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the typical NV. incompardbilis, but differing in its leaves 
being very concave, flowers bright yellow, very fragrant and 
rarely solitary. A native of the South of Europe. 
9. NV. juncifolius, a very small plant with terete leaves and 
bright yellow flowers, from the South of Europe. It blooms 
in April. 
10. VN. dibiws, similar to the last, but having pure white 
flowers, not known in English gardens. 
ll. NV. Tazétta.— This is the commonest of the several- 
flowered Daffodils, and is very prolific in forms. It is found in 
a wild state from the South of Europe, through Syria and North 
India, to China and Japan. It blooms in March or April, and 
has flattened scapes, with fragrant flowers. The forms are 
arranged by Mr. Baker in three series, characterised as follows : 
1. Segments of the limb white, crown yellow; which includes 
N. laeticolor, N. polydnthus, N. Mediterraneus, and N. ochro- 
leicus. 2. Crown and segments of the limb both pure white ; 
includes NV. papyraceus and N. Panizzianus. 3. Crown and 
segments of the limb both yellow; contains WN. Itdlicus, 
N. aireus, and N. chrysénthus. 
12. N. gracilis—A plant about a foot high with sub-terete 
leaves and yellowish or nearly white flowers, well known in 
cultivation, and supposed to be of hybrid origin. 
13. WN. intermédius.—lIs a native of Spain and the South of 
France. It has the same cup-shaped crown as the last two, 
differing from Tazétta in its sub-terete leaves, and from grécilis 
in its smaller flowers. 
14. NV. pachybélbos comes from Algeria, but does not appear 
to be in cultivation. 
15. N. Jonquilla. Jonquil—A native of the Mediter- 
ranean region. It has been confounded with N. juncifolius, 
but it is much more robust in habit, with larger more nume- 
rous flowers, and a crown considerably shorter in proportion to 
the limb. The flowers are invariably of a beautiful bright 
yellow, and very fragrant. It is often seen with double 
flowers. 
16. NW. bifldrus.—A very common species with white flowers, 
haying a yellow rim to the crown. It is often met with in a 
wild state in this country and on the Continent. 
17. N. poéticus (fig. 240).—From the South of Europe, and 
one of the prettiest species of the genus, the flowers being pure 
white with a scarlet border to the crown. There are several 
