CROCUS SIEBERI. lgI 



Mr. J. B. Sandwith, C.B., Her Majesty's Consul at Canea, in Crete. I am also 

 indebted to Mr. Sandwith for a further supply of the corms, collected at an elevation 

 of seven thousand five hundred feet on the White Mountains, Crete. 



The type or self-coloured form is prevalent on the Greek mainland, and the 

 variegated variety on the islands of the Archipelago. 



C. Sieberi is readily distinguished from C. veluchensis by its unbearded, bright 

 orange throat. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXXIII. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, February 20th, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Inner surface of segment, actual size. 



Fig. 3. Flowering-state of var. versicolor, March 13th, actual size. 



Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, and S. Segments of var. versicolor, actual size. 



Fig. 9. With matured leaves and capsule, June 2(jth, actual size. 



Fig. 10. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary and spathes, actual size. 



Figs. 11, 12. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 13. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 



Fig. 14. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 15. Section of leaf, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 16. Conn tunics, magnified two-fold: a, cap; b. main tunic: o, basal tunic. 



Fig. 1 7. Seed, magnified six-fold. 



