Whether the Crocus which Clusius received from Naples 

 belonged to our plant, to (3, or to a variety of bicolor, a*' 

 is suspected by Dr. Goldbach, the author of a monograph 

 on this genus,, cannot now be possibly ascertained. 



Mr. Haworth says that his Crocus obovatus varies with 

 white, variegated, purple, and brilliant dark-purple flowers: 

 of which varieties our drawing represents the latter. 



Flowers early in April. 



