Il8 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



pp 68< Si 720; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron. .873, p. 609; List of Crocuses in Journ. 

 R Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, 

 p' 8,; The Garden, vol. vii, p. 2+2; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Card. Chron., new series, 

 vol. xv, p. 303; in The Garden, vol. xxi, No. 53*. P- 67 ■ and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 Bot., vol. xix, p. 372. 



C. Lnperalonius, Herbert in Bot. Mag. sub tab. 387 U Hist Crocus, spec 8, p 14, from Journ. Hort. 

 Soc. Lond. ii, p. 260; and drawing Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond.; Floral Mag. May, 1874, 

 plate iii, fig. 3. ,0 



C. neapoliianus (not C. vernus, var. neapoliianus of Herbert), Ten. in litt. et ad cat. sem. ann. .825, 

 collector, adnot. p. 11. 



C. minimus, var. a. italicus, Gay in Feruss. Bull. Sc. Nat. xi, p. 378. 



Var. 1 . Radii, G. Maw. 



Var. 2. C.albiflos, Herbert, drawing Lind. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond.; albus, G. Maw. 



Cormus * poll. (0019 metr.) latus, f (0.016 metr.) altus; tunica nbroso-membranacea, sursum parum reticulata. 

 Ta ff in P ae quam spatha breviores. Folia ante florationem apparentia glabra, W* P°". (0.0032-0.0050 

 met r) lata, post florationem ad 8-9 poll. (0.200-0.225 metr ) elongata. Spatha un.-vel-b.valvi 

 ™ faux vix brevior. Perianthium: faux glabra; segmenta if poll. (0.044 metr.) longa, f (0.017 

 met") lata, exteriora extus ochrea, signis penniformibus purpure.s ornata, vel concolora, interiora 

 Xndide purpurea, rosea, vel alba. Anther* pallide aurant.acaj, quam filamenta long.ores. Stylus 

 circiter ad medias antheras fissus. Stigmata ramosa congesta aurantiaca. Semina ochrea. 



Conn pyriform, three-quarters of an inch (0.0.9 metre) broad, and rather less in height Tunic of fine 



sub paraUel fibres on a membranous base; the Cap produced upwards as a short bunch of fibrous 



Points; a separate basal tunic absent, the fibres of the mam tunic reaching, and attached to the 



centre of the base of the corm. 



Sheathing Leaves about four, from half an inch (0.0.3 metre) to two and a half inches (0.063 metre) 



in length, falling short of the proper spathe, and including several scapes. 

 Prater Leaves about four, appearing before the flowers, reaching to the throat at the flowering-time, and 

 produced to a length of nine or ten inches (0.225-0.250 metre) at the matunty of the capsule 

 Srous from one-eighth to three-sixteenths of an inch (0.0032-0.0050 metre) broad, the blade 

 Ind keel concave, the keel about one-third the width of the blade. 

 n*«zl Stathe from an inch and a half (0.038 metre) to two inches (0.050 metre) in length. Proper 

 Spatk monophyllous or diphyllous, from two to two and a half inches (0.063 metre) in length, 

 exceeding the sheathing leaves. 

 Perianth- Tube from three to four inches (0.07 5-0.. 00 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat. 

 T%roat orange unbearded. Segments about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) long, and five-eighths 

 to Xeequarters of an inch (0.0.6-0.0.9 metre) broad, bright pale purple; the outer surface of 

 the outer q segments buff feathered with purple, occasionally without markings In the albino var. 

 albidus of Herbert, the segments are white, and the outer surface of the outer segments buff In 

 the var. Reidii, the segments are bright rose-colour, 

 cv , ,K™,t three-nuarters of an inch (0.019 metre) in height; the Anthers orange, half an inch (0.013 



Stam ZiX^tr^^^ len e th of ^ e s lab ' ous ye "° w FilammL Pollm Grain **" ° f an ' 



(o 00008 metre) in diameter, papillose, orange. 

 Pistil eaualling or exceeding the stamens, barely an inch (0.025 metre) in height; the Style dividing at 

 or below the level of the summit of the anthers, and produced into spreading, sub-entire, or 

 branched orange stigmata. 



