266 NEW XirUION and crocus FKOM the ClLlCIiX TAUBU8. 



collo hypogaeo 2-3 poll, longo. Folia radicalia 2-3 post florescentiam 

 producta, anguste linearia, glabra, falcata, l|-2 lin. lata, facie canali- 

 culata. Scapus subnullus. Spathte valvao 2, lineares membranaceee, 

 li-2-pollicares. Ovarium cylindricum, 6-7 lin. longum, pcdicello 

 intra spatham ovario a?(juiIongo ; tubus protrusus, lA-pollicaris ; limbus 

 infundibularis, pollicaris, aumntiaeo luteus, scgmcntis (oxtcrioribus) 

 oblongo-spathulatis supra medium 3-4 lin. latis, lamina oblonga 

 reflexa ungue breviore fauce nigro punctata, ungue obscure barbato. 

 Stigmata lutea immaculata, limbo paulo brcviora, cristis deltoideia. 

 Stamina 6 lin. longa, antheris oblongis citrinis filamento longioribus. 

 The following are Mrs. Danford's notes upon the plant: — 

 " This phxnt is an inhabitant of the Cilician Taurus, abundant 

 ■where it occurs, but evidently very local, we having only met with it 

 twice. It blooms at the beginning of March (the specimens were 

 picked on the 24th of Marsh, when most of the others were faded), at 

 an elevation of about 4000 feet. It is onc-flowercd. each plant growing 

 apart from the others. "When it blooms it has only narrow sheathing 

 leaves, and is from two to four inches high. The exact locality in 

 which we found it was the northern side of the Anaxlia Mountain — a 

 mountain which is in reality a continuation of the Ala Dagh range, 

 resembling it in formation and merely divided from it by the deep 

 ravine through which flows the Sihoun. At the base of the rocks 

 near the village of Anascha is one of the many springs which occur 

 on the mountain side. This spring is called Pongar Halil Ogdu 

 (Spring of the Son of Halil). There, on the slope of sandy earth, grows 

 the yellow Iris, in close company with a brilliant orange Crocus. The 

 banks of the little rivulet are patched with beds of Primroses, Violets, 

 and the beautiful blue blossoms of Scilla hifolia ; and on the rocks 

 from which the water gushes are tufts of Cystopteris fragilis, Asple- 

 nium Trichomanes, and A. Ruia-imiraria.^^ 



The following is a description of the new Crocus, which will have 

 to be placed amongst the vernal species of the section Hohstigma, 

 next C. Sieheri, of Gay, Pot. Mag., t. 6036 (C. nivalis, Bory & 

 Chaubard), the common species of the mountains of Greece. 



C. TAEViFLOEUs, Boher. — Bulbus ovoideus, 5-6 lin. crassus, 

 tunicis exterioribus prorsus subtiliter fibroso-reticulatis. Folia 3-4, 

 synanthia, erecta, anguste linearia, tempore llorationis perianthii 

 tube acquilonga, ■!■ lin. lata, distincte albo vittata, margiuibus glabris 

 revolutis. Scapus hypoga;us, 1-1^- pollicaris, unifloris. Spathae 

 valvar 2, lanceolata?, alba>, mcmbranaccje. Perianthii tubus pro- 

 trusus, sordide lilacinus, 10-12 lin. longus ; limbus infundibularis, 

 albidus lilacino tinctus buIIo mode striatus, scgmentis oblongis 

 obtusis imbricatis 2-2^ lin. latis, fauce concolori glabro. Stamina 

 perianthio vix breviora, filamentis glabris citrinis, 2 lin. longis, 

 antheris aurantiaceis 3 lin. longis. Stigmata Integra, brevia, erecta, 

 aurantiaca, antheris brcviora, opice cuneata fimbriata. 



