CROCUS BANATICUS. 147 



Magnum Varadinum; near Bischoffsbad, March; near the village of Ganos; at Gauts; 

 on sub-alpine hills Gotzenberg; at Preschbe and Mumma; at Dees in The Mar- 

 maros; on chalk hills about Kronstadt. Mons. Maximowicz, to whom I am indebted 

 for much information about the limits of the distribution of the genus in southern 

 Russia, informs me that C. banaticus extends eastward into Russian territory, and 

 has been found at Kamenetz (Kaminietz), latitude 48° 40' north, longitude 26 30' 

 east, and at Nestouta,near Balta, in Podolia, latitude 47 48' north, longitude 29= 

 30' east. 



There are few species of Crocus to which so many names have been applied 

 as to C. banaticus and of the nine names under which it has been known three 

 are the result of mistaken identification. The most common error has been the 

 confounding of C. banaticus with C. veluchensis of Herbert; the latter is a native of 

 Greece and has no basal spathe, but a diphyllous proper spathe. C. banaticus is 

 widely cultivated as C. veluchensis and is known under the latter name in many of 

 the continental gardens. I believe that the figure, tab. 6197, in the Botanical 

 Magazine under the name of veluchensis, represents C. banaticus; the plant from 

 which the figure was drawn having been received by the late Rev. H. H. Crewe, 

 through Herr Max Leichtlin, from the Berlin Botanical Garden, where it has been 

 grown under the name of C. veluchensis. C. banaticus is a valuable plant for garden 

 decoration; it is of robust habit and flowers freely in March, in the cold frame 

 and open border. 



My figure was drawn from plants from a wild source, kindly obtained for me 

 by Cardinal Haynald, Archbishop of Kalossa, in Hungary. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXIV. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, Feb. 28th. actual size. 



Fig. 2. With matured leaves and capsule, June 11th, actual size. 



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



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



Fig. 5. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 



Fig. 6. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 7. Section of leaf, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 8. Corm tunics, magnified two-fold: a, cap; b, main tunic; 0, basal tunic. 



Fig. 9. Seed, magnified six-fold. 



