of C. serotinus, also from Portugal, distinguished by its author 
by the white throat of the perianth, and the lower insertion 
of the petiole. It should be observed that both C. Clusii and 
C. Salzmanni are omitted in Klatt’s monograph; and that the 
figure of C. serotinus in the Botanical Magazine represents the 
tuber deprived of its coats. All three are probably western 
forms of C. longifforus, Raf., an Italian species that extends into 
Sicily and Dalmatia. Crocus Salzmanni is a native of clayey 
fields about Tangiers, flowering in November and December. 
The bulbs, which I brought from Tangiers in 1870, flowered 
in October, and were in full leaf in the following January. 
Descr. Bulb ovoid, with the outer tunics at first uniform 
and unbroken, finally splitting up to some extent into vertical 
fibres, the outer ones persistent in a basal ring. Lower- 
leaf inserted below the middle of the bulb; /eaves half- 
developed at the same time as the flower, quite smooth on 
the edges and midrib. Spathe solitary. Perianth pale 
violet with a long tube ; the divisions oblong-spathulate, sub- 
acute, whitish and pilose at the throat. Sfigmas orange-yel- 
low, overtopping the anthers, multifid, but the divisions con- 
tiguous and much fewer than in C. nudiflorus and C. speciosus. 
Filaments glabrous.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Transverse section of a leaf ; 2, stigmas :— magnified. 
