Io6 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Crocus Clusianus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. xxxi, tab. 37, fig. 8; Hist. Crocus, species 2., p. 23, from Journ. 



Hort. Soc. ii, p. 269; also drawing Lind. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 

 Crocus auiumnalis, Brotero, Fl. Lusit. i, p. 49. 

 Crocus auiumnalis, var. mullifidus, Brotero, Phyt. Lus. tab. 94. 

 "Crocus purpuras", Exsic. anno 1660, Herb. Sloan. Brit. Museum. 

 Crocus serotinus, of many herbaria. 



Cormus oblatus, f poll. (0.0.9 metr.) latus, | poll. (0.0.6 metr.) altos; tuniae fibn obscure reticulata. 

 Va-in* quam spatha breviores. Folia ^ poll. (0.00.6 metr.) lata glabra, ante florat.onem visa, 

 et tunc floribus substantia. Spatha foliacea monophylla, ferme ad faucem producta. Perianthram: 

 tubabrevis- faux barbata lilacina; segmenta 1} poll. (0.038 metr.) longa, i poll. (0.013 metr.) lata, 

 vinoso-purpurea, apud faucem obscuriora. Antherse pallide aurantiacas, quam stigmata breviores, 

 filamenta flavescentia. Stylus ad apicem antherarum fissus, fascem ramulorum capillaceorum stig- 

 maticorum aurantiacorum fert. Semina coccinea. 



Com from three-quarters of an inch (0.0.9 metre) to seven-eighths of an inch (0.022 metre broad 

 and about two-thirds of an inch (0.017 metre) high. Tunic nbro-membranous, reticulated; the Lap 

 produced into a short bunch of fibrous points, reaching half an inch (0.013 metre) abov r e the summit 

 of the corm- the Basal Tunic of fine, delicate, radiating fibres, reaching nearly half way up the 



corm. 



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Sheathing Leaves from three to four, the longest from two to three inches (0.050—0.075 metre) in length, 

 falling short of the proper spathe. 



Prober Leaves from five to six, appearing before the flowers, reaching to the flowers at the flowering- 

 time and produced to a length of nine or ten inches (0.225—0.250 metre) in the spring, glabrous, 

 from'- 1 - to tV of an inch (0.0013— 0.0016 metre) wide, the margins of the blade bearing three 

 prominent ridges, the keel about half the width of the blade. 



Basal Spathe about an inch and three-quarters (0.044 metre) long. Proper Spathe monophyllous, from 

 two and a half to three inches (0.063—0.075 metre) long, exceeding sheathing leaves, and reaching 

 to within an inch and a half (0.038 metre) of the throat, foliaceous at the extremity. 



Perianth: Tube from three to four inches (0.075-0.. 00 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat. 

 Throat distinctly bearded, and white internally. Segments about an inch and a half (0038 metre) 

 long, and half an inch (0.0.3 metre) broad, bright purple, darker towards the base, but without 

 any°'distinct feathered markings. 



Stamens erect, about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) high, and generally shorter than the pistil. 

 Anthers about half an inch (0.013 metre) in length, bright orange, a little longer than the cream- 

 coloured Filaments. Pollen Grains 3^ of an inch (0.00008 metre) in diameter, papillose, bright 

 orange. 



Pistil generally higher than the stamens, about an inch (0.025 metre) high; the Style dividing near the 

 level of the summit of the anthers, and produced into a compact bunch of the divisions of the 

 branching orange stigmata. 



Scape about an inch (0.025 metre) in height at the flowering-time, and produced to a height of from 



three to three and a half inches (0.075—0.088 metre) at the maturity of the capsule. 

 Capsule about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) in length. 



Seed nearly spherical, one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) in diameter, papillose, and rich reddish brown 

 in colour. 



