_Generic Character._

_Petala_ 6-aequalia. _Nectario_ infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo. _Stamina_
intra nectarium.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

NARCISSUS _odorus_ spatha sub-biflora, nectario campanulato sexfido laevi
dimidio petalis breviore, foliis semicylindricis. _Lin. Syst.
Vegetab. p. 317._

NARCISSUS angustifolius, five juncifolius maximus amplo calice.

The Great Jonquilia with the large flower or cup. _Park Parad. p. 89.
fig. 5._

[Illustration: No 78]

We shall be thought, perhaps, too partial to this tribe of plants, this
being the fifth species now figured; but it should be remembered, that
as the spring does not afford that variety of flowers which the summer
does, we are more limited in our choice; the flowers of this delightful
season have also greater claims to our notice, they present themselves
with double charms.

This species, which, as its name implies, possesses more fragrance than
many of the others, is a native of the South of Europe, flowers in the
open border in April, is a hardy-perennial, thriving in almost any soil
or situation, but succeeds best in a loamy soil and eastern exposure.
Varies with double flowers, in which slate it is often used for forcing.

No notice is taken of this species by MILLER, except as a
variety of the N. _Jonquilla_, from which it differs _toto calo_.

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LOTUS JACOBAEUS. BLACK-FLOWER'D LOTUS.

_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Legumen_ cylindricum strictum. _Alae_ sursum longitudinaliter
conniventes. _Cal._ tubulosus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LOTUS _Jacobaeus_ leguminibus subternatis, caule herbaceo erecto,
foliolis linearibus. _Lin. Syst. Veg. 601._

LOTUS angustifolia, flore luteo purpurascente, infulae S. Jacobi. _Comm.
hort. 2. p. 165. t. 83._

[Illustration: No 79]

This species of _Lotus_ has been called black-flower'd, not that the
flowers are absolutely black, for they are of a very rich brown inclined
to purple, but because they appear so at a little distance; the light
colour of the foliage contributes not a little to this appearance.

"It grows naturally in the Island of St. James; is too tender to live
abroad in England, so the plants must be kept in pots, and in the winter
placed in a warm airy glass cafe, but in the summer they should be
placed abroad in a sheltered situation. It may be easily propagated by
cuttings during the sum