So THE GENUS CROCUS. 



p. 8, from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vol. ii, p. 25+; Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., Part iii, Bot, vol. ii, p. 

 521 ;' Klatt, Revis. Irid. in Linnaea, xxxiv, p.p. 688-721 ; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus, in Card. Chron. 1873, 

 p 1466; List of Crocuses in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. new series, vol. iv, and Syst. Indac. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 84; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron. new series, 

 vol. xvi, p. 148; Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 272; and in The Garden, vol. xxi, 

 No. 532, p. 66; Boiss., Fl. Orient., vol. v, p. 97. 



Var. 1 lilacinus; Stauros near Trebizond. G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron. new series, 

 vol. xvi, p. 148. 



Var 2 Suwarrowianus; Erzeroum and Caucasus. C. Suwarrowianus. K. Koch in Linnsea, xxi, p. 633; 

 Tchihatcheff, Asie Min. Part iii, Bot., vol. ii, p. 5*5! G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. 

 Chron. new series, vol. xvi, p. 148; Boiss. Fl. Orient, vol. v, p. 98; C. Zohrabu, G. Maw. 



Cormus oblatus, h ad J poll. (0.013-0.019 metr.) latus, membrana fibrosa tenuissima tectus. Vaginae 

 quam spatha breviores. Spatha monophylla, foliacea. Perianthium: faux barbata; segmenta pallide 

 lactea in fills tenuibus terminalibus producta, intus purpureo-venosa, macuhs duabus aurantiacis 

 prope faucem. Anthers et pollen pallide lactese. Stylus usque ad apices antherarum fissus. Stigmata 

 brevia subintegra lactea. Semina obscure ochrea. 



Conn oblate, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) broad and 

 three-eighths of an inch (0.0 10 metre) high. Tunic of thin delicate membrane interlaced with fine 

 parallel" fibres, which are occasionally branched, tending to a reticulated structure upwards. The 

 Basal Tunic consisting of very thin radiating fibres intermixed with membrane. The Cap produced 

 into short points half an inch high. 



Sheathing Leaves from four to six, membranous, about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) in length, in 

 the type falling short of the proper spathe; in var. Suwarrowianus, exceeding the double proper 

 spathe. 



Proper Leaves four or five to a corm, dormant at the autumnal flowering time, and produced in the 

 spring to a length of ten or eleven inches (0.250—0.300 metre) one eighth of an inch (0.0032 

 metre) broad, glabrous, with an obscure central white band, the keel as broad as the blade, and 

 separated from it by deep lateral channels, with a glaucous surface. 



Basal Spathe membranous, about half an inch (0.013 metre) long, tubular, and open for about half its 

 height Proper Spathe in the type monophyllous, foliaceous, from two and a half to three inches 

 (0.06,-0.075 metre) in length, exceeding the sheathing leaves, and reaching to within an inch 

 (0.025 metre) of the throat. In var. Suwarrowianus, diphyllous, membranous, three-quarters of an 

 inch (0.019 metre) in length, falling short of, and hidden within the sheathing leaves. 



Perianth: Tube, buff, about three and a half inches (0.088 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat 

 Throat in the type bearded; in var. Suwarrowianus unbearded. Segments lanceolate, from an inch 

 and three-quarters (0.044 metre) to two and a half inches (0.063 metre) long, and five-eighths of 

 an inch (0016 metre) broad, in the tvpe terminating in a fine thread-like point, pale cream-colour, 

 veined internally with from five to seven fine purple lines, and bearing two small orange spots 

 towards the throat; in var. lilacinus internally and externally veined with feathered purple markings. 



Stamens falling short of pistil, about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) high. Anthers pale cream- 

 colour, somewhat longer than the white glabrous Filament. Pollen Grains ^ of an inch (0.00008 

 metre) in diameter, papillose, pale cream-colour. 



Pistil about an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) in height from the throat, much exceeding the stamens, 

 the style dividing a little above the summit of the anthers, and shortly produced into spreading, 

 nearly entire stigmata, which are cream-coloured in the type, and orange in var. Suwarrowianus. 



Scape about half an inch (0.013 metre) high at the flowering time, and produced to a height of two 

 and a half inches (0.063 metre) at the maturity of the capsule. 



