, 3 8 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



C.insularis. var. i. major, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 10, p. i 5 ; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. ii, 



p. 261; and drawing Lind. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 



(See also references to No. 19, C. minimus, De Cand., C. insularis, Gay, under which names C. 



corsicus is included.) 

 C.insularis, Herbert, in Bot. Reg. 1843, vol. xxix, tab. 21. 



Cormus f poll, latus (0.019 metr.); tunica fibro-membranacea, tenuiter reticulata. Vagina; quam spatha 

 breviores. Folia glabra, flori ad florationem cequantia, matura 8 poll. (0.200 metr.) longa, 

 circiter 1 poll. (0.0032 metr.) lata, canaliculi laterales 1-2 costati. Spatha monophylla. Perian- 

 thium: faux glabra, violacea; segmenta i* poll. (0.038 metr.) longa, * poll. (0.013 metr.) lata, 

 splendide lilacina, concolora; exteriora extus ochrea, signis penniformibus purpureis. Anthers 

 pallide aurantiacas, filamenta alba duplicantes. Stylus ad medias antheras fissus. Stigmata subulata 

 coccinea, ramulosa fimbriata, apicibus antherarum ajquantia. Semma pallide ochrea. 



Conn from half an inch (0.013 metre) to three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) broad, and barely half 

 an inch (0013 metre) in height. Tunic of finely reticulated fibre on a membranous base; the base 

 of the corm covered with parallel unbranched fibres continued downwards from the main tunic, in 

 place of a separate basal tunic; the Cap reticulated, produced upwards into a few short fibres. 



Sheathing Leaves three or four, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to two and a half inches (0.063 metre) 

 in length, falling short of the proper spathe. 



Proper Leaves three or four, appearing before or with the flowers, reaching to the level of the flowers 

 at the flowering-time and produced to a length of about eight inches (0.200 metre) at the maturity 

 of the capsule; one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad, the keel about one-third the width of 

 the blade, the lateral channels wide and open and containing one or two ridges. 



Basal Spathe from an inch and three-quarters (0.04+ metre) to two inches (0.050 metre) in length 

 Proper Spathe monophyllous, about two inches (0.050 metre) in length, reaching nearly to the throat. 



Perianth: Tube from two, to two and a half inches (0.050—0.003 metre) long from the ovary to the 

 throat Throat unbearded, internally white or lilac. Segments broadly lanceolate, about an inch and 

 a quarter (0.032 metre) long, and half an inch (0.013 metre) broad, pale purple; the outer surface 

 of the outer segments coated with buff and feathered with purple markings. 



Stamens equalling or exceeding pistil, about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) high Anthers yellow, 

 half an inch (0.013 metre) long, and twice the length of the glabrous white filament. Pollen Grains 

 papillose, orange, ^ of an inch (0.00007 metre) in diameter. 



Pistil about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) high from the throat; the Style dividing at the level 

 of the base or middle of the anthers and produced into broad, entire, or sub-entire, orange-scarlet 

 stigmata which are generally below the level of the summit of the anthers. 



Scape about an inch (0.025 metre) high at the flowering-time and produced to a height of about two 



inches (0.050 metre) at the maturity of the capsule. 

 Capsule oblong, about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) high, and a quarter of an inch (0.0063 

 metre) broad, veined with purple. 



Seed about one-sixth of an inch (0.0042 metre) long and one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad rich 

 buff in colour; with prominent chalaza, raphe, and caruncle of a paler colour than the body of the 

 seed and fringed with minute hairs. 



