( 3864 ) 
Crocus SUAVEOLENS. SWEET-SCENTED 
Crocus. 
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Class and Order. 
TrianpriA Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Iripaces. ) 
Generic Character.—Vide supra N“” 3861. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Crocus suaveolens; vernus cormi tunica vaginacea interi- 
ore prope basim affixa fibris parallelis superne reticu- 
laté confluentibus, foliaceé exteriore supra medium 
cormum affixa pallidiore inciso-notata, imvolucro bi- 
floro spath& breviore tubato apiculato, spathé tubata 
acuta ebracteaté hyalina, tubo albicante ad faucem au- 
rantio-maculata, limbo purpureo fauce saturaté auranti- 
aco-maculata sepalis extus stramineis 3-striatis, petalis 
ad basim 5-striatis, stigmatibus truncatis odoratis anthe- 
ras prorsus superantibus, antheras filamenta duplo 
superantibus, foliis levibus canaliculatis enervibus 
costi dorsali latioribus, capsula (an semper ?) estriata. 
Habitat in Campagna di Roma et Valle d’Inferno 
Romam prope, Itri Neapolitano, et in collibus calcareis 
Fundos juxta. 
Crocus suaveolens. Bertoloni. W. H. 
This very pretty and sweet-scented Italian Crocus is suf- 
ficiently hardy to bear our climate. Some bulbs of it were 
brought to England by the Hon. Witiiam STRANGWAYS, 
and others have been sent to Spofforth from Naples by 
Professor Tenore. It varies a little in the streaks on the 
sepals and size and shape of the segments. It is distin- 
guished from C. Imperatonius, by the decided reticulation 
of the upper part of the inner vaginaceous coat, by the 
unvarying 
