Narcissus. ] LXXXIII. AMARYLLIDEA. 453 
I, NARCISSUS. NARCISSUS. 
Flowers either solitary or several together, from a terminal spatha. 
Perianth with a distinct tube above the ovary, and 6 usually spreading 
segments, with a cup-shaped or tubular, coloured crown inside, round 
the orifice of the tube. 3 
A well-defined and very natural genus, chiefly south European, not 
extending into Asia beyond the Caucasus, and probably containing but 
few real species, although some botanists, availing themselves of the 
most trifling characters, observed chiefly in cultivated varieties, have 
proposed the breaking it up into 15 or more genera, with above a 
hundred species. 
Flowers solitary, the crown broadly tubular, as long as the 
segments ; . Ll. N, Pseudonarcissus. 
Flowers usually 2, the crown very ‘short and concave . 2. N. diftorus. 
Several other cultivated species have occasionally established them- 
selves for a time in the vicinity of gardens, particularly NV. poeticus, 
from the Mediterranean region, which is near N. biflorus, but has 
- usually a solitary flower, of a pure white, except the crown, which is 
yellow, often edged with orange or crimson. . 
1. N. Pseudonarcissus, Linn. (fig. 1024). Daffodil, Daffy-down- 
dilly, Lent Lily.—Bulb rather large. Leaves usually 2 or 3, seldom a 
foot long, from 4 to 6 lines broad, of a bluish green. Stem rather 
taller, with a single large, scentless, yellow flower. Perianth-tube 
about an inch long, wider at the top; the segments ovate or oblong, of 
the length of the tube ; the crown very conspicuous, broadly tubular, 
often longer than the segments, and slightly 6-lobed, or waved at the 
edge. 
In meadows and mountain pastures, dispersed over the greater part 
of temperate Europe, especially France and Spain. Abundant in many 
parts of England, but often only as an escape from cultivation, as it 
_ soon establishes itself in great quantities in a meadow where it was once 
introduced ; in Scotland and Ireland only where introduced. Fi. early 
spring. It varies much in size and intensity of colour of the flower, and 
the relative size of the crown. 
2. N. biflorus, Curt. (fig. 1025). Primrose Peerless—Much resembles 
the Daffodil in stature and foliage, except that it is rather stouter and 
taller. Flowers usually 2 together, of a pale straw-colour, or nearly 
white, and sweet-scented. Perianth-tube slender, about an inch long ; 
the segments rather shorter, oval or oblong; the crown very short, con- 
cave or broadly cup-shaped, yellow, slightly crenate at the edge. 
In meadows, in southern and western Europe, chiefly Spain and 
western France, In Britain, much cultivated in cottage gardens, and 
naturalised in some western and southern counties. Fl. spring. 
II. GALANTHUS. SNOWDROP. 
A single species, distinguished as a genus from Leucotum by the inner 
perianth-segments being shorter than the outer ones, and by the finely 
pointed anthers opening at the top only. 
1. G, nivalis, Linn. (fig. 1026). Common S.—Bulb rather small. 
