KEY TO THE DAFFODILS 221 



B. Leaves broad and flat. 



C. Flowers large: height a foot or more, hardy. 

 D. Blossoms not drooping. 



E. Petals generally yellow, sometimes white. 

 F. Cup a third or more the length of the petals. 

 7. N. incomparabilis. 

 FF. Cup a fourth to a third of the length of the 



petals 8. N. Barrii. 



FFF. Cup nearly as long as the petals. 



9. N. Backhousei. 

 EE. Petals always white. 



F. Cup white to. N. Leedsii. 



FF. Cup orange-scarlet: crown half as long as 



the petals 11. N. Bernardi. 



FFF. Cup yellow, sometimes tinged orange: 



crown more than half as long as the petals, 



12. N. Nelsoni. 



DD. Blossoms drooping 13. N. montanus. 



CC. Flowers small: height four to nine inches: for 



pots or rockeries 14. N. Macleaii. 



BB. Leaves narrow, rush-like. 



C. Petals reflexed 15. N. triandrus. 



CC. Petals spreading horizontally. 



D. Flowers large: height twelve to twenty-two 

 inches: petals not imbricated: hardy. 



16. N. odorus. 

 DD. Flowers small: height three to four inches: 

 petals imbricated: for pots or rockeries. 



17. N. juncifolius. 



AAA. The small-crowned or saucer daffodils: crown less 



than one-third as long as the petals: perianth tube 



much longer than the crown and narrow. 



B. Number of flowers about a dozen: only for indoor 



culture North. 



C. For pot culture 18. N. Tazetta. 



