I4+ THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Cormus circiter A poll. (0.013 metr.) lata; tunica fibris dense reticulars. Vagina quam spatha breviores. 

 Folia 3-4, floribus substantia, circiter ^ poll. (0.0025 metr.) lata, canahcuhs laterahbus costatis. 

 Spatha monophylla, fauci sub<equalis. Perianthium: faux aurantiaca, glabra? segmenta lactea-alba, 

 vix 1 poll (0025 metr.) longa. Anthene aurantiacje, dimidio filamenti aurantiaci aquantes, appen- 

 dicular, appendice stigmatoidea. Stylus prope faucem fissus. Stigmata Integra late patentia, basim 

 antherarum parum superantia. 



Corm about half an inch (0.013 metre) broad and high. Tunic of closely reticulated fibres. 



Sheathing Leaves about three, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to an inch and a half (0.038 metre) in 



height, falling short of the proper spathe. 

 Proper Leaves three or four, appearing with the flowers, and reaching to a length of three or four inches 



( 07s— o 100 metre) at the flowering-time, about one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) wide, glabrous; 



the keel one-fifth the width of the blade, the lateral channels, containing two or three prominent 



ridges, wide and open. 

 Basal Spathe an inch (0.025 metre) long, reaching to the summit of the ovary. Proper Spathe monophyllous, 



an inch and a half (0.038 metre) long, exceeding the sheathing leaves and reaching nearly to the 



throat. 

 Perianth: Tube an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) long from the ovary to the throat. Throat 



unbearded (?), yellow. Segments barely an inch (0.025 metre) long and a quarter of an inch (0.0063 



metre) broad, creamy white, yellow towards the base. 

 Stamens about five-eighths of an inch (0.016 metre) high. Anthers about a quarter of an inch (0.0063 



metre) long, orange, bearing at their extremity a short stigmatic appendage. Filament yellow, about 



twice the length of the anthers. 

 Pistil about three-eighths of an inch (0.010 metre) in height from the throat, falling short of the stamens; 



the Style dividing close to the throat and produced as entire spreading widely expanding orange 



stigmata, reaching a little above the base of the anthers. 

 Scape, at the flowering-time about three-quarters of an inch (0.0 19 metre) high. 

 Capsule and Seed unknown. 



Crocus montenegrinus is a vernal species, and was discovered by Herr Maly in 

 Mount Orgen, in Montenegro, latitude 42 to 43 north, and longitude 20 east. 

 The stigmata resemble those of no other species: whether the stigmatic appendage 

 at the extremities of the anthers is a constant character, or an occasional case of 

 morphosis, I have not been able to ascertain; but as it suggested the name of 

 appendicular to Dr. Kerner I presume it was present in all the examples collected 

 by Herr Maly. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXIII. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, vernal, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size. 



Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 4. Anther, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 5. Stigmata, magnified six- fold. 



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



Fig. 7. Corm tunic, magnified two-fold. 



