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amaryllidacea:. 
tube tinged with green, the peduncle from i to | 
an inch long, as well as in the length of the style. 
Mr. Haworth states that in rich soil this flower 
attains an unusual length, but I have not seen it in 
such a state. 
Mr. Haworth notices three seminal varieties of Pseudo- 
narcissus, differing in having the limb paler in different de- 
grees, and he distinguished another as a species under the 
name Serratus, with three variations, the cup being specified 
as serrate, though he also calls the cup of Pseudonarcissus 
serrate ; and the only difference that can be extracted from 
his characters of Pseudonarcissus and Serratus are that the 
limb of the former is equal to the cup, and the latter shorter, 
though with his usual inconsistency he has a variety of Ser- 
ratus limb nearly equal. The uncertainty of that feature 
has been stated above. 
I am informed by a gentleman, who has paid much atten- 
tion to the wild bulbs of Italy, that Pseudonarcissus in the 
vicinity of Naples is oftener found in a wild state with 
double than with single flowers. Such plants, I think, must 
be vestiges of ancient horticulture. I am also told that 
there are many variations of this plant peculiar to different 
localities in Italy. 
3. Bicolor. — Linn. Sys. ed. 2. Filamenta prope tubi 
basin adnata, insequalitate fere obsoleta ; stylo vix 
semunciam corona breviore. Tube about half an 
inch long, or 1-1 6th more, very pale; petals very 
little narrower than the sepals; cup yellow, imper- 
fectly lobed ; style about half an inch shorter than 
the cup ; filaments adnate near the base of the 
tube, with the inequality almost obsolete. See 
PI. 38. f. 36. 38. 39. 
Linnaeus’s specimen of N. bicolor has the tube only ^ 
long, and probably belongs to the next closely allied species, 
but his comparison of the plant with Ps. nar. (ed. 2.) points 
to this species with the longer tube. There is no reason for 
supposing that he founded the species on the specimen in his 
herbarium, when that is found to disagree with his published 
description, and it would be inconvenient to reverse the 
names at present in use. 
Var. 1. Lorifolius. — Haw. N. bicolor. Bot. Mag. 29. 
1187. Flower sw eet, but not so fragrant as brevi- 
