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THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Nuov Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc, p. 2.0; Vis. Fl. Dalmat., vol. i, p. 118; Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel 

 et Bithvn 2 p. 373; Ledeb. Fl. Ross, iv, 109; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 

 542; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., iv, .877; and Syrt.Indac.in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 82; G. Maw in Gard. Chron. .877, p. 8; Synops. Genus Crocus in 

 Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 462; in The Garden, vol. xvi, p. 420, Plate elm, fig. S ; and 

 vol. xxi, No. 532, p. 68; and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 373- 



C. reticulatus, var. variegatus, Trautv. in Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. St. Petersburg vol. xvii p. 329; Linde- 

 mann, Fl. Kherson. Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 22, var. 2, p. 33; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., 

 vol. ii, p. 279; and three drawings in Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 



C. variegatus, Hoppe and Hornsch, Tagebuch, p. .87 tab. i; Bert. Desc Zafferan Ital No. 6 ; and I in 

 Nuov. Collez p. .49; Gay in Feruss. Bull. Sc. Nat xi, p. 350; and drawing BiblJ. D. Hooker, 

 Sturm, Deutsch FL xiii, tab. 54! W. Koch Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. 2, p 805 ; Parlat. Fl. Ital 

 vol. iii, p. 227; Klatt, Revis. Irid. in Linnsea xxxiv, p. 679 and 720; Boiss. Fl. Orient, vol. v, part 

 i, p. 102. 



Var. micranthus, G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 462. 



C. micranthus, Boiss., Diag. Ser. 2, iv, p. 95; Tchihatcheff, Asie Min. part iii, vol. ii, p. 5 *3- 



C. variegatus, var. [i, micranthus, Boiss. Fl. Orient, vol. v, p. 102. 



C. reticulata, Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron. ,872, p 541; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. 

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



Cormus circiter i poll. (0.0.3 metr.) latus et altus. Tunica fibris va hduhs ngidis reticulars confecta in 

 fascicule cuspidum fibrosorum acutorum producta. Tunica basahs discus vahdus cartilag.neus cus- 

 pidibus radiantibus cinctus. Folia fauce ad florationem aequantia, A pol (0.0016 metr.) lata, mat ra 

 8-10 poll. (0.200-0.250 metr.) longa, costis .-2 in canahcuhs laterahbus. Vagin* quam spatha 

 breviores. Spatha diphylla. Perianthium: faux glabra; segmenta i} poll. (0.038 metr.) longa, ,,- poll. 

 (0008+ metr.) lata, acuta, alba vel splendide lilacina; segmenta exter.ora extus stms penmformibus 

 purpureis ornata. Anther* aurantiac*, filamentis aurantiacis bis aequantes. Stylus ad medias antheras 

 fissus; stigmata subintegra coccinea, antheras superantia. Semma palhde ochrea. 



Corn, about half an inch (0.013 metre) broad and high. Tunic of strong, wiry, reticulated fibre, produced 

 upwards into strong, pointed fibres. Basal Tunic a coriaceous disc, surrounded by radiating fibres. 



Sheathing Leaves about four, from half an inch (0.0.3 metre) to two inches (0.050 metre) in length, 

 falling short of the proper spathe. 



Proper Leaves three or four, appearing with the ilowers, reaching to the throat at the flowering-time 

 and produced to a length of about nine inches (0.225 metre) at maturity, one-sixteenth of an inch 

 S0016 metre) broad, glabrous; the keel convex, one half the width of the blade, the lateral channels 

 containing two prominent ridges. 



Proper Spathe diphyllous, about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) in length, exceeding the sheathing 



leaves. 

 Pt 



rianth: Tube two and a half inches (0.063 metre) in length from the ovary to th s throa . Throat 

 glabrous, white or yellow. Segments acute, reflexed, an inch and a half 0.038 me^ long and 

 Sne-third of an inch (0.008+ metre) broad, varying from white to lilac; the outer surface of the 

 outer segments feathered with purple. 

 Stamens fully half an inch (0.0.3 metre) in height, shorter than the pistil; the orange Anthers twice the 

 length of the yellow Filament. The Pollen Grains ^ of an inch (0.00008 metre) in diameter, 



length of the yellow Filament. 

 glabrous, orange. 



