THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Crocus Boissieri is, as far as I can ascertain, only known from a single imperfect 

 specimen in the herbarium of Monsieur Boissier, collected by the Russian traveller 

 Tchihatcheff on the 30th of June, 1853, in latitude 36° 25 north, longitude 3 4° 10' 

 east, near the Cave of Corycus (modern Korghoz) in Cilicia. The description and 

 figure are therefore necessarily incomplete; and nothing is known about its corm 

 or fruiting condition. There is no other species in the East to which it has any 

 near affinity. In the character of its stigmata and spathes it approaches C. vemus. 

 It is remarkable for its extremely narrow perianth segments; and for the great 

 length of the filament, which is double that of the short anthers. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XX. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, June 30th, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Perianth segment, actual size. 



Fig. 3. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size. 



Fig. 4. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 5. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 6. Section of leaf, magnified two-fold. 



