_Petala_ sex, aequalia. _Nectario_ infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo, _Stamina_ intra nectarium. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ NARCISSUS _triandrus_ spatha sub-biflora, floribus cernuis, petalis reflexis, staminibus tribus longioribus. NARCISSUS _triandrus_ spatha sub-uniflora, nectario campanulato crenato dimidio petalis breviore, staminibus ternis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 317._ NARCISSUS juncifolius, albo flore reflexo. _Clus. app. alt._ The yellow turning Junquilia, or Rush Daffodil. _Parkins. Parad. 93. fig. 2, 3._ [Illustration: 48] The present species of _Narcissus_ is considered by the Nursery-men near London as the _triandrus_ of LINNAEUS, which it no doubt is, though it does not accord in every particular with his description: his _triandrus_ is white, ours is pale yellow, but colour is not in the least to be depended on, for it is found to vary in this as in all the other species; his _triandrus_ he describes as having in general only three stamina, whence the name he has given it; ours, so far as we have observed, has constantly six, three of which reach no further than the mouth of the tube, a circumstance so unusual, that LINNAEUS might overlook it without any great impeachment of his discernment; he says, indeed, that it has sometimes six: perhaps, the three lowermost ones may, in some instances, be elongated so as to equal the others; if he had observed the great inequality of their length, he would certainly have mentioned it. This species is found wild on the Pyrenean mountains; was an inhabitant of our gardens in the time of PARKINSON (who has very accurately described it, noticing even its three stamina) to which, however, it has been a stranger for many years: it has lately been re-introduced, but is as yet very scarce. Our figure was taken from a specimen which flowered in Mr. LEE's Nursery at Hammersmith. It grows with as much readiness as any of the others of the genus, and flowers in March and April. [49] ~Soldanella alpina. Alpine Soldanella.~ _Class and Order._ ~Pentandria Monogynia.~ _Generic Character._ _Corolla_ campanulata, lacero-multifida. _Caps._ 1-locularis, apice multidentata. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ SOLDANELLA _alpina._ _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 194._ SOLDANELLA alpina rotundifolia. _Bauh. Pin. 295._ [Illustration: 49] Of this genus there is at present only one known species, the _alpina_ here figured, which is a native of Germany, and, as its name imports, an alpine plant. Its blossoms are bell-shaped, of a delicate blue colour, sometimes white, and strikingly fringed on the edge. It flowers usually in March, in the open ground; requires, as most alpine plants do, shade and moisture in the summer, and the shelter of a frame, in lieu of its more natural covering snow, in the winter; hence it is found to succeed best in a northern aspect: will thrive in an open border, but is more commonly kept in pots. May be increased by parting its roots early in autumn. [50]