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Var. C. Adami Gay in Bull. Feruss. xv. 219. C. anmilatm var. 

 (uJinnicus Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 3868. — Limb pale purple, the outer 

 segments concolorous or with three faint stripes of purple down the 

 back. — Caucasus, Georgia and the Crimea. 



Var. NUBiGENUs Herb, in Bot. Keg. 1843, Misc. 81. — Segments 

 very small, nearly white, the outer with a broad band of purple 

 down the back. — Asia Minor. C. Pestulozzce Boiss. is another 

 small-flowered form from the same country, with concolorous 

 whitish segments. 



Hab. The original plant, described by Miller, is the well-known Scotch 

 Crocus of the Gardens. Flowers in February and March. 



11. C. Crewei Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6168; Maw, Monogr. 

 t. 60. C. melantherufi Boiys. et Orph.v — Corm ovoid, k in. diam. ; 

 tunics rigid, cut round at the base and breaking into many deltoid 

 pieces. Basal spathe none. Leaves 3-4 to a tuft, as high as the 

 flower, narrow linear, with reflexed edges and a distinct white 

 central band. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube much 

 exserted ; segments under an inch long, whitish, the inner plain 

 white, the outer tinged with buff and with 3-5 lines of purple- 

 brown outside; throat yellow, glabrous. Anthers dark bro^^^l, 

 twice as long as the orange filaments. Style-branches entire, 

 oraiige-scarlet. 



Hab. Island of Sogra ; discovered by Mr. Elwes in 1874 ; also on Mount 

 Taygetus, in the Pelopponesus, and Mount Elmalu, in Lycia. Flowers in 

 England in February. Probably a variety of G. hijiurua. 



12. C. Tauri Maw, Monogr. t. 61. — Corm f-1 in. diara. ; tunics 

 rigid, cut round at the base. Basal spathe none. Leaves 5-6 to a 

 tuft, as high as the flowers, narrow hnear, with reflexed edges and 

 a distinct white central band. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth- 

 tube scarcely exserted; segments pale uustriped purple, l-li in. 

 long ; throat glabrous, yellow. Anthers yellow, twice as long as 

 the filaments. Style-branches short, entire, yellow, much over- 

 topped by the anthers. 



Hab. Mountains of Cilicia and Lycia ; gathered by Aueher Eloy, Elwes, 

 and Mr. and Mrs. Danford. Allied to C. hip^urus. Introduced into cultivation 

 by Whitall in 1892. 



13. C. ^Eius Herb, in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 288 ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6852b; Maw, Monogr. t. 58. ('. Sibtlw) planus var. 

 stduvicus Herb. — Curm globose, -1— f in. diam. ; tunics rigid, cut 

 away round the base and produced into a ring of bristles at the tip. 

 Basal spathe absent. Leaves 3-6 to a tuft, as high as the flower, 

 very narrow, with reflexed edges and a Avhite band. Proper spathe 

 diphyllous. Perianth tube little exserted; segments |-1 in. long, 

 pale or dark lilac, unstriped ; throat yellow, glabrous. Anthers 

 orange, twice the length of the yellow slightly papillose filaments. 

 Style-branches orange-scarlet, dilated and crenate at the tip. Seeds 

 dark red. 



Hab. IMountains of Armenia, Bithynia, Lazistan, and probably also 

 Kurdistan, ascending to OOUO — 7000 ft. ; ilowering about May, with us in 

 Febrnarv and Marcli. 



