, Cashmere, India, as far as China and Japan. 

 Has long been naturalised in the mild climate of 

 the Scilly Isles and Cornwall. Flat glaucous 

 leaves. Usually four to eight flowered in the 

 type. Perianth segments white, imbricated and 

 spreading horizontally ; the shallow cup-shaped 

 crown yellow and small relatively to the segments. 

 This species is probably the Narcissus of the 

 Greek classical writers. 



Its sub-species (which cannot be par- 



