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Crocus serotinus. Mountain Crocus. 



Generic Character. — Fid. No. 1110. 



Specific Charatter and Synonyms. 



CROCUS Serotinus ,• (autumnalis s hivalvis ,• Jubuniflorus 1) 

 bulbo-tuberis membranis lentis ftupaceo-fibrofis 

 pallide fufcis ; fafciculo partiali fubquadrifolio 

 fimul cum flore emicante ; corollas fauce intus 

 obfoletiffirae pubefcente ; ftigmatibus anguftis, com- 

 prefle cucullatis, ereflis, multipartitis, antheras 

 exfuperantibus, inclufis. G. 



CROCUS Serotinus* Farad. Lond. tab. 30. Nobis fupra 

 No. mi, in Spec. Synth. 



C. autumnalis campeftris. Ad exempt fpont a - in Herb. Pallaf. 

 penes Dn. A. B. Lambert cum aliis byzantini inter- 

 mix t a* Num unius et ejufdem fpeciei f 



C. alpinus autumnalis. Flores modo candicantes modo pur- 

 purafcentes inftar fativi fed dilutiores et minores. 

 Rudb. Ely/, tab. 118. fig. 1. 



C. montanus autumnalis. Park. Farad. 168. t. 169. /. 5. 



CROCUM montanum. I. OuJ. Hiji. 2. 208. Hifp. 264. 



Pie di Borro. q. e. Pes Afini. Lufitanis. 



Desc. Bulb-tuber larger and flatter in the cultivated than 

 ] n the fpontaneous plant, yet twice fmaller than that of Saffron 

 (fativus) ; root-Jheatbs fomewhat tawny ; corolla of a faint 

 violet-purple ,- ftigmas of a bright orange colour ; blooms with 

 us in mild feafons from the end of October till December. 

 Although known in our gardens for more than two centuries, 

 ls n °w but very rarely to be met with in them. Had been 

 entirely overlooked by more modern Botanifts, until lately 

 oefcribed in the Paradifus Londinenfis. Found by Clusius 

 m Portugal, where it grows on rocks near the iea-coaft ; by 

 Pallas and Georgi in the Crimea and more ibuthern de- 

 partments of the Ruffian empire, along with the " Clotn of 

 Gold fpecies" (fufianus, No. 652), the « Scotch Crocus" (bi- 



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