With few exceptions, the narcissus anemone has been known as Anemone narcissiflora since its original orthography (uarcissifolia) was corrected by Linnaeus (Syst. Nat., ed. 10: 1084. 1759, as narcissifl. ). Linnaeus's rationale for the correction seems clear. The initial u is an upside-down n and a strict printer's error. The termination -flora also is logical because among the synonyms listed in the protologue was Ranunculus montanus hirsutus humilior, narcissi flore. Bauh. pin. Furthermore, the plant has compound basal leaves and trifid to pinnatifid involucral leaves, both distinctly different from the entire, linear leaves of Narcissus. Finally, its flowers are somewhat reminiscent of daffodil flowers as implied by Bauhin (Pinax: 182. 1623). Most workers have accepted Linnaeus's correction of to narcissiflora. So established was this orthographic correction among Linnaean scholars that Steam (Sp. PI. Facs., App.: 108. 1959) indexed the name as narcissiflora, ut uarcissifolia without comment (see also Richter, Codex Bot. Linn.: 539. 1835). Perhaps the best indication of Linnaeus's own view of the orthography comes from his herbarium where the lectotype (No. 710.31, LINN!) is