24. CROCUS BANATICUS. 



Section: Subnudi (Herbert): Holostigma; vernal (Baker). 



Crocus banatkus, (not C. banaticus, Gay, which is C. iridiflorus, Heuffel), Heuffel in Verh. Zoolog.-Bot, 

 Gesell., p. 205; in Bot. Zeit. p. 255; in CEster Bot. Wochen. p. 222; and in Banat. p. 169; Rchb. 

 Icon. Fl. Germ, ix, p. 10, tab. 361, fig. 800-1; Bluff Comp. Fl. Germ., ed. 2, ii, p. 746; Andra 

 in Bot. Zeit., 1856, p. 66; Kornicke in Bot. Zeit, 1856, p. 473; Klatt, Revis. Irid. in Linnaea 

 xxxiv, p. 676; Schur., Fl. Transs. No. 3465, p. 652; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron. 1873, 

 p. 434; List Crocus, in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., xvi, p. 81 ; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., xvi, 

 p. 368; in The Garden, vol. xxi, no. 532, p. 67; and Hist Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. 

 xix, p. 372. 



C. vermis (not C. vermis of Alliono), Brug. no. 117. 



C. Heuffelianus, Herbert Hist. Crocus, no. 25, p. 27; from Journ. Hort. Soc Lond. ii, p. 273. 



C. Heuffellii, Kornicke in Flora, 1856, ii, p. 476. 



C. veluchensis, (not C. veluchensis, Herbert) of many Botanical Gardens and Herbaria; Schott in Bot. Zeit., 

 1851, p. 281; Schur. Sert. 1852, no. 2742, p. 73; and Fl. Transs. no. 3466; ? Baker in Gard. Chron. 

 1874, p. 542; and in Bot. Mag. tab. 6197. 



C. Sieberi, var. veluchensis. ? Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 542; ? and List Crocus, 

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

 xvi, p. 82. 



C. vittatus, Schlosser in Schur., Fl. Transs., p. 652. 



C. uniflorus, Schur., Verh. Sieber. ver. 1852, p. 90. 



C. exignus, Schur., Fl. Transs. no. 3467, p. 652. 



C. banaticus, var. a. versicolor, b. concolor, c. pictus, d. niveus, Schur., Fl. Transs., no. 3465, p. 652: var. albi- 

 florus (not albiflorus, Kit. which is a var. of C. vermis) Schur., Herb. Transs. 



Cormus parvus ferme sphaeroideus, circiter £ poll. (0.013 metr.) latus; tunica fibris tenuibus, reticulatis 

 confecta. Vaginae quam spatha breviores. Folia ad florationem intra vaginas visa, matura pedalia 

 (0.300 metr.) vel ultra, glabra, -| poll. (0.010 metr.) lata, carina angusta, lamina lata, canaliculis 

 iateralibus latis. Spatha monophylla. Perianthium: tubus purpureus; faux purpurea haud barbata; 

 segmenta splendide purpurea, macula obscuriore purpurea prope apicem; segmenta interiora pallidiora, 

 circiter ij poll. (0.038 metr.) longa, i poll. (0.013 metr.) lata, apice obtusa vel emarginata. 

 Anthera; aurantiacae, quam filamenta alba paullo longiores. Stylus ad apices antherarum fissus. 

 Stigmata aurantiaca fimbriata, congesta, antheras superantia. Semina globosa, obscure cervina. 



