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HERMÏONE Trewiàna.
Trew'S Hermione.
Linnean. Class and Order. H E X A N D R IA M O N O G Y N IA .
Natural Order. A M A R Y L L ID EÆ . Brown p r o d r .l. p.2 'M .
Sect. I . R a d ix bulbosa. Llores spatbacei, umbellati, raro solitarii.
H E R M IO N E . Perianthii segmentis in steWam
patentes ; coronà parvà caliciformi 3-5-plo longiores. Tubus gracilis angu-
lato-cylindricus corollæ laciniis longior, viridis. Filamenta toto tubo adnata
apice solum semilineam libera; tria tubo longe breviora, tna ejus
longitudine. Antherce parvulæ trigono-ovatæ erectæ, très tubo inclusæ,
très cum semisuperantes. Stylus rectns inclusus. Stigma plus minus trilo-
bato-trifidum, lobis rotundatis. Supra fo lio 92. Haworth in Narc. Revis,
in su pp.plant, suce. p . 131. .
Tribus I I . T a z Z E T T A . Folia lorato-sublinearia obtusa viridescens,
glauca V. glaucescentia. Scapi elevato-striati multiflori. Tubus angulato-cy-
lindricus raro semicyliudricus { f i . fistulosa), elongatus. Corona cyatbifor-
mis V. cupularis aut rotata, integra plus minusve lacera, lobata aut crenulata.
Sect. I . Floribus albis, segmentis perianthii ovatis ellipticisve obtusis
aut acutis soepissime mucronulatis.
H . Trewiana, umbellis plurifloris, periantbii segmentis ovatis apice breve
mucronulatis cum prima florentia imbricata posteriora subreflexo-tortu-
osa, corona patula pollubriformis lobatim-crenulata subplicatula lutea.
N A R C I S S U S ÎVemiareMS, foliis lineari-loratis carinatis, scapo tereti-anci-
piti striato, pedicellis spatba sub-longioribus, corollæ tubo germine
3-plo longiore, corona laciniis sub-duplo breviore, campanulato-rotata
plicato-corrugata obsolete trilobo-repanda, margine inæquabiliter fissa,
subdentato-erosula. K e r Botan. magaz. fo l. 1298, in emendanda.
Narcissus orientalis a. Botan. magaz. t. 940.
Hermione grandiflora. Haworth in. supp. plant, succ. p. 141.
Narcissus grandiflorus. Haw. in Synops.pl. succ. app. p . 332.
Hermione crenularis. Salisb. in hort. trans, v. 1. p . 263. exvl. syn. Haw.
Bazelman major. Trew flor. imag. 1. t. 23.
N . latifolius byzantinus major luteus. I I . Clus. hist. 1. p . 154.
N . anglicus polyantbos. P a rk , parad. terr. 82. t. 31. f . 6.
N . polyantbos major albus calyce medio croceo-luteo. Rudb. elys, t. 6 0 ./. 6.
Bulh rounder than in other related species, clothed with
irregular brown shelly scales. Sheath, surrounding the
leaves, striate, higher on one side than the other, in which
it differs from H. obtusifolia, a nearly related, but very different
species. Leaves from 2 to 4, or from 6 to 8 inches long
when not forced, but much longer when forced ; three fourths
of an inch broad at the base, tapering upwards, and ending
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