CROCUS SALZMANNI. ,03 



Hooker and Mr. Ball. We found it nowhere in the Greater Atlas; and Beni 

 Hosmar is the most south-westerly point to which Crocuses are known to extend. 



In Monsieur Boissier's herbarium there is a specimen gathered by Reuter, 

 in 1849, m the Sierra de la Nieve above Yunquera, twenty-six miles west of 

 Malaga; and in November, 1883, I gathered it on the upper flat terrace above 

 Europa Point, Gibraltar. 



C. Salzmanni is the only autumnal species common to Europe and Africa. 

 Herbert states that it was found on the mountains near Tunis, but does not give 

 his authority, and its occurrence there seems improbable, as it is not known to 

 extend into Algeria. If a Crocus has ever been found in Tunis, the Sicilian 

 C. longiflorus, looking at geographical proximity, would be the species most likely 

 to occur there. 



C. Salzmanni is a free-growing species, flowering from October into November. 

 In general aspect it resembles C. Clusii, but is of larger stature, and is readily 

 distinguished from that species by its corm tunic, which is composed of parallel, 

 instead of reticulated fibres; and its fully-developed leaves at the flowering-time 

 distinguishes it from C. asturiacs, of northern Spain, in which the leaves are only 

 shortly developed when the flowers appear. C. Salzmanni flowers about a month 

 earlier than C. serotinus. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE IX. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, October, actual size. 



Fig. 2. a, Outer surface of outer segment ; b, outer surface of inner segment, actual size. 



Fig. 3. With matured leaves, July 27th, actual size. 



Fig. 4. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size. 



Fig. 5. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 6. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 



Fig. 7. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 8. Section of leaf, magnified sis-fold. 



Fig. 9. Corm tunics, magnified two-fold: c, cap; d, main tunic. 



