l62 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Libr R Hort. Soc. Lond.; Delicata, Fl. Melit. p. 23; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 357^ Klatt. Re T v | s - £id. in 

 Linnaaa xxxiv, p. 683 and 720; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron. .873, p. .466; List Crocus 

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

 xvi p 83; Pasquale, Notiz. Bot. Merid. D'ltal., Acad. Neap. Fasc. 12; G. Maw, Synops Genus 

 Crocus in Card. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. w- in The Garden, vol. xxi, No. 532. P- 6 7 ■ <™ d 

 Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 373. 



C. odorus, Biv.-Bern. Stirp. Rar. Sic. Mamp. 3, P- 8; and Sic PI. Cent., tab 2; Presl. Fl. Sic Prod. 

 p. ii- Guss. Prod. Fl. Sic. 1, p. 30; Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 11, p. 16, from Journ. Hort. Soc 

 Lond.' ii, p. 262; and drawing Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond.; Gay, 6 drawings as C. odorus, 

 and two drawings as C. longiflorus, Bibl. J. D. Hooker. 



C. odorus, var. longiflorus, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, p. 16, from Journ. Hort. Soc Lond. ii, p. 262. 



C. odorus, var. meli/ensis, Bot. Reg. 1844, vol. xxx, tab. 3, fig. 5. 



C. longiflorus, var. mclitensis, Delicata, Fl. Melit. p. 35. 



C. serotinus (not C. serotinus, Salisb.,) Bert. Desc. Zafferan Ital. in nuovo collez. opus scient. vol. 2, 

 p. 150. 



C. vemus (not C. vernus of Curtis, which is C. aureus of Sibth. and Smith; and not C. vermes of Allione.) 

 Ucria Hort. Reg. Panh. p. 46. 



C. Wilhelmii, Fisch. and Meyer. 



C.autumnalis monoflore majori aphyllus purpureas, Cupani, Hort. Cathol., p. 61, anno 1696. 



C.sylvestris autumnalis, Castelli, Hort. Mesan., p. 8, anno 1640. (not C. autumnalis, of Ker, which is C. 

 serotinus Salisb. ; and not C. autumnalis, of Brotero, which is C. Clusn, Gay.) 



? C. Visianieus, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 13, p. 17; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., ii, p. 263. 



Cormus ferme sphcericus, circiter J poll. (0.013 metr.) latus. Tunicae fibn reticulata in basi membranacea 

 confecta Vaginas quam spatha basalis paullo longiores. Folia ad florationem, spathai vers sequaha, 

 matura 8-9 poll. (0.200-0.225 metr.) longa, glabra, circiter i poll (0.0032 metr.) lata. Spatha 

 basalis quam ovarium multo longior, et ferme vaginis sequans. Spatha vera monophylla, foliacea 

 Perianthium: tubus flavus; faux aurantiaca, paullo barbata; segmenta circiter i£ poll. (0.038 metr.) 

 lon^a lilacina, concolora vel extus purpureo-venosa, (in forma melitensis rarms sigms penmformibus 

 purpureis ornata). Antherse hastate, acuminata;, filamento flavo plus quam bis longiores. Stylus 

 coccineus ad basin antherarum fissus. Stigmata Integra nonnunquam subdivisa capillacea, anthens 

 sequantia vel superantia. Capsula purpurea. Semina sphsenca coccinea. 



Corm nearly spherical, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to three-quarters of an inch (o.o I9 metre) in 



diameter. Tunic of distinctly reticulated fibre on a membranous base. 

 Sheathing Leaves about five, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to three inches (0.075 metre) in length, 



falling short of the proper spathe. 

 Proper Leaves about three, just appearing with the flowers, reaching to the level of the proper spathe 



at the flowering-time and produced in the spring to a length of eight or nine inches (0.200— o. 225 



metre), about one-eighth of an inch (0.0032 metre) broad, the keel one-third the width of the blade, 



the lateral channels broad and open. 

 Basal Spathe about two inches (0.050 metre) in length, much exceeding the ovary. Proper Spathe mono- 



phyllous, three and a half inches (0.088 metre) in length, fohaceous at the extremity. 

 Perianth: Tube about four inches (0.100 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat, yellow, Throat 



oran-e, slightly bearded. Segments an inch and a half (0.038 metre) long and from half an inch 



(0.013 metre) to two-thirds of an inch (0.017 metre) broad, of a uniform pale vinous-lilac, yellow 



towards the base, or externally veined or feathered with purple. 



