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heat, and removed to a cool greenhouse, they produced their 
charming cream-coloured blossoms with a yellow eye, in De- 
cember of the following year. M. Boissier speaks of its nearest 
affinity being Crocus Boryi, which, besides the slenderer leaves, 
differs in the deeply multifid divisions of the style, and from C. 
Pestalozze, by the latter having exceedingly narrow foliage, in the 
flowers thrice smaller, and in the branches of the style entire at 
the apex; a very unusual character. 
Fig. 1. Tube of the perianth laid open, showing the three stamens. 2. Por- 
tion of the style and stigmas :—magnified. 
