always two from the same root; their pale and slender tubes 
about as long as the leaves; the limb of a rich, uniform, 
golden colour within and without, free from any stain or 
stripe, cut into six deep divisions, which, in sunny weather, 
are patent, but slightly incurved, concave, oblong, obtuse. 
Mouth of the tube naked, just above which the three pale- 
yellow stamens are inserted. These are erect: the jfila- 
ments glabrous: the anther linear-oblong, obtuse or even 
notched, sagittate at the base. Stigmas pale, considerably 
shorter than the stamens, nearly equal to each other in 
height, compressed, dilated upwards, and jagged at the 
extremity. 
The Crocuses are certainly amongst the most admired of 
our garden plants; the variety and beauty of their blos- 
soms, and their appearance at an early season of the year, 
at a period when “ Winter still lingers in the lap of 
Spring,” combine to render them universal favourites. Yet 
there are few plants more imperfectly characterized by 
authors than the individuals of the Genus in question : their 
names are undergoing perpetual changes, and scarcely any 
two Botanists are agreed as to what should constitute a 
species, and what.a variety. Such is the case with the one 
now before us. It is cultivated in our gardens as the 
aureus of Smitu, and it truly deserves the name, for it is 
the richest of all the yellow Crocuses I am acquainted 
with. But this has been referred by Mr. Haworru to the 
C. lageneflorus of Sarispury, and by Roemer and ScuuttEs 
and Sprencex to the C. luteus of Lamarck, (the C. vernus, 
Curr. in Bot. Mag. t. 45,) along with the C. mesiacus of 
Ker, (Bot. Mag. t. 1111). To me it appears distinct, 
having a peculiar neatness and elegance in the shape of its 
blossoms. Besides being cultivated in gardens, it appears 
annually in the grounds of. the park of Sir Cuartes Bun- 
Bury, at Barton, near Bury, along with C. minimus (C. re 
éiculatus of Smrrn’s Eng. Fl.) Beautiful specimens have 
been kindly communicated from that station, by W- 
Curisty, Jun. Esq., which were procured by N. S. Hopsoy, 
Esq. of Bury St. Edmonds, and others by Rosrrt Beva®, 
Esq. of the same place: and from those specimens ou! 
drawings were made. The old, ragged, long scales sur 
rounding the new plant, were remarkable in all the spe 
cimens. 
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Fig. 1. Section of the Limb of the Flower, to show the Stamens and Stig 
mas. 2. Stamen. 3, Stigmas.—More or less magnified, 
