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CROCUS Bory. 
Native of Greece. 
Nat, Ord, InmacEx,—Tribe IXIEz, 
Genus Crocus, Linn. ; (Baker in Gard. Chron., 1873). 
Crocus Boryi; autumnalis, cormo ovoideo tunicis brunneis membranaceis 
deorsum laceris, spatha basali nullo, foliis 4-6 synanthiis angustissimis 
vittatis margine revolutis, spathe proprie valvis duobus lanceolatis, peri- 
anthii tubo Iuteo 1}-3-poll. longa limbi segmentis oblongo-spathulatis, 
obtusis 1-2 poll. longis lacteis seepissime estriatis basi puberulis aurantiacis, 
antheris lacteis, filamentis luteis puberulis, styli ramis fulvis multifidis 
divaricatis. 
C. Boryi, J. Gay in Ferus. Bull, xv. (1832), p. 220; Baker, Gard. Chron., 1873, 
p. 1533. . 
C, Boryanus, Herbert in Bot, Reg., 1847, tab. 16, fig, 10; Journ. Hort. Soc., vol. 
ii., p. 291; Klatt Linnea, vol. xxxiv., p. 685. 
C. ionicus, Herbert Bot. Reg., 1843; Misc., p. 5. 
This pretty autumn-flowering Crocus is common in many 
of the islands, and on the mainland of Greece. We have 
specimens at Kew from Corfu and Cephalonia, and from 
Mount Parnes and Mount Corydalus, in Attica. It was first 
brought into notice by the celebrated traveller and naturalist, 
Colonel Bory de Saint Vincent, after whom it was named by 
his friend Gay in 1832. He speaks of it as covering the 
mountains after the rainy season, from November to January, 
flowering with the Mandragora, ‘There are several closely 
allied Grecian forms, as C. levigatus, Tournefortii, and Orpha- 
nidis, of which we can scarcely judge whether they are species 
or varieties till they are watched side by side under cultiva- 
tion. This one is characterised by it pure white unstriped 
flower with a yellow throat, and it is one of the few Cro- 
cuses that have white anthers. It has never yet been satis- 
factorily figured, and we are indebted for the opportunity of 
doing so now to Mr. Elwes, who brought it last spring from 
men) where it grows in company with €. Crewe (tab. 
8). 
