HISTORY AND LITERATURE. 



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Bastia as C. corsicus. C. veluchensis of Herbert, identical with Janka's C. balkanensis, 

 must I think be retained as a species distinct from C. Sieberi. 



C. algeriensis of Baker is without doubt identical with C. atlanticus of Pomel, 

 and also with the South Spanish C. nevadensis described by Amo and Campo in 1861; 

 I therefore retain Atno and Campo' s earlier name. 



C. etruscus of Parlatore is without doubt a species quite distinct from C. 

 reticulatus. 



With Air. Baker's approval, I group C. Cartwrightianus, of Herbert, C. Pallasii 

 (M. Beib), and C. Thomasii (Tenore) as varieties of C. sativus. 



I think it is doubtful whether C. peloponnesiacus of Orphanides can be pro- 

 perly separated from C. hadriaticus of Herbert. C. karduchorum of Kotschy is a 

 species distinct from Gay's C. zona tits. 



I think it is doubtful whether C. Olivieri of Gay, and C. Aucheri of Boissier 

 are identical. Baker places them as one species, but Boissier in his Flora Orientalis 

 places his C. Aucheri as synonymous with Herbert's C. Suterianus. 



C. aleppicus of Baker is without doubt identical with Boissier' s C. hyemalis 

 var. Gaillardotii, to which I give specific rank as C. Gaillardotii. Boissier in his 

 Flora Orientalis also separates it as a species. 



C. Pestalozzce of Boissier is distinct from C. aerius, and I place it as an 

 albino of Herbert's C. nubigenus, which is a variety of C. bijlorus; Boissier also in 

 his Flora Orientalis places it as a variety of C. biflorus. 



C. cyprius of Boissier and Kotschy must be retained as a species quite distinct 

 from C. aerius. 



The Spanish autumnal Croci approach each other very closely; and I feel some 

 doubt about separating Gay's C. Salzmanni as a species distinct from C. serotinus 

 of Salisbury, of which Baker makes it a variety. 



C. damascenus of Herbert, which Baker also accepts as a species, I can only 

 view as the Eastern blue form of C. cancellatus. 



C. vitellinus, of Wahlenberg, and C. syriaeus, of Herbert, I place as the self- 

 coloured and bronzed forms of one species. M. Boissier also unites them in his 

 Flora Orientalis, but describes the Aleppo plant as a distinct species, under the 

 name of C. graveolens. 



C. Candidas of Clarke, which Boissier, followed by Baker, places as synonymous 

 with C. Fleischeri of Gay, is another species allied to C. aureus. 



Baker places C. veneris, Tappeiner, as synonymous with C. Boryi, Gay; and 

 C. laevigatas, Bory and Chaub, C. Tournefortii, Gay, and C. Orphan id is of Hooker, as 

 varieties of C. Boryi. 



C. Iccvigatus, with its hard coriaceous corm-tunic, is a species undoubtedly 

 distinct from any other of this group; and C. Orplmmdis is I think identical with 



