198 AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
dows near the river Mersey, and also near 
Nottingham, are plentifully covered with its 
flowers among the grass; the leaves come up 
in winter and are full-grown in March. 
GROCUS:, 
(Corm at base.) 
The flower of a Crocus is not truly a corolla, 
but a coloured perianth with six equal divisions 
and a long tube that extends downward into 
