Pl.etid.ph. 19. AMAR\ LLIDEiE. 128. Narcissus. 191 
1. Narcissus m a jails. May narcissus. 
Leaves erect, obtusely keeled, rather curved, glaucous; 
loles of the perigonium imbricate, laterally deflexed, crown- 
ed ; crown yellow, minutely plaited ; edge rather scariose, 
white, slender; outer edge scarlet, crenulate; stigma as 
long as the shorter stamens. 
Narcissus medio purpureus, Ger.em. 123. 
Narcissus medio purpureus maximus, Park. Par. 76. 
Narcissus poeticus, Lin. S. P. 414 ? 
Narcissus majalis, Curtis But. Mag. 193. 
Narcissus patellaris, Salisb. Prod. 225. 
Poets ’ narcissus. Purple circled daffodil. 
Sandy heaths and fields ; perennial ; May. 
Leaves about one-third in. broad, edge reflexed ; scape 
erect; spathe 1 -flowered, often 2-lobed ; jloiver upright, 
very fragrant, snow white; crown scarlet edged. 
2. Narcissus liflorus. Two-flowered narcissus . 
Leaves acutely keeled ; crown entirely yellow ; spathe 2 
or 3-flowered ; scape kneed before flowering. 
Narcissus medio luteus vulgaris, Rail Syn. 371, 2j Park. 74. 
Narcissus uiedio luteus, Ger. em. 124,7. 
Narcissus poeticus, Huds. FI. Angl. 141. 
Narcissus biflorus, Curtis Bot. Mag. 197. 
Narcissus cothurnalis, Salisb. Prod. 225. 
Pale narcissus. Primrose peerless. Common white daffodil. 
Sandy fields ; perennial ; April and May. 
Edge of the leaves turned in ; scape upright ; spathe not 
notched ; flowers drooping, sweet-smelling, yellowish white. 
II. 129. AJAX. R. A. Salisbury. Daffodil . 
Perigonium funnelshape, limb spreading, 6-parted, as 
long as the crown ; crown large, cupshape ; tube topshape, 
shorter than the lobes; stamens 6, free, equal, threadshape, 
inserted at the base of the tube, or slightly adnate to the 
sides, often 3 times as short as the crown; anthers linear, 
long. — Herb bulbose ; lull tunicated, rounded below, con- 
cave above ; leaves 2-rowed, strapsbape, thick, ribbed, 
streaked, flat, channelled, more or less glaucous, mostly 
upright before flowering ; scape upright, 2-edged ; spathe 
membranaceous, 1 or 2-flowered ; flower yellow. 
1. Ajax fenestralis. Window daffodil. 
Scape 2-edged, roundish, straight, striated ; outer lobes 
elliptical, lanceolate, scarcely longer than the tube; crown 
straight, crenate, serrate, the length of the lobes. 
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