Tas. 6852. - 
A. CROCUS Korotkowt. 
Native of Central Asia. 
B. CROCUS arnrivs. 
Native of Asia Minor. 
Nat. Ord. [ntpEx.—Tribe StsyRINCHIER. 
Genus Crocus, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 693.) 
Crocus Korolkowi ; cormo depresso-globoso, tunicis brunneis membranaceo- 
fibrosis, spatha basali nulla, foliis 8-12 synanthiis anguste linearibus albo- 
vittatis margine revolutis, spathe valvis membranaceis lanceolatis, perianthii 
tubo brunneo spatha duplo longiori, fauce glabro, limbi segmentis oblanceolato- 
oblongis luteis exterioribus dorso brunneis, antheris magnis aurantiacis 
filamentis brevissimis, styli aurantiaci ramis elongatis integris. 
C. Korolkowi, Maw and Regel in Regel Descr. Pl. Nov. fase. vii. p. 213, fase, ix. 
p. 41; Maw in Gard. Chron. N.S. vol. xvi. p. 718. 
Crocus aerius ; cormo parvo globoso tunicis brunneis cartilagineis basi annulatim 
circumscissis, spatha basali nulla, foliis 3-8 subsynanthiis anguste linearibus 
albo-vittatis margine revolutis, spathe valvis membranaceis lanceolatis, 
perianthii tubo pallido bipollicari, fauce luteo glabro, segmentis violaceis 
oblongis vel obovatis antheris aurantiacis filamentis brevibus, styli aurantiaco- 
rubri ramis integris. 
C. aerius, Herb. in Journ. Hort. Soc. vol. ii. p. 288; Baker in Gard. Chron. 1873, 
p- 609; Maw in Gard, Chron. N.S. vol. xvi. p. 748; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
vol. v. p. 113. 
C. Sibthorpianus, var. stauricus, Herb. in Bot. Reg. 1845; Mise. p. 5. 
These are two spring-flowering Crocuses of the section 
Holostigma, which have flowered with us at Kew this year 
for the first time. C. Korolkowi is closely allied to the 
common Dutch yellow Crocus, but differs at a glance by 
having the outer segments of the perianth flushed all over 
the back with brown. It was found by the Russian 
explorers growing abundantly on the mountains of Bokhara, 
Samarecand and Western Turkestan, at an elevation of 
from 5000 to 7000 feet above sea-level; and very recently 
it has been sent home by Dr. Aitchison as one of the first 
fruits of his work as naturalist to the Afghan Boundary 
Commission. It is the only Crocus known to inhabit that 
region, and the discovery of this and C. alatavicws extend 
DEc. Ist, 1885. 
