c The variety albiflorus is the most beautiful of the 
white crocuses—-it is rather more decidedly vernal than this, 
which is the common form of the species. 
“ There has been much controversy between Italian 
Botanists on the identity, as a species, of this and Crocus 
suaveolens of Bertoloni, of which a short notice is given 
below. 
“The habitats of these crocuses are—C. Imperati, of this 
figure; in profusion all about Castellamare, La Cava and 
Salerno, and other parts to the south of Naples, in every 
hedge bank to the height of 2000 feet or more above the sea. 
It is wonderful that so fine a plant has not attracted more 
notice in such a frequented country. 
* C. Imp. albiflorus is rare, and found much higher up 
the mountains. 
* C. suaveolens, Bert. Fl. Ital. is found in the pass 
called Le Gole d’Itri, near the town of that name; and also 
in the Valle d’Inferno, about two miles from Rome, behind 
St. Peter's. 
“ C. suaveolens, Bert. FI. Ital. has the petals lanceolate 
pointed, the spathe one-leaved, the stigma filiform, pale 
orange or yellow. It is sweet scented; the leaves are short, 
appearing with or little before’ the flower. The petals are 
seldom finely veined as in Imperati; it blossoms regularly 
later in the spring, February and March.” 
Add to the description of Tulipa florentina the following note. 
The Tulips figured under the name of T. pubescens in Sw. B. FI. Gard. 
pl. 9, are some of the garden varieties alluded to in the foregoing descrip- 
tion: the name pubescens has not been adopted, because the pubescence 18 
pos constant even in the cultivated plants, which alone Sweet professes to 
escribe. 
