30. CROCUS HADRIATICUS. 



Section: Involucrati; reticulati (Herbert): Holostigma; autumnal (Baker). 



Crocus hadriaticus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1843, vol. xxix, misc. p. 77, and 1847, vol. xxxiii, tab. 16, fig. 

 7-9; and Hist. Crocus, sp. 12, p. 16; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 262; Baker Rev. Sp. 

 Crocus in Gard. Chron., 1873, p. 1402; List Crocus, sp. 19, in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new 

 ser., vol. iv, 1S77; and Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 83; G. Maw in Gard. 

 Chron. 1879, p. 234-5; Synops. Gen. Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 430; in The 

 Garden, vol. xxi, No. 532, p. 68; and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. v, p. 373; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, vol. v, part 1, p. 101. 



? C. peloponnesiacus, Orphan, in Boiss. Uiag. Ser. 2, iv, p. 95 ; and Fl. Grsec. exsic. No. 68 ; Baker Rev. 

 Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 143 1; List Crocus, sp. 22, in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new 

 ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 83; G. Maw in Gard. 

 Chron. 1879, p. 234-5. C. hadriaticus, var. 8 peloponnesiacus Boiss. Fl. Orient, vol. v, part 1, p. 101. 



? C. nivalis, Klatt, Rev. Irid. in Linna?a, vol. xxxiv, p. 270. 



Var. 1. chiysobelonicus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1847, vol. xxxiii, tab. 16(17), n g- 8_ 9; an d Hist. Crocus, 

 sp. 12, var. 1, p. 17; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 263; G. Maw, Synops. Gen. Crocus 

 in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 430; C. Cartivrightianus, var. leucadensis, Herbert in Bot. Reg., 

 1845, vol. xxxi, misc. p. 4. 



Var. 2. Saundersianus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1847, vol. xxxiii, tab. 16 (17), fig. 7; and Hist. Crocus, 

 sp. 12, var. 2, p. 17; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 263; G. Maw Synops. Gen. Crocus, 

 in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 420. 



Cormus magnus, circiter 1 poll. (0.025 metr.) latus, et f poll. (0.019 metre.) altus, basi plana, lateribus 

 verticalibus. Tunicoe fibri sericei reticulati tenues, ad apicem in fasciculo fibrorum liberorum f poll. 

 (0.019 metr.) prolongate Vaginas spathce ferme jequantes. Folia ad florationem fauci asquantia, 

 i^ poll. (0.0021 metr.) lata, in vere 15-18 poll. (0.375- — 0.450 metr.) longa, laminae marginibus et 

 carina ciliatis. Spatha basalis ovarium superans, scapos plures includens. Spatha vera membranacea 

 diphylla, vaginis ferme celata. Perianthium: faux barbata; segmenta alba, nonunquam basi purpurea, 

 circiter 1 J poll. (0.038 metr.) longa, £-J poll. (0.013 — 0.019 metr.) lata. Antherte splendide aurantiacse, 

 acuminatce, quam filamenta alba vel purpurea plus quam bis longiores. Stylus ad medias antheras 

 fissus. Stigmata integra coccinea, antheras superantia. 



Corm large, about an inch (0.025 metre) broad, and three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) high. Tunic 

 of fine silky reticulated fibre. Basal Tunic of radiating unbranched fibres; the Cap produced at the 

 summit of the corm into bunches of fibres about half an inch (0.013 nietre) in length. 



