Narcissus. — LEUcOJtrM. 347 



spreading, with equal segments, and a bellshaped crown 

 ■within. Stam. alternately shorter, within the crown. 



2. Leucojum. Perianth bellshaped, 6- parted ; segments all 

 equal and thickened at their points. Stam. equal. 



3, Galanthus. Perianth 6-parted, 3 outer segments spread- 

 ing, 3 innershorter erect emarginate. Stam. equal, subulate. 



1. Naecis'stts Liwn,. 



tl. N. hi/l&rui (Curt.) ; 1. linear blunt slightly keeled, scape 

 compressed 2-edged striate 1 — 2-flowered, croWn vel:y short 

 concave crenate at the pale (ultimately white) margin. — E. B. 

 276, R. ix. 365. — Pet. of a pale sulphur-colour. — Sandy fields 

 in the South. A doubtful native. P. IV. V. E. I. 



[2. N. poet'icus (L.) ; 1. linear blunt slightly keeled, scape 

 compressed 2-edged mostly 1-flowered, crown very short concave 

 crenate at the red margin. — E. B. 275. B. is. 364. — ^Pet. white, 

 broadly ovate, crown yellow. — Heathy open fields on a sandy 

 soU. Norf., Kent. P. V.] E. 



3. N. Pseudo-narcis'sm (L.) ; 1. linear blunt not keeled, scape 

 2--edged 1-flowered, perianth-segm. scarcely exceeding tube, 

 crown bellshaped crisped at the margin and crenate equalling 

 the perianth, pedicel within the spath short. — E. B. 17. B. ix. 

 369. — L. 2 or 3, scarcely a foot long. Fl. large, yellow. — Open 

 woods and pastures. P. III. IV. Daffodil. E. S. 



[iV. Ivbuldris (Schult.) ; " perianth-segm. exactly twice as long 

 as tube, crown 6-lobed." Tenby. — iVi minor (L.) ; " crown 6- 

 lobed equalling the perianth, pedicel long." Penrice Castle, 

 Glam. — N. incomparab'ilis (Curt.) Sy. E. B. 1502 ; crown erect 

 5 as long as perianth, otherwise like Sp. 3. In several places 

 in the South. — These are not native plants.] 



2. Leitoo'jttm Linn. Snowflake. 



tl. Ij. isstivum (L.) ; spath many-flowered, style thickened 

 upwards.— J^. B. 621. B. ix. 362.— Bulbous. Height 2— 2^ 

 feet. Fl. sestival, white, drooping ; tips greenish. L. broadly 

 linear, keeled, hibernal. Scape 2-edged. — Wet meadows. P. 

 V. E. 



t2. L. ver'mim (L.) ; .spath 1-flowered, style thickened up- 

 wards.— Sy. E. B. 1506. J. of B. iv. t. 49.— Bulbous. Height 

 8 — 10 inches. L. and white drooping flowers vernal. — ^Near 

 Bridport and Bicester. P. H.— IV. E. 



