CROCUS CANCELLATUS. ,S S 



of the plant. The notice was published in Paris in April, 1882. He describes the 

 flower as white, lilac, or violet, the throat being white or violet, instead of yellow 

 as in the type. The corms are evidently those of C. cancellatus, the tunic of which 

 is distinct from that of an}' other species. 



C. cancellatus has a great range of altitude: on the flanks of Phanoromani in 

 Santa Maura, it is abundant within six hundred feet of the sea level, and in the 

 Taurus occurs up to a height of eight thousand feet. Its flowering-time extends 

 from the beginning of September to December. It is a robust species, easy of 

 cultivation. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXXI. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, November 29th. actual size; a, c. from Santa Mania; I,, from Mount Hymettus, Athens; 



d, inner surface of segments, actual size. 

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

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

 Fig. 4. Stigmata, magnified two-fold. 

 Fig. 5. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 

 Fig. 6. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 7. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 

 Fig. 8. Section of leaf, magnified twelve-fold. 

 Fig. 9. Capsule of var. from the Bithynian Olympus, actual size. 

 Fig. 10. Seed, magnified six-fold. 

 Fig. 11. Corm tunics, magnified two-fold: c. main tunic; f, basal tunic. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXXI-i. Var. cilicicus. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, October 30th, actual size. 



Figs. 2, 3. Outer surface of segments, November 15th, actual size. 



Fig. 4. With matured leaves and capsule, June, actual size. 



Fig. 5. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary and spathes, actual size. 



Fig. 6. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 7. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 



Fig. 8. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 9. Section of leaf, magnified twelve-fold. 



Fig. 10. Corm tunics, magnified two-fold: a, cap; b, portion of main tunic; <• and </. basal tunics. 



Fig. 11. Seed, magnified six-fold. 



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