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NARCISSUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS. NARROW-LEAVED NARCISSUS.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Petala_ 6 aequalia. _Nectario_ infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo.

_Stamina_ intra nectarium.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

NARCISSUS _poeticus_ spatha uniflora, nectario rotato brevissimo scarioso crenulato. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 317._ _Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 414._

NARCISSUS uniflorus, foliis ensiformibus, scypho brevissimo. _Hall.

Hist. n. 1250._

NARCISSUS albus circulo purpureo. _Bauh. Pin. p. 48._ _Magnol. Bot.

Monsp. p. 181._

NARCISSUS poeticus medio purpureus. _Lob._

NARCISSUS medio purpureus. _Dod. Pempt. p. 223. f. 1._

NARCISSUS medio purpureus praec.o.x. Timely purple ringed Daffodil.

_Ger. Herb. p. 108. f. 2._ also _praecocior, fig. 3._ and _praecocissimus, fig. 4._

NARCISSUS medio purpureus praec.o.x. The early purple ringed Daffodil.

_Park. Parad. p. 76. t. 75. f. 3._

NARCISSUS latifol. cla.s.sis altera, lin. 7. alterum vero, &c. _Clus.

Hist. Pl. rar. lib. 2. p. 156._

Under the name of _poeticus_ three different species of Narcissus appearing perfectly distinct (though similar in many respects) and regarded as such by the old Botanists, have been confounded by the moderns, viz.

Narcissus albus circulo purpureo, v et vi } Narcissus albus magno odoro flore circulo pallido,} C. Bauh.

Narcissus pallidus circulo luteo }

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