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84. AJIAETLLIDACE^. 
Order LXXXIV. AMARYLLIDACE^. 
Stam. 6. Anth. bursting inwards. Otherwise like IRIDA CEJE. 
1. Nabcissus. Perianth tubular below; limb 6-parted, 
spreading, with equal segments, and a bellshaped crown 
within. Stam. alternately shorter, within the crown. 
2. Leucojum. Perianth bellshaped, 6-parted ; segments all 
equal and thickened at their points. Stam. equal. 
3. Galanthus. Perianth 6-parted, 3 outer segments spread- 
ing, 3 inner shorter erect emarginate. Stam. equal, subulate. 
1. N"aecis'stts Linn. 
1. N. bifl^rus (Curt.) ; 1. linear blunt slightly keeled, scape 
compressed 2-edged striate 1 — 2-flowered, crown very short 
concave crenate at the pale (ultimately white) margin. — U. B. 
276. R. ix. 365. — Pet. of a pale sulplim--colom-. — Sandy fields 
in the South. P. IV. V. E.I. 
[2. N. poet'icus (L.;) ; 1. linear blunt slightly 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-narcis'sus (L.) ; 1. linear blunt not keeled, scape 
2-edged 1-flowered, periantb-segm. scarcely exceeding tube, 
crown bellshaped crisped at the margin and cxenate equalling 
the perianth, pedicel witjiin the spath short. — E. B. 17. R. ix. 
369. — L. 2 or 3, scarcely a foot long. Fl. large, yellow. — Open 
woods and pastures. P.m. IV. DaffodU. E:S. 
\_N. lobiddris (Schult.) ; " perianth-segra. exactly tvnce as 
long as tube, crown 6-lobed." Tenby. — N. minor (L.); " crown 
6-lobed equalling the perianth, pedicel long." Penrice Castle, 
Grlam. — N. incomparah'ilis (Cui-t.) ; crown erect \ as long as 
perianth, otherwise like Sp. 3. In several places in the South. 
— These are not native plants.] 
2. Leuco'jum Linn. Snowflake. 
fl. L. (estivumi'L.); spath manv-flowered, style thickened up- 
wards.— -E. B. 621. R. ix. 362.— l3ulbous. Height 2— 2i feet. 
Fl. white, drooping ; tips greenish. L. broadly linear, keeled. 
Scape 2-edged. — Wet meadows. P. V. E. 
3. Galan'thus Linn. Snowdrop. 
1. G.nivdHs(L.).—E.B.19. iZ. ix. SaS.— Bulbous. Fl.solitaiT, 
white, tlroopiug ; iuner segments greenish. L. 2, keeled, broadly 
linear, glaucous. — Thickets. P. II. III. E. b. 
