,g 2 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new sen, 1877, vol. iv, sp. 42; Dyer in Bot. Mag. 1874, tab. 6103; G. Maw 



Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 462; in The Garden, vol. xxi, No. 532, 



p. 68; and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 373; Boiss., Fl. Orient, vol. v, part 



i, p. 1 01. 

 C. Schimpcri, Gay in Schimp. PI. Cephal. exsic; and drawing, Bibl. J. D. Hooker; Baker in Journ. Linn. 



Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 84. 

 C. Spruneri, Boiss. and Heldr. in Boiss. Diagn., ser. i, vii, p. 102. 



C. dianthus, K. Koch in Linncea, vol. xxi, p. 634; Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., part iii, Bot., vol. ii, p. 524. 

 C. nudiflorus (not C. ntidifiorus, Smith), Sibth. cSr Smith, Prod. Fl. Grsec, p. 23 (excl. syn.). 

 Var. 1. cilicicus, G. Maw in Gard. Chron. Feb. 1st, 1879, p. 234; and Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. 



Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 462. 



C. cilicicus, Kotschy, PI. Cilic. exsic, No. 316. 



C. cancellous, var. 1. Kotschyanus, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 29, var. 1, p. 30; from Journ. Hort. 



Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 276. (Not C. Kotschyanus of K. Koch, Index Sem. Hort. Berol., of 



Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., and of Baker, List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., and Journ. 



Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, which is C. zonalus of Gay.) 



C.pylarum cilkkarum, Gay in Balansa PI. Orient, exsic, No. 822. 



C.pylarum, Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., part iii, Bot., vol. ii, p. 525. 



C. damascenus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1845, vol. xxxi, tab. 37, fig. 1 and Misc. p. 1 ; and Hist. Crocus, 



sp. 30, p- 31; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 277; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron. 



1873, p. 1466; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., 1877, vol. iv, sp. 35; and Syst. 



Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 84. 



C. cancdlalus, var. /3 damascenus, Boiss. Fl. Orient., vol. v, part 1, p. 101. 



C. cancellatus, var. persicus, Chappellier, note "sur un crocus recueilli en Perse." 



C. edulis, Boiss. and Blanche, Fl. Syr. exsic. 

 Var. 2. Mazziaricus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1845, vol. xxxi, Misc. p. 3, and Misc. p. 82; 1847, vol. xxxiii, 



tab. 16 (17), var. 3, figs. 5 and 6; and Hist. Crocus, sp. 29, var. 3, p. 31, from Journ. Hort. Soc. 



Lond., vol. ii, p. 277; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 462; 



in The Garden, vol. xxi, No. 532, p. 68. 



Cormus circiter 1 poll. (0.025 metr.) latus, paullo latior quam altior. Tunicoe fibri validuli reticulati, 

 reticulationes oblongce rectangulares, pileus in fasciculo fibrorum validorum productus 1 poll (0.025 

 metr.) et ultra supra apicem cormi. Tunica basalis, discus vel annulus validus cartilagineus, radiis 

 fibrosis validis acutis cinctus. Vaginae spatha suboequantes vel longiores. Folia ad florationem visa 

 ~ poll. (0.0021 metr.) lata, ferme glabra, matura 10—12 poll. (0.250—0.300 metr.) longa, costre 

 tres elevatoe in canaliculis lateralibus. Spatha membranacea, diphylla, celata vel ferme celata in 

 vaginis. Perianthium: faux flava glabra; segmenta ii— ij poll. (0.038—0.044 metr.) longa, i poll. 

 (0.013 metr.) lata, alba vel pallide purpurea, concolora vel signis purpureis penniformibus ornata, 

 sajpius flava apud faucem. Antherae pallide aurantiaca; acuminata?, quam filamenta alba bis longiores. 

 Stylus aurantiacus paullo infra apices antherarum fissus. Stigmata ramulosa aurantiaca antheras multo 

 superantes. Semina magna, subsphserica rubra. 



Corm about an inch (0.025 metre) broad and high. Tunic of strong reticulated fibre, the interspaces 

 being oblong and rectangular; the Cap produced into a bunch of strong fibres reaching an inch 

 (0.025 metre) or more above the summit of the corm; the Basal Tunic a coriaceous disc or ring 

 surrounded by strong pointed fibrous rays. 



