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

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

NARCISSUS _major_ foliis subtortuosis, spatha uniflora, nectario
campanulato patulo crispo æquante petala.

NARCISSUS _major_ totus luteus calyce prælongo. _Bauhin Pin. 52._

NARCISSI sylvestris alia icon. _Dodon. Stirp. p. 227._

The great yellow Spanish Bastard Daffodil. _Parkins. Parad. t. 101.
fig. 1._

[Illustration: 51]

The present species of Daffodil is the largest of the genus, and bears
the most magnificent flowers, but, though it has long been known in this
country, it is confined rather to the gardens of the curious.

It is a native of Spain, and flowers with us in April. As its roots
produce plenty of offsets, it is readily propagated.

It approaches in its general appearance very near to the _Narcissus
Pseudo-Narcissus_, but differs in being a much taller plant, having its
leaves more twisted, as well as more glaucous, its flowers (but
especially its Nectary) much larger, and its petals more spreading; and
these characters are not altered by culture.