J2 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CI. 3. 



18. FeDIA. Corn-salad. 



1. F. olitoria, Valeriana Locusta, 12. 811. (Common C.) Leaves 



linear-tongue-shaped, blunt. Flowers capitate. Capsule inflated, 

 two-lobed. 

 Fields. 0. 4 6. Forked, a span high. Fl. pale blue. 



2. Y.dentdta, 20. 1370. (Smooth narrow-fruited C.) Capsule ovate, 



ribbed in front, acuminate, crowned with the prominent, cup- 

 shaped, oblique, unequally 4-toothed calyx. Flowers corymbose. 

 A sessile flower in the forks. 



Corn-fields and banks. 0. 6. 7. Leaves narrow. Fl. small, 

 purplish. 

 *2. F . Auricula, Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 24. (Sharp-fruited C.) Capsule ovate, 

 acuminated, somewhat inflated, slightly grooved in front, gla- 

 brous, crowned with the single entire tooth of the limb of the 

 calyx. Flowers corymbose. A sessile fl. in the forks. 



Fields. Rare. . 6.7. Fruit broader and more inflated and 

 acuminated than in the last. 

 **2. F. carindta, Br. Fl. ed. 3. p. 483. (Carinated F.) Fruit oblong, 

 rimoso-carinate, glabrous ; the 2 sterile cells nearly equal to 

 the fertile one, crowned with the straight single tooth of the 

 limb of the calyx. 



Near Ongar, Essex. 0. 



19. CROCUS. Crocus. 



1. C. sativus, C. autumnalis, 5. 343. (Saffron C.) Stigma prominent 



laterally, in three deep, linear, notched segments. 

 Mead, and past., naturalized. If. 9. Cor. viol., throat naked. 

 Stiff, deep-orange, fragrant : — the officinal Saffron. 



2. C. vernus, 5. 344. (Purple Spring C.) Stigma within the flower, 



in three short, wedge-shaped, jagged lobes. Tube of the corolla 

 hairy at the mouth. 

 Mead. If. 3. Stigma pale, inodorous. 

 *2. C. minimus, Suppl. 2645. C. reticulatus, E. Fl. (Least purple 

 C.) Stigma erect, longer than the stamens, included in the soli- 

 tary flower. Leaves linear-filiform. Bulb with a membranous coat. 

 Wood, Suffolk, not wild. If .3. Flowers whitish with purple streaks. 

 **2. C. aureus, Suppl. 2646. (Golden C.) Two-flowered. Stamens 

 longer than the stigma. Segments of the corolla oblong, incurvo- 

 patent. Bulb coated with compact fibres. 

 With the preceding. If- • 3. Flowers gold-colour. 



3. C. nudifiorus, 7. 491. (Naked-flowering C.) Stigma within the 



flower, erect, in 3 deeply laciniated tufted segments, equal in 



height with the stamens. Flowers appearing before the leaves. 



Meadows, rare, naturalized. If. 10. Tube \f Stigma yell. L. 



flattish. 



*3. C. speciosus, Suppl. 2752. (Showy Autumnal C.) Stigma within 



the flower, erect, in 3 deeply laciniated segments, longer than 



the stamens. Flowers appearing before the leaves. 



