12. CROCUS LAZICUS. 



Section: Involucrati; membranacei (Herbert): Holostigma; autumnal? (Baker). 



Crocus lazicus, Boiss. in Balansa Plant. Pont. Exsic. ,866, No. 1533; and Fl. Orient, vol. v, part 1 p 

 97; Baker Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron. ,873, p. 1431; List of Crocuses in Journ. P R Hort! 



t r, ^ pi, 11 ™ Ser " VOl - 1V ' l8 V' and SySt Iridac " m J° urn - Linn - Soc - Bot., xvi, p. 83; G. Maw 

 in Card. Chron., new series, vol. xvi, p. 235; in The Garden, vol. xxi, No. 532, p 67; and Hist 

 Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 372. ' 



Cormus minimus, vix semi-poll. (0.0.3 metr.) latus, stolonifer; tunica membranacea tenuis. Va<nna 

 singula brev.s semi-unc.alis, quam spatha basalis denudata brevior. Folia glabra, , vel 4 cum flor- 

 ibus visa (in Augusto?) faucem superantia, A poll. (0.0016 metr.) lata, 3-4 poll (007T 

 metr.) longa Spatha monophylla, dimidio tubi, squalls. Perianthium: faux 4bra 



O.I 00 

 tubus 



, r . ' — - r . vl ™, ""U.U.U luui, ^quails. reriantnium: taux glabra- tubus 



au"nSca US ' circitr^ ™7 T^' ^ P°»: .Cf.065-0.07s metr.) ortus; segment, splendid: 

 aurantiaca circiter ij poll. (0.038 metr.) apicibus rotundatis. Anthers aurantiacs, dimidio 



DatentS'nonmm^Z 68 - StylUS ^ SUmmaS antheraS fiSSUS ' Sti S mata brevia subulata anrantiaS 

 patentia nonnunquam ramosa. 



Corm very small, nearly spherical, from a third of an inch (0.00S+ metre) to half an inch (0.01, metre) 

 in diameter, bearing long stolon-like shoots. Tunic a delicate, thin membrane, produced 'upward 

 into a few points, a quarter of an inch (0.0063 metre) above the summit of corm P 



^"S%£Ta J sal W s pa the three ' *"* * *"«" ° f ^ *"* ( °-°^ ™^ l °^ membranous, shorter 



^Ltrjr r ! s : Tith tn e n in August (June?)) three or four to a corm from three four 



IhfmlrgrjlrthrbladfSolute 1611 ^ 11 ' ^^^ ° f a » inch ^^ -tre) broad, glabrous, 

 Basal Spathe half an inch (0.0.3 metre) long, exceeding the sheathing leaves. Proper Spathe monophyllous 

 atufha^Ta/Vthe S,* ™ ^^ ^ - two inchfs (o.o 5 o metre) (n length^!™! 



^J r a \° ra f g /' fr ° m tW ° t0 three inches (0-050-0.075 metre) from the ovary to the throat 

 Throat unbearded orange.. Segments obovate, from an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) to an nch 



("I 3 . m^§- broad, e Sh m orS h ' ^ ^ "^ ( °-°° 84 ^ <° ^^ a " ^ 



