" The variety albiflorns is tlie most beautiful of tlie 

 white crocuses — it is rather more decidedly vernal than this, 

 which is the common form of the species. 



" There has been much controversy between Italian 

 Botanists on the identity, as a species, of this and Crocus 

 suaveolens of Bertoloni, of which a short notice is given 

 below. 



" The habitats of these crocuses are — C. Imperati, of this 

 figure ; in profusion all about Castellamare, La Cava and 

 Salerno, and other parts to the south of Naples, in every 

 hedge bank to the height of 2000 feet or more above the sea. 

 It is wonderful that so fine a plant has not attracted more 

 notice in such a frequented country. 



" C. Imp. albiflorus is rare, and found much higher up 

 the mountains. 



" C. suaveolens, Bert. Fl. Ital. is found in the pass 

 called Le Gole d'ltri, near the town of that name; and also 

 in the Valle d'Inferno, about two miles from Rome, behind 

 St. Peter's. 



" C. suaveolens, Bert. Fl. Ital. has the petals lanceolate 

 pointed, the spathe one-leaved, the stigma filiform, pale 

 orange or yellow. It is sweet scented; the leaves are short, 

 appearing with or little before,' the flower. The petals are 

 seldom finely veined as in Imperati ; it blossoms regularly 

 later in the spring, February and March." 



Add to the description o/'Tulipa florentina the following note. 



The Tulips figured under the name of T. pubescens in Sw. B. Fl. Gard. 

 pi. 9, are some of the garden varieties alluded to in the foregoing descrip- 

 tion : the name pubescens has not been adopted, because the pubescence is 

 not constant even in the cultivated plants, which alone Sweet professes to 

 describe. 



