; 816 
NARCISSUS gracilis. 
Graceful Jonquil. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. AMARYLLIDEE. Br. prodr. vol. 1. 
NARCISSUS. Supra vol. 2. fol. 123. 
Div. Jonquille. Petala patentia. Corona parva cyathiformis. Folia’ 
junciformia. Sabine MSS. 
N. gracilis; 12-18 uncialis, foliis lineari-subulatis canaliculatis, scapo terete 
]-2 floro, ovario inflato, flore sulphureo,. Sabine MSS. 
Herba gracilis, erecta, 1-13 pedalis._ Folia erecta, scapo breviora, line- 
aria, semiteretia, canaliculata, obtusa, supra levia, infra crebré striata, 
luteo-viridia. Scapus teres, subcompressus, jistulosus, sursum attenuatus, 
1-2-florus. Spatha 14 uncialis, monophylla, membranacea, erecta, hine per 
duas tertias sui longitudinis fissa. Pedunculi 2-unciales, hine plani, inde 
convexi, graciles. Flores subcernut, luteit, odore debili, tubo cylindrico, 
viridescente, ad apicem compresso, limbo duplo longiore, laciniis patentibus, 
planiusculis, ovalibus, bast imbricatis, exteriortbus latioribus apiculatis, in- 
teriortbus margine subinvolutis. Corona patens, brevis, cyathiformis, laci- 
nis ad minimum quadruplo brevior, sublobata, et paulo plicata, colore quam 
laciniarum pauto intensiore. Staminum series superior paulo intra tubum in- 
serta, antheris patentibus subsessilibus, interior antherts longioribus quarum 
apices feré ad basin antherarum superiorum attingunt. Ovarium ovale, tri- 
quetrum, lateribus sulcatis, loculis inflatis, ovulis plurimis. Stylus jili- 
formis, tubi longitudine, jistulosus, ft antheras superiores. Stigma par- 
i 2 
vum, 3-lobum, medio pervium. is 
We are obliged to Mr. Sabine for pointing out to us the 
differences between this Narcissus and N. tenuior. From 
that gentleman’s observations, it appears to be the latest in” 
flower of all the kinds, except the late varieties of N. po- 
eticus; to be a taller plant than N. ¢enuior, with a rounded, 
not compressed, and nearly two-edged, scape, and with pale 
yellow, unequally spreading, petals. 
But, while we assent to the propriety of considering 
the differences which have been mentioned sufficient to en- 
title a plant to be calléd a species, so long as others, which 
have been described by modern Botanists, continue to be 
admitted as such, we cannot avoid stating our opinion, that 
the whole genus Narcissus requires to be revised with a judi- 
cious, but severe, hand. It may then be discovered, that 
the number of genuine species is very few; and that the 
