NARCIS'SUS BI'COLOR. 
TWO-COLOURED NARCISSUS. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOOYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
AMARYLLIDEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Spain. 
15 inches. 
May. 
Perennial. 
in 1629. 
No. 368. 
The Greek word, narke, signifying stupor, is 
the base on which the name of our present genus 
was built. The narcotic perfume of the flowers oc- 
casioned its application. The term bicolor, two- 
coloured, is at once seen as applicable to this spe- 
cies. This is Mr. Haworth's Ajax bicolor. 
Mr. Haworth, the nicely-discriminating author of 
Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum, has published 
a Monograph of Narcissineae. He has divided this 
cumbrous group of plants into several genera, and 
very advantageously systemized the whole. Though 
we retain the old nomenclature, we shall always 
mention Mr. Haworth’s, that future readers of the 
Botanic Garden may not be inconvenienced when 
his new arrangement becomes duly appreciated and 
generally adopted. 
The fine yellow’ tubular crown and white perian- 
thium which are united in this flower, produce a 
handsome and bold effect. It is the Narcissus tubi- 
florus of Salisbury. 
This, like other bulbous plants, should not be dis- 
turbed whilst in a state of growth. When the leaves 
are decayed the bulbs may be removed. 
Salisbury’s Prodromus. 
