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the same plant as Ruiz and Pavon's. Messrs. Li: e and 

 Kennedy cultivate it in a pot of sandy loam, on the shelf 

 of their stove, where it flowered in February and again in 

 April last year. The crown is occasionally extended a little 

 beyond the attachments of the filaments, as in Narcissus. 



Ajax P y g m iE u s . MSS. Narcissus minor. Brot.Fl. Lus.v. 1. 

 p. 549.— Curt, in Bot. Mag. n. 6. cum Ic.—Linn. Sp. Pl.ed. 2. 

 p. 415. auctoritate ejus specimifiis. Narcissus exiguus. Prodr. 

 p. 220. Pseudo-narcissus Hispanicus luteus minimus. Park. 

 Par. p. 105. Bulbocodium minus. J. Bauh. Hist. PL v. 2. p. 

 597. Narcissus Hyspanicus puuiilius, &c. Theatr. Fl. t. 20. 

 Narcissus totus luteus montanus minimus. Besl. Hort. Eystt. 

 Vern. 3. Ord.fol. f. 2. Narcissus totus luteus Hispanicus 

 pumilius. Vallet. Jard. cum Ic. Pseudo-narcissus minor, &c. 

 Clus.Hist. PI. Lib. 2. p. 165. Pseudo-narcissi genus admo- 

 dum exile. Clus. Stirp. Pami. p. 194. lin. 2. 



A hardy species, which has been cultivated here since the 

 time of Parkinson, thriving in almost any soil and situa- 

 tion. It grows wild, near lakes, amon'g the high mountains 

 of Gerez, in Portugal. 



Ajax Cuneiflorus. MSS. Narcissus Pumilus. Prodr. 

 p. 220. Pseudo-narcissus Hispanicus minor luteus. Park. 

 Par. p. 105. Narcissus Hispanicus minor luteus amplo calice 

 reflexis foliis luteis. Theat. Fl. t. 20. Narcissus Pumilus. Pass. 

 Hort. Hyem. p. 8. cum Ic. Pseudo-narcissus minor luteus 

 repens. Besl. Hort. Eystt. Vern. 3. Ord.fol. 5.f. 4. 



This is a difficult species to preserve, except in pure loam, 

 and had been lost in our gardens many years, till 1782, when 

 Messrs. Lee and Kennedy imported some hundreds of 

 bulbs from Holland. A parcel of these, taken up when in 

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