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Crocus VersIcoLor. Party-CoLourED 
Crocus. 
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Cla/s and Order. 
TrRIANDRIA MONOGYNIAs 
Generic Charaifer. 
Spatha uni-bivalvis, pellucenter *membranacea, valva ex-- 
teriore folliculofa interiorem recludente. Cor. fupera, infundi- 
buliformis, ereéta, tubo pedunculoideé elongato, partim fub- 
terraneo, limbo amplo fexpartito, turbinatim campanulato, 
regulari, fubeequali. Szam. ori tubi circumpofita, limbo per- 
breviora. Stylus trigono-capillaris, toto liberus. S/igm. la- 
mellz tres fubcuneiformes, a lateribus introrfum. cucullatim 
Convoluta, feepius inzequales et fubbilabiate, penicillatim lo- 
batim dentatimve incifz, ord erofo-fimbriata atque criftatim 
dilatefcente, aut anguftiore integriore. Cap/. coriacea, ovato- 
rotunda, acuta, nodulofa. Sem. plura, fubglobofa, nucleo 
_ €Orneo, integumento tenero fubfucculento. G, 
* 
Ozs. Radix Bulbo-tuber varie orbiculatum indufiis aut organico~ 
forofis gO Ge acter tetum, vertice evolvens fobolem feffilem fub- — 
Zeminam folam frugiferam ; qua dum increfcit et expandit parentem mox pe~ 
Tdurum exfugit atque opprimit, ipfa fequente anno See cafdem ; 
folia plura, radicalia, ereéto-ambientia, angufte linearia, fupra canaliculato- 
» ftrid argented plerumque interfeéta, infra cofta quadrata carinata 
alque nervofe firiata; deorfum vaginis tenacius membranaceis inequalibus 
fa ifciat 4; {capi uniflori, in fingulo fafeicul fubgemini, modo membrana 
bropria modo Soliorum bafibus Ripati, frorigeri terra reconditi; fil. dineari~ 
ubulata, fere antherarum Jongitudinis ; be lineari-oblonge, Jubfagittate ; 
Cus a ermine fubterraneo procrefcente [capa ca fula fad?us extraterranea 
Der GaLaxt1AM et Mo- 
"aatim dehifcit » fem. in fingullis oculis pauca. Pe é 
R2AM Iripem collineat ; inde per TRICHONEMA, GEIssORHIZAM, 
aque SPaRaxipeM. G, : : 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
CROCUS verficolor, bulbo-tuberis indufiis {cariofo-mem- 
branaceis, nervis tenuiffimis reétilineé et confertim 
ftriatis ; fafciculis fubbinis, fubfexfoliis 5 fpatha 
bivalvi; corollz fauce filamentifque nudis; ftig- 
matibus plurimum inequalibus, conyoluto cucul- 
latis, lobatim incifis, lobulis 7 
antheras {ubsequantibus. G, CROCUS 
linearibus Gne fimbria, } 
