TAB. 6036. 
CROCUS SIEBERI. 
Native of Greece. 
Nat. Ord. Inrpex.—Tribe Ixrex. 
Genus Crocus, Tourn. ; (Klatt in Linnea, vol. xxxiv. p. 647). 
Crocus Siebert ; cormi tunicis validis fortiter reticulatis, vaginis subacutis, 
foliis 4—7-latiusculis costa nervata canaliculis enervibus, involucro 0, 
perianthii tubo pallido, fauce aureo, segmentis violaceis lilacinis v. albis 
purpureo striatis elliptico-oblongis obtusis, filamentis brevibus flavis 
infra faucem insertis, antheris aureis filamento duplo longioribus, stig- 
matibus croceis integris. 
Crocus Sieberi, Gay in Bull. Feruss., vol. XXXv- P- 220 (1831). | 
C. nivalis, Bory et Chaub. Voyage de la Morée (1832); Herbert in Bot. 
Reg. 1847, t. 4, f. 1, et Hist. Sp. Crocus in Journ. .Hort. Soc., vol, i. 
p. 274 (1847); Klatt in Linnea, vol. xxxiv. p. 682. , 
_C. sublimis, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1845, Miscell., p. 73. 
C. vernus, Sibth. & Sm. Prodr. Flor. Grec., vol. i. p. 24 ewel. synon. 
A common Greek plant, and, in fact, the commonest 
Crocus of that country, found at an elevation between 
1000 and 7000 feet, according to Professor Orphanides ; also 
occurring in Bosnia, Crete, and Herzegovina, flowering fre- 
quently near the melting snow. Tt is a very early blooming 
species, and I received flowering specimens from Giles 
Mumby, Esq., Messrs. Ware of Tottenham, and the Roy al 
Gardens, all about the middle of January and beginning of 
April. The very closely allied C. veluchensis of Herbert, 
which inhabits the Morea and Transylvania, differs chiefly in 
wanting the orange colour on the throat. oa 
Klatt is no doubt in error in describing the scape as in- 
volucrate. It is not so easy to understand Herbert's reason 
for considering Gay’s Siederi as different from Bory’s mvalis, 
if we suppose, what seems improbable, that these authors 
MAY Ist, 1873. 
