TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 137 
RUS'CUS. Tourn. 15. Garin. 16. 
Male flowers, * 
Car. Cup with 6 leaves, upright, but expanding. Leajfits 
eggs » convex, the edges at the side reflected. 
Boss. none, unless you consider every other leaf of the 
cup ne gece hi ‘ ; 
ectary egg-s , central, as large as the cu 
blown cn ae nog Tim, upright, coloured. 2 
Stam. Fi ts none. Anthers 3, expanding, placed 
upon the end of the nectary, united at the base. 
Female flowers. 
Ca. Buoss. and Nectary, as above. 
Pist. Germen oblong egg-shaped, hidden within the nec- 
tary. Style cplindtion? as long as the nectary. Swmmit 
blunt, projecting through the mouth of the nectary. 
S. Vss. Berry glo ular, with 3 cells, 
SEEDs 2, globular. : 
Oss. In this and other genera nearly related to it, it is 
seldom that all the seeds come to perfection ; for the most 
ye one seed takes to enlarge, and by pressure destroys the 
others, 
CRO’CUS. Tourn. 184. 
Car. Sheath ileaf. fo 
Bioss. Tube simple, long. Border with ott 
upright. Segments equal, oblong, egg-shaped. 
STAM. Pilinent a aA aaped, shorter than the blossom. 
Anthers arrow-shaped. | 
Pist. Germen beneath, roundish. Style thread-shaped, 
as long as the stamens. Summits 3, rolled in a spiral, 
_ Serrated. _ 
s. ibe ec Capsule roundish, with 3 lobes, 3 cells, and 3 
Valves. . 3 
SEEDs several, round. 
VRIS. Tourn. 186, 188. Gaertn. 13. 
Cax. Sheaths 2 valves, separating the flowers . 
Buoss. with 6 divisions. Segments oblong, blunt. . The 
3 outer ones reflected, the other 3 upright, more acute, 
is ateestaae together by the claws, so as to form @ 
_ tube, 
