102 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



xvi, p. 84; Ball Spic. Fl. Maroc. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., xvi, p. 077. 



,, / „,„ mplr \ | ntnq 3 DO n fooio metr.) altus; tunica fibro-membranacea. 



S^S-ISLES^f XSS tC* —■- Stylus ad .pi anther »ss« s , 



in fasce congestis stigmatibus parum ramosis. 



wi, fr, n, = mptrel to an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) broad, and three- 

 Cm oblate, from an inch (°^»W ^Abro-membranous, splitting up into narrow divisions. 

 J^7^T^tiS 9 fib«8?lhe g C a / membranous, produced into a bunch of tapenng pomts 

 half an inch (001 3 metre) above the summit of the corm. 



£| H M£V *«r from three t0 f0ur " fr ° m h , alf ^ lnCh (0 '° 13 metr6) t0 tW ° (0 '° S ° m 



length, falling short of the proper spathe. 



o A r „L rir nr seven well developed before the flowers, and reaching to the level of the flowers 

 Proper Leaves six or seven, ^ ell aeve ope to eighteen inches 0.300-0.450 metre) 



£ th e e ^nrtS^ P n"s U e C v e entn°of an°inch (0.0036 metre) wid'e, glabrous; the keel narrow and 

 prominent, about one-third the width of the blade. 

 *J Spall, about two inches >go -^f^ 



feathered with purple. . . 



«„ an inch (o.ozs metre) high, shorter than the ?™LA£nW ^ am Z ( °'°' 3 ' 



long, tapering upwards, bright orange, a little longer than the orange ^lament 



K. ■ „i, „^ a mnrfer fn on metre) in height from the throat, the Style 



^EfM^SA'Si^S'S. aathis, and "produced ,»,„ a„ «, bunch 



of slightly divided orange stigmata. 

 Scape an inch and a half (0.038 metre) high at the flowering-time. 

 Capsule and Seed unknown. 



Crocus Salzmanni is limited to a small district within 35^ and 3 6| north 

 latitude, and between 5° and 6° west longitude; its head-quarters being the neigh- 

 bourhood of Tangier. I also found it on the flanks of Beni Hosmar, south of 

 Tetuan, in April, 1869; and again, in 1871, when in company with Sir J. D. 



