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THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Stigma. The Stigmata present a great variety of type, and are so diverse in 

 their character that I am unable to adopt the three-fold classification, based on the 



pig, LO.— Stigmata of Croci, enlarged 1'om- times. 



I. C.sativus. 2. C.iridiflorus. 3. C.medius. 4. C.lasvigatus. 5. C. montenegrinus. 6, C. nevadensis. 7. C. aureus. 

 8. C. carpetanus. 9. 0. Olivieri. 10. C.hiflorus. 11. C. verms. 12. C. caspius. 13 C. parviflorus. 



structure of the stigmata, proposed by Mr. Baker. Fig. 10 represents a few of 

 the more extreme types, between which there are many gradations. In C. safivas 



