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Narcissus Minor.  Least Daffodil.

Class and Order.

Hexandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Petala 6, aequalia:  Nectario infundibuliformi, 1-phyllo.  Stamina intra nectarium.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

NARCISSUS minor spatha uniflora, nectario obconico erecto crispo sexfido aequante petala lanceolata. Lin.  Sp.  Pl. p. 415. Syst.  Vegetab. p. 262.

NARCISSUS parvus totus luteus. Bauhin.  Pin. 53.

The least Spanish yellow bastard Daffodil. Park.  Parad. p. 105.

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We are not a little surprised that Mr. Miller should have taken no notice of the present species, as it must have been in the English gardens long before his time, being mentioned by Parkinson in his Garden of pleasant Flowers:  it is nearly related to the Pseudo-Narcissus, but differs from it in many particulars except size, vid.  Lin.  Sp.  Pl. and Parkinson above quoted.

Though its blossoms are not so large as those of the other species, yet when the roots are planted in a cluster, they make a very pretty shew, and have this advantage, that they flower somewhat earlier than any of the others.

Like the common Daffodil it propagates very fast by the roots, and will thrive in almost any soil or situation.

Though a native of Spain, it is seldom injured by the severity of our climate.

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Cynoglossum Omphalodes.  Blue Navelwort.

Class and Order.

Pentandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.

Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce clausa fornicibus.  Semina depressa interiore tantum latere stylo affixa.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

CYNOGLOSSUM Omphalodes repens, foliis radicalibus cordatis[B], Lin.  Sp.  Pl. p. 193. Syst.  Vegetab. p. 157. Scopoli Fl.  Carn. p. 124. t. 3.

SYMPHYTUM minus borraginis facie. Bauh.  Pin. 259.

BORAGO minor verna repens, folio laevi. Moris. hist. 3. p. 437. s. 11, t. 26. fig. 3.

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A native of Spain, Portugal, and Carniola, and an inhabitant of woods and shady situations, flowers in March and April:  in the autumn it puts forth trailing shoots, which take root at the joints, whereby the plant is most plentifully propagated; thrives best under a wall in a North border.

[Footnote B:  “Stolones repunt non caulis florifer, cui folia ovalia, et minime cordata.  TOURNEFORTIUS separavit a SYMPHITO, et dixit OMPHALLODEM pumilam vernam, symphyti folio, sed bene monet LINNAEUS solam fructus asperitatem aut glabritiem, non sufficere ad novum genus construendum.” Scopoli Fl.  Carn. p. 124.]

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