CROCUS. 85 



a tuft, as high as the flower, very narrow, with reflexed edges and 

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

 much exserted ; segments l-lf i^^- loi^o- white, the other usually 

 more or less tinged with purple on the outside, rarely with pale 

 yellow ; throat glabrous, yellow. Anthers orange, longer than the 

 concolorous filaments. Style-branches entire, orange yellow. Seeds 

 bright bull", ripening to dark green. 



Hah. Central Asia, on the Alatau mountains and in Turkestan, ascending 

 to 7000 ft. Flowers with us late in February, 



30. C. cARPETANus Boiss. ct Reut. Diag. 24 ; Graells Raraill. t. 

 4 ; Maw. Monogr. t. 41. — Corm ^-1 in. diam ; tunics formed of a 

 dense mass of fine fibres, reticulated upwards. }3asal spatbe 

 absent. Leaves 3-4 to a tuft, reaching up to the flower, quite 

 different from those of any other species, yV~8 ii^- broad, equally 

 concave on the back, with 12-lG uuiform ribs, no central white 

 band and a conspicuously ciliated margin. Proper spathe di- 

 phyllous. Perianth-tube little exserted; segments 1-li in. long, 

 pale lilac or white, veined with blue on the outside towards the 

 base ; throat concolorous, glabrous. Anthers orange-yellow, twice 

 as long as the white filaments. Style-branches entire, pale lilac, 

 falling short of the anthers. Seeds pale reddish brown. 



Hab. Mountains of Central Spain and Portugal, alt. 4000—5000 ft. 

 Flowering from March to June. Very distinct in leaf-structure from all the 

 other species. 



31. C. EiiTicuLATus M. B. Fl. Taur. Cauc. i. 28 and Cent. PI. 

 Ross, t. 1, ex parte ; Reich. Ic. Crit. t. 939-940 ; Ic. Germ. t. 356; 

 Maw, Monogr. t. 35. C. varict/atna Hoppe & Hernsch. — Corm ^-f 

 in. diam. ; tunics of stout honeycombed fibres. Basal spathe 

 present. Leaves 3-5 to a tuft, as high as the flower, very narrow, 

 with reflexed edges and a white central band. Proper spathe di- 

 phyllous. Perianth-tube much exserted; segments 1-1^ in. long, 

 varying from white to deep lilac, the three outer with three very 

 distinct feathered stripes of dark lilac on the outside ; throat con- 

 colorous, glabrous. Anthers orange, twice the length of the con- 

 colorous filaments. Style-branches subentire, scarlet, overtopping 

 the anthers. Seeds pale buft'. 



Hab. Trieste to the Caucasus, flowering from February to April. C. 

 viicrniitlnts Boiss. Maw, t. 35b, collected by Aucher Eloy in Cilicia, is a 

 variety with small flowers. Var. dlhicniix Herb, is a form with white uustriped 

 flowers. 



32. C. DALMATicus Visiaui Fl. Dalm. Suppl. t. 2; Maw, Monogr. 

 t. 34. — Corm ^ in. diam. ; tunica of reticulated fibres, much finer 

 than in T'. rctkuJdtiis. Basal spathe present. Leaves 3-4 to a 

 tuft, as high as the flower, very narrow, with reflexed edges and a 

 white band. Proper spathe diphyllous. Peiianth-tube shortly ex- 

 serted ; segments 1-li in long, plain lilac or the outer striped out- 

 side with dark lilac ; throat yellow, glabrous. Anthers yellow, 

 twice the length of their filaments. Style-branches short, entire, 

 orange-yellow. Seeds buft". 



Hab. Mountains of Dalmatia and Herzegovma. Flowers in February aud 

 March. Very near C. reticulatus. 



