CROCUS aureus. Flor. Grec. Sibthorp. tab. 35. 
. Prefent is, we believe, one 0 
Ber ae 
Crocus Masiacus (@). CreEAM-CoOLOURED 
> 9) @ROCes, 
BES TE TERE TEE EE EE ee 
Clafs and Order. 3 
TriaANDRIA MoNoGYNIA. 
Generic Chara&er.—Vid. No. 1110. 
Specific Charader and Synonyms. 
CROCUS ‘mefiacus bulbo-tuberis indufiis {cariofo-membrana- 
ceis, nervulis reétilineis confertim ftriatis ; fafci- | 
culis 6—8-foliis; fauce nuda; filamentis colum- 
nariter compaétis, glandulofo-pilofis; antheris — 
divaricatim difcedentibus, ftigmata fere dimidio 
fuperantibus; ftigmatibus compreflis, ora fimbriatim 
erofa. G. ; ; 
CROCUS mefiacus. Nobis in Ann. of Bot. v. 1. 222. 
CROCUS luteus. Lam. Encyc. v. 6. 385. ? minime vero 
Helvetia indigena. — : 
CROCUS vernus: Gurtis. Supratab. 45. - 
CROCUS vernus luteus five meefiacus——vernus luteus vul- 
garis. Park. Par. p. 166. tab. 169. f. 1-~ 
CROCUS albus major alter diétus mefiacus. Id. lc. pe 161.— 
tab. 163. f. 2. : ese 
CROCUS vernus latifolius flavo flore. Clift Hifl. 1. 206. 
This fpecies is a native of the Levant, whence it was re- 
celved by CLustus in 1579- Its deep yellow variety is now 
€ moft abundant in our gardens of all the genus, as our 
f the rareft. cee Yo con- 
founded with the white variety of veraus, trom w ic it is 
eafily diftinguifhed by having the mouth of the tube free from 
all Pubefcence, as well as by a two-valved fpathe and pubefcent 
filaments, For the difference between this and awe os 
