NARCISSUS MOSCHATUS.— THE LONG-FLOWERED DAFFODIL. 
Class VI. HEXANDRIA. Order I. MONOGYNIA . 
Natural Order, AMARYLLIDEH5. THE NARCISSUS TRIBE. 
Calyx none. Petals six, egg-shaped, pointed, flat, attached to the outside of the tube of the nectary, above 
the base. Nectary of one leaf, cylindrical below, funnel-shaped above, with a coloured border. Fila- 
ments awl-shaped, attached to the tube of the nectary, short. Anthers linear. Germen inferior, roundish, 
with three blunt corners. Style thread-shaped, triangular, longer than the stamens. Stigma three-cleft. 
Capsule roundish, with three blunt corners, three-celled, three- valved. Seeds numerous, globular. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. Narcissus moschatus (staminibus eequalibus a fundo tubi 
liberis porrecto-conniventibus) foliis loratis concavis ceesiis; flore solitario subcernuo; tubo turbinato 
brevi longitudine pedunculi cum germine ; laciniis lanceolato oblongis obliquis ; corona recto cylindrica, 
vertiliter subplicatorugosa ; iisdem longiore, sursum parum ampliata. 
In species evidently taken up from figures, often defective, in which distinct ones have been confounded 
together as synonymous to each other, then trusted to the mercy of a short phrase by way of description, 
it is not a very easy thing to say for certain which were the precise plants intended by the author as his 
standards. Such seems to be the case in the present instance ; for this is certainly one of the plants called 
in by Linnseus to his moschatus ; but whether some other of his synonyms may not be the plant intended, 
we are at a loss to say. Is this species really distinct from bicolor? Are the synonyms added as varieties 
really plants of the same species ? we have not yet met with more than this one of them in our collections. 
Moschatus has escaped the Hortus Kewensis nor have we ever seen a figure of it in any recent work. Differs 
from bicolor in having a crown more truly cylindric less cleft and not so widely or far patent ; from both 
that Pseudo Narcissus, by its drooping flower, and from the latter by its longer crown and stamens reaching 
only to about the middle of that ; from both again in colour and scent. The pedicel is curved and enveloped 
by the spathe. We suppose it has received its name from some of the varieties having been described by 
the old Botanists as possessing flowers “ cum moscari odore.” 
This has little scent of any sort ; but what it has is pleasant, somewhat like ginger, and not in the least 
resembling musk. Blooms early in April. Hardy.* 
Narcissus. Named from the youth Narcissus, who, as the poets tell us, was changed into this flower. 
Also named Daffodil. Some of the species are called Jonquils. — French, narcisse, jonquille. Italian, nar- 
cisso, giunchiglia. 
The Two-flowered Narcissus, t Pale Daffodil, or Primrose-peerless, is of a pale cream-colour, with a 
yellow cup in the centre. It grows wild in England and many other parts of Europe, and flowers in April. 
Of the Common Daffodil there are many varieties : with a white flower, and yellow cup ; a yellow 
flower, and deep golden cup ; a double flower, with several cups, one within the other ; Tradescant’s Daf- 
fodil, “ which,” says Mr. Martyn, “ may well be entitled the Prince or Glory of Daffodils the Great 
Nonsuch ; the Great Yellow Incomparable Daffodil, which, when double, is called by gardeners, Butter-and- 
egg Narcissus. It is called in the Dutch catalogues the Orange Phoenix, and is considered the handsomest 
of all the varieties. There are many others, which it is not necessary to specify. They mostly flower in 
April. This in France has many names : as, le narcisse sauvage ; le faux narcisse ; campane jaune [yellow 
bell] ; aiau ; aioult. In Italian, narcisso giallo [yellow narcissus] , trombone giallo [yellow trumpet] . 
The Sweet-scented Narcissus, or Great Jonquil, is a native of the South of Europe. Most of the 
species are fragrant ; but this is the most powerful, and is often found too much so to be endured in a room. 
The Polyanthus Narcissus called in France le narcisse de Constantinople ; in Languedoc pissauleich .- 
in Italy, tazzetta% grows naturally in the East, and in many parts of Europe. There are more varieties of 
this than of any other species. That which is generally called the Cyprus Narcissus, with very double 
flowers, the outer petals white, the inner, some white and some orange, is the most beautiful of them all, 
and the most esteemed for blowing in glasses in a room. Its scent is very agreeable, and less powerful than 
that of the Jonquil. 
The White, or Poetical Narcissus, called by the French janette des contois has a snow-white flower, 
* Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. + Italian, tazzettaccia. 
J Tazzetta signifies a little cup; tazzettone, and tazzettaccia, imply a cup of a larger size. 
