NARCISSUS INTERJEC'TUS. 
GREAT CURLED-CUPPED NARCISSUS. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
AMARYLLIDEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
S. Europe. 
1 foot. 
April. 
Perennial. 
in 1810. 
No. 412. 
For the derivation of Narcissus, see 225. Inter- 
jectus, from the Latin, intervening, a term given by 
Mr. Haworth, to indicate its character as between 
two established species. This plant is the Philo- 
gyne interjecta, of that gentleman’s arrangement. 
This is a free-flowering species, which exhibits 
great gaiety amongst its welcome companions of 
the vernal month in which it flowers. Furnished, 
as the world now is, with concentrated preparations 
of all sorts, for medicinal purposes, we need not re- 
fer every vegetable simple to its table of supposed 
virtues, as did the ancients. Galen and his fol- 
lowers studied plants only to ascertain their medi- 
cinal properties; and Gerard notes the virtues of 
almost all that he mentions. Thus, the Narcissus 
is alluded to. “Galen saith, that the rootes of Nar- 
cissus haue such woonderful qualities in drying, that 
they consound, and glue togither verie great gashes 
or cuts, as happen about the vaines, sinewes, and 
tendons. They have also, a certain wiping, cleans- 
ing, and attracting falcultie.” 
The Narcissus inter jectus may be planted in any 
common soil. A cool situation should be preferred. 
Haworth’s Narcis. Monog. 
