, 94 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Stamens about three-quarters of an inch (0.0.9 metre) in height; the yellow divergent Anthers about 



twice the length of the white or yellowish Filament. Pollen Grams glabrous, yellow, ^ of an inch 



(0.00008 metre) in diameter. 

 Pistil about an inch (0.025 metre) in height from the throat; the Style dividing at the level of the 



summit of the anthers, and shortly produced into entire, orange, spreading stigmata. 

 Scape an inch and a half (0.038 metre) in height at the flowering-time, and produced to a height of 



from three to three and a half inches (0.075—0.088 metre) at the maturity of the capsule. 

 Capsule three-quarters of an inch (0.0 19 metre) long, and one-third of an inch (0.0084 metre) broad. 

 Seed one-seventh of an inch (0.0036 metre) high, and one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad, 



glabrous; the prominent raphe and caruncle of a paler colour than the body of the seed. 



Crocus dalmaticus of Visiani must not be confounded with the Dalmatian forms 

 of C. biflorus and C. vernus, both of which have had the name applied to them. 

 Though allied to the following species (C. reticulatus) ', it appears to be quite distinct, 

 and is a much more robust plant in cultivation, flowering freely in the open border 

 in February and March. It is a common plant in the mountains of Dalmatia, 

 and has been recorded from Mount Vermaz, near Cattaro; Bossanka, near Ragusa. 

 From the Island of Lesina, where a white variety occurs; and Zara (Zada). The 

 Kew Herbarium contains specimens collected in the Herzegovina on the 12th of 

 March, 1857, by Mr. G. Zohrab. It has also been recorded from the neighbourhood 

 of Trieste, but there is some doubt whether it extends so far north. Its main range 

 of latitude is between 42" and 44^° north; and of longitude, between 15 and 19 

 east. I have not been able to detect any separate basal tunic in C. dalmaticus, 

 though a prominent feature in C. reticulatus, the main tunic is directly articulated 

 to the centre of the base of the corm. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXXIV. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, February 23rd, actual size. 



Fig. I. a, Inner surface of segment; b, outer surface of segment of feathered variety, actual size. 



Fig. 2. With matured leaves and capsule, June 11th, actual size. 



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



Fig. 4. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 5. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 



Fig. 6. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 7. Section of leaf, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 8. Corm tunic, magnified two-fold; c, main tunic; </, base of corm. 



Fig. 9. Seed, magnified six-fold. 



