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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 728 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAFFODIL , the See also:

common name of a See also:group of See also:plants of the genus See also:Narcissus, and natural See also:order Amaryllidaceae. (See generally under NARClssus.) The common daffodil, N. Pseudo-narcissus, is common in See also:woods and thickets in most parts of the N. of See also:Europe, but is rare in See also:Scotland. Its leaves are five or six in number, are about a See also:foot in length and an See also:inch in breadth, and have a See also:blunt See also:keel and See also:flat edges. The See also:stem is about 18 in. See also:long, and the spathe single-flowered. The See also:flowers are large, yellow, scented and a little drooping, with a corolla deeply cleft into six lobes, and a central See also:bell-shaped nectary, which is crisped at the margin. They appear See also:early in the See also:year, or, as See also:Shakespeare says, " come before the See also:swallow dares, and take the winds of See also:March with beauty." The stamens are shorter than the See also:cup, the anthers oblong and converging; the ovary is globose, and has three furrows; the seeds are roundish and See also:black. Many new varieties of the See also:flower have recently been cultivated in gardens. The bulbs are large and orbicular, and have a blackish coat; they, as well as the flowers, are reputed to be emetic in properties. The Peruvian daffodil and the See also:sea daffodil are See also:species of, the genus Ismene.

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