of which circumstances took place in our plant till they were both in a
decaying state.




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NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS. PEERLESS DAFFODIL.

_Class and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

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

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

NARCISSUS _incomparabilis_ spatha uniflora, nectario campanulato plicato
crispo petalis dimidio breviore, foliis planis.

NARCISSUS latifolius omnium maximus amplo calice flavo sive Nompareille.
The great Nonesuch Daffodil, or incomparable Daffodil. _Park. Par.
p. 68._

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