34. CROCUS DALMATICUS. 



Section: Nudiflori; reticulati (Herbert): Holostigma; vernal (Baker). 



Crocus dalmaticus, (not C. versicolor, var. dalmaticus, Herbert in Bot. Mag., sub. tab. 387/) Vis. Fl. Dalmat., 

 vol. i, No. 217, p. 119; vol. ii, p. 28, Suppl. tab. 2; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus* in Gard. Chron'.' 

 new ser., vol. xvi, p. 462; in The Garden, vol. xiv, p. 420; and vol. xxi, No. 532, p. 68; and Hist' 

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



C. reticulars, var. 2, dalmaticus, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 32, var. 3, p. 3i ; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., 

 vol. 11 p. 279; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron., 1873, p. 542; List Crocus in Journ. R. 

 Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in JournySoc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 82. 



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Cormus J~ f poll. (0.013— 0.016 metr.) latus atque altus, pyriformis. Tunica; fibri validuli reticulati in 

 fundamento membranaceo, tenuiores quam in sequente C. reticulata. Vagina; quam spatha breviores. 

 Folia glabra, fauce ad florationem aequantia, \ poll. (0.0032 metr.) lata, matura 8—9 poll. (0.200— 

 0.225 metr.) longa. Spatha diphylla. Perianthium: faux flava glabra; segmenta circiter 1* poll. 

 (0.038 metr.) longa, et J — £ poll. (o. 010— 0.013 metr.) lata, acuminata, sapius omnino lilacina, vel 

 ochrea strns penniformibus purpureis extus ornata. Anthera; flava;, filamentis albis vel flavescentibus 

 bis aequantes. Stylus supra antheras fissus; stigmata Integra aurantiaca patentia. Semina ochrea. 



Conn pynform, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to five-eighths of an inch (0.016 metre) broad and high 

 lumc of strong reticulated fibre on a membranous base; the terminal fibres of the main tunic 

 attached to the centre of the bottom of the conn, a separate Basal Tunic being absent. 



Sheathing Leaves about three, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to two inches (0.050 metre) in length 

 falling short of the proper spathe. ' 



Proper Leaves from three to six, reaching at the flowering-time nearly to the level of the throat and 

 produced to a length of eight or nine inches (0.200—0.22=; metre) at maturitv, one-ei?hth of an 

 inch (0.0032 metre) broad, glabrous, the keel convex, one-third the width of 'the blade. 



Proper Spathe diphyllous, nearly two inches (0.050 metre) in height, tubular, exceeding the sheathing 

 leaves, and reaching to within an inch (0.025 metre) of the throat. 



Perianth: Tube about two inches (0.050 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat. Throat unbearded 

 yellow. Segments about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) Ion-, and from three-eighths to half an 

 inch (0.010— 0.013 metre) broad, generally self-coloured lilac; the outer surface of the outer segments 

 butt, with a few purple veins towards the base, or delicately feathered with purple. 



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