MONOGYNIA. 
3997 Segm. refl. imbr. at base. Cup expanded flat, Three anthers shorter than the tube, Leaves erect narrow 
3998 Lvs. I an inch broad glauc. at end rec. Seg. imbr. Cup plait, with scarlet rim, Stig. as long as inner stamens 
3999 Lvs. erect glauc. Seg. irabric. with|deflexed edges, Cup yel. minutely plaited, Stig. as long as inner stamens 
4C()0 Seg. horizontal obo. not imbric. Cup saucer-shaped with very red edge. Lower anth. half included in tube 
4001 Scape kneed before flowering usually 2-3-flowered, Cup all yellow 
4002 Very slender, Spathe 1-2-fl. Seg. white. Cup yellow cup-shaped 3 or 4 times as long as segm. 
400 ) About 3-flowered, Seg reflexed white, Cup spreading plaited crenulate yellow 
4004 Like N. Tazetta, differing in the 3-lobate cup, and in the edges of the upper leaves not being turned up 
4005 Flowers about 16, Seg. round- oval reflexed incurved white, Cup large straight yellow entire 
400i) Segm. white almost twice as long as the straight inflated nearly entire yellow cup 
4007 ^-S-fl. Cup very large thick truncate entire waxen twice as short as white segm. 
4008 Spathe many-flowcred. Cup camp, truncate shorter than petals. Leaves flat 
4009 Spathe 1-2-fl. Scape compr. 2-edged, Sepals spread, imbricated a little longer than truncated entire cup 
4010 About 10-fl. Seg. white round ov. thrice as long as pale yel. spread, irreg. cut cup, Scape striat. rounded 
4011 Few-flowered, Seg, stellate as long as tube. Cup cupulate crenate, Style within the crown 
4012 Many-flowered, Cor. bent back, Segm. stellate, Cup spreading cupulate slightly trifid 
4013 About 6-fl. Seg. round-ovate imbr. white. Cup citron spreading entire or lobed. Scape rounded below 
4014 Many-fl. Pedunc. nearly erect, Seg. imbr. 3 times as long as the erect eroded cup, Lvs. remarkably broad 
4015 Scape obtusely compressed smooth, Segm. very yellow ovate imbr. 3-4-times as long as cup 
4016 Like the last, but the cup is more entire and the leaves broader 
4017 Spathe l-3-flo\vered, Seg. reflexed spatulate. Cup much shorter than seg. saucer-shaped spreading crenate 
4018 12-18 inches high, Lvs. linear subulate chann. Scape rounded 1-2-fl. Ovary inflated, Fl. sulphur-colored 
4019 Leafless at flowering. Flowers green v/ith acute segm. 
4020 Spathe 1-flowered, Cup 6-parted very short. Leaves subulate 
4021 About 3-flow. Cup obsoletely curled outside obtusely angular not twice as short as seg. Scape 1^ ft. high 
4()22 Segm. of starry cor. distinct at base. Cup even distinctly 6-lobed 
4023 About 2-fl. Seg. refl pale yellow, twice as long as cup which is deeper col. trun. cylind. Style exserted 
4024 A slight variety of N. incomparabilis 
4025 1-7-fl. Leaves erect, Segm. reflexed lanceolate longer than cup which is cyathiform G-fid repand 
4026 All white. Cup twice as short as segm. which are reflexed 
4027 A very obscure plant of which no description is anywhere given 
4028 Cor. pendulous white with straight half-expanded segm. Cup cyathiform with a crenulate mouth 
4029 Segm. twisted stellate. Cup cyathiform much plaited twice as short as segm. 
4030 Sulphur-colored or nearly white, Cup turgid entire as long as segm. Style protruded. Leaves obtuse 
4031 Flower yellow. Crown turgid truncate entire. Style included, Leaves erect before flowering 
4032 Fl. yel. Crown inflated at the end contracted entire, Style exserted, Lvs. always spreading on the ground 
4033 Crown undulate lobed at end. Style included 
4034 Crown deeply 6-lobed, Style very long. Leaves shining erect before flowering 
4<>35 Segm. sulphur. Crown campanulate yellow at the end spreading 6-lobed, Lobes lubricated 
4036 Leaves flat and scape striated, Segm. much twisted shorter than crown. Germ. 6-furrowed 
4037 Leaves twisted. Scapes and germens smooth^ Segm. twisted the length of crown 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
of the species, is a diminution of juncus, a rush ; as Tazzetta-is of taxza, the Italian name for a cup. Thi 
a popular flower of great beauty, some species very fragrant, and all of them of the easiest culture. Ihey j 
force well, either in pots of earth or on glasses of water. Their forcing may be greatly accelerated by ret? 
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