CROCI autumiiales. 



Autumnal Crocuses. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Iridace^. 

 CROCUS. Bot. Reff. 1843. fol. 21. 



1. C. pulckellus ; nudus, cormi tunica prsecipua (i. e. cxterioribus obsoletis 



persistente) membranacea dura annulo ad basim fibris ciliato, perianthio 

 pallide subviolaceo iutus saturatius venoso fauce lutea pubescente, 

 filam. luteis hispidis, antheris albis. In forestd Belgratensi prope By- 

 zantium. V. 2. major; perianthio majore, annulo vix ciliato, in monte 

 Athone. (Fig. 1.) 



2. C. longijlorus ', si mavis, C. odorus (v.) longiflorus ; involucro 1 -2-fl. c. t. 



prsec. reticulata non cribrosa inferne parallelo-fibrosa, spatha virente, tubo 

 lutescente, perianthio pallide purpureo fauce saturate lutea pubescente. 

 In Italia et Trinacriii. Vidi sepalis extixs luteo-striatis var. fortuitam. 

 (Fig. 4.) 



3. C. odorus ; si mavis, C. odorus (v.) Melitensis ; tubo et perianthio inferne 



extus saturate purpura striatis, fauce sublutescente pubescente. In monte 

 Verdalu Melitensi. C. longijlori invol. quandoque in foliolum desinit. 

 (Fig. 5.) 



4. C. Thomasianus ; involucratus, c. tun. prsec. reticulata non cribrosa in- 



ferne parallelo-fibrosa, tubo pallido, limbo saturate violaceo, fauce pallida 

 pubescente. G. sativo affinis, in Italiti. (Fig. 6.) 



5. C. Pallasianus ; involucratus c. tun. praec. tenuiter reticulata, perianthio 



pallide violaceo extus ad basim striate fauce pallida pubescente. C. sa- 

 tivo affinis. Neque perianthium vivmn vidi,neque plantam disseeui ; icon 

 ex sp. sicco in Taurid a cl. Besser lecto est, cum C. Cartwrightiano com- 

 parandi gratia. (Fig. 2.) 



6. C. Cartwrightiamis ; involuci'atus, c. tunicis tenuiter reticulatis perianthio 



albo intus purpura venoso, fauce pubescente. In insuld Teno., C. Pal- 

 lasiano affinis. (Fig. 3.) 



De prsecedentibus plenius consulas Synops. Croc, nobis supra anno 1843. 

 Misc. p. 26. et Syn. Cr. Addenda, &c. p. 82, 83. De C. cancellato in Syn. 

 pro Tawn'a lege monte Tauro ; C. serotini invol. 1-2-fl. est. — W. H. 



The first of these five autumnal Croci was sent to Spoflbrth 

 by the kindness of J. Cartwright, Esq., H. M. consul-general 

 at Constantinople. Having seen a dried specimen of the 



