

6S TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Iris. 



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Mr. Wh ate ley.— Common in meadows about Manchester*. 

 Mr. Caley. P. Aug. Sept.* 



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vermis. C. 2 leaves broader, witlTflat edges* Flowers in the spring. 



Summit 3 short wedge-shaped lobes, inclosed within 

 the blossom. E. Bot. 1. 



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Jacq. austr. app. 36-E. bot. 344-G^r. em. 153. 1-CIus. u 

 205. <2-Ger. em. \5i). Y2~Ger. 125. 1. 



Inserted on the authority of Mr. Hudson, but he has given 

 no place of growth. It may however be found in almost every 

 garden, both with blue and yellow blossoms in the month of 

 March. 



Crocus officinalis syhestris. Huds. Spring Saffron, or Crocus* 



■Meadows near Nottingham. E. Bot. 



nudifk/rus. C. Tube of the blossom very long, leafless. Summit in 



3 deeply laciniated segments, enclosed within the 

 blossom. E. Bot. 



E. hot. 491. 



This new species of Crocus is introduced on the authority of 

 the E. bot. in which it appears first to have been clearly ascer- 

 tained by the Rev. Mr. Becher of Southwell. Nottinghamshire, 

 and by whom 



ham Castle and the river Trent, growing 

 the vermis. It is distinguished from either of the preceding 

 species by the segments of the summit being deeply subdivided 

 into from 7 to 12, generally 9, narrow linear lobes. The flowers, 

 perfectly destitute of leaves, are in perfection early in October, 

 and fade before the end of that month. The leaves do not begin 

 to appear till some time in December, and are more erect than 

 those of the other species, their margins scarcely revolute, colour 

 paler, and their ends not decayed. jE. bot. 



it was found in great profusion between Notting- 

 I the river Trent, growing there intermixed with 



ffllS. Bloss. with 6 divisions, unequal, every other 



segment bent back as if jointed : Summits 

 petal-like, 2-lipped, edges at the base turned 

 in. 



* The summits of the pistils of the Cr. officinalis $ativus, carefully 

 collected, and modrrately dried, are the satfron of the shops. That col- 

 lected in England is preferred to all other. It affords a beautiful colour 

 to water, wine, or spirit, and gives out the whole of its virtues to thern. 

 It hath been holdcn in high repute as a cordial ; but modern practice 

 pays no great attention to it, since it has been found to produce no sen- 

 sible effect, even when given in doses greatly larger than those generally 

 prescribed. 



