84. AMARYLLIDACE. 317 
Order LXXXTV. AMARYLLIDACEA. 
Stam. 6. Anth. bursting inwards. Otherwise like IRIDACE A. 
1. Narcissus. Perianth 6-parted, spreading, with equal seg- 
ments, and a bellshaped crown within. Stam. alternately 
shorter, within the crown. 
2. Levcosum. Perianth 6-parted, bellshaped, the segments 
all equal and thickened at their points. Stam. equal. 
3. GaLantuus. Perianth 6-parted, 3 outer segments spread- 
ing, 3 inner shorter erect emarginate. Stam. equal, subulate. 
1. Narcissus Linn. 
*1. N. bdiflorus (Curt.); 1. linear obtuse “acutely” (Sm.) 
‘ obtusely ” (Koch) keeled, scape compressed 2-edged striated 
2-flowered, crown very short concave crenate at the pale (white) 
margin.—E, B. 276. R. ix. 365.—Pet. of a pale sulphur-colour. 
—Sandy fields in the south. P. IV. V. E. I. 
(2. N. poeticus (L.); 1. linear obtuse obtusely keeled, scape 
compressed 2-edged mostly 1-flowered, crown very short con- 
cave crenate at the red margin.—E. B. 275. R. ix. 364.—Pet. 
white, broadly ovate, crown yellow. Heathy open fields on a 
sandy soil. Norf., Kent. P. V.] E. 
3. N. Pseudo-narcissus (L.); 1. lmear obtuse not keeled, scape 
2-edged 1-flowered, segments of perianth scarcely longer than 
tube, crown bellshaped crisped at the margin and crenate as long 
as the perianth, pedicel within the spath short.—Z. B. 17. R. ix. 
369.—Fl. large, yellow Woods and thickets. P. III. IV. Daf- 
fodil. 
[N. lobularis (Schult.); “segments of perianth exactly twice 
as long as tube, crown 6-lobed.”” Tenby.—N. minor (L.) ; “ crown 
6-lobed as long as the perianth, pedicel long.” Below Penrice 
Castle, Glam.—N. incomparabilis (Curt.); crown erect $ as long 
as perianth, otherwise like No. 3. In several places in the south. 
These are not native plants. | 
2. Levucosum Linn. Snowflake. 
tl. L. estivum (L.); spath many-flowered, style thickened up- 
wards.—E. B. 621. R. ix. 362.—Bulbous. Height 2—2} feet. 
Fl. white, drooping, tips greenish. L. broadly linear, keeled. 
Scape 2-edged. Spath usually as long as the flowers.—Wet 
meadows. P.V. Summer Snowflake. E. 
