Tas. 6000. 
CROC US SauzMannt. 
Native of Maroceo. 
Nat. Ord. Inez, —Tribe Ix1em. 
Genus Crocus, Zourn. ; (Klatt in Linnea, vol. xxxiv. p- 647). 
Cxoous Salzmanné ; bulbi tunicis extrafoliaceis exterioribus basi in annulum 
persistentibus, interiore basi demum in fibras liberas soluto, petiolo 
inferiore longe infra medium tuber affixo, foliis synanthiis margine 
Costaque levissimis, spatha unica, perigonii fauce pilosa albida, tubo 
elongato, laciniis elliptico-oblongis acutis pallide violaceis striatis, 
stigmatibus erectis multifidis antheras superantibus, filamentis glabris. 
Crocus Salzmanni, Gay in Ferussac Bull. Se. Nat., vol. xv. p. 220. 
. C. tingitanus, Werbert in Bot. Mag. sub. t. 3868. 
An autumn and winter-flowering Crocus, belonging to the 
Same section of the genus with the Portuguese C. serotinus, 
Salish. (Lab. nost. 1276), and so near to it specifically, that 
I doubt its proving more than a variety of that plant; its 
Principal distinctions from Klatt’s characters of serotinus, lie 
ithe margins and midrib of the leaf being perfectly smooth, 
in the fibrous coats of the bulb not being strongly reticulate, 
and in the pale yellow blotch at the throat of the perianth being 
Scarcely apparent. These are, however, all of them very vari- 
able, and indeed obscure characters; the amount of reticulation 
_ Of the coats of the bulb is‘an inconstant one ; in Gay’s beautiful 
unpublished drawings of C. serotinus in my possession, a 
Cross section of the leaf as magnified shows no scabridity, 
nor do I find any in authentic specimens of serotinus ; lastly, 
the yellow spot at the base of the outer perianth-segments 
of C. serotinus, though described by Klatt, is not visible in 
the Botanical Magazine figure, or in Gay’s drawings. 
Gay’s character, drawn from the insertion of leaf on the 
tuber, isa most obscure one. C. Clusii, Gay, is another form 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1872. 
