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different from any of those we have now in cultivation. No- 
thing can better shew the unsettled state of Linnaeus’s mind 
concerning the Narcissi, than his specimen of N. tenuior first 
marked by him trilobus, which name he afterwards erased 
and substituted Tazetta ! 
Var. 3. Calathina minor. — PI. 39. f. 9. Flower con- 
siderably smaller, but similar in its proportions. 
Var. 4. Rugulosa. Haw. — PI. 39. f. 11. Leaf rounded, 
and not keeled on the back, strongly nerved, more 
concave than heminalis ; segments wider and more 
patent ; cup more distinctly lobed. Flowers three 
or less. Tube f, cup about i, limb nearly one 
inch ; sepals ll-16ths, petals 9-16ths wide. 
Var. 5. Interjecta. Haw. — PI. 39. f. 10. Leaf like rugu- 
losa ; lobes of the cup more curled ; tube f , cup 
about limb about an inch long ; sepals petals 
half an inch wider. 
Var. 6. Heminalis. Haw. — PI. 39. f. 12. Leaf ^ of an 
inch wide, keeled, strongly nerved on the back, 
fiat with upstanding margins in front ; scape 
roundly two-edged; tube about 11-1 6ths, slender 
at the bottom, much enlarged upwards ; limb near 
an inch long, cup \ or more, plaited, irregularly 
and not deeply six-lobed; perianth of a deeper 
yellow than any other variety; very fragrant. 
Subvar. Heminalis, minor. — Similar in all parts, but 
smaller; leaf not 3-16ths wide. 
Var. 7. Triloba. — PL 39. f. 13. Leaf as in rugulosa; 
tube f , cup or more, slightly three-lobed ; se- 
pals 9-16ths, petals 5-16ths wide. 
Subvar. Laeta. Curtisii. Haw. — PI. 39. f. 14. Rather 
smaller than the last, and less conspicuous, and 
only distinguishable as an inferior variety. 
No reasonable person, after comparing the exact repre- 
sentations of these flowers in plate 39 of this work, will differ 
from me in considering them to be varieties of one species. 
6. Juncifolia. — PI. 43. f. 1. Requien. Spec. herb. Ben- 
tliam. I find three varieties of this little plant in 
Mr. Bentliam’s herbarium. Leaves very narrow, 
1-3 flowered, flower bright yellow, limb about 
