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THE GENUS CROCUS. 



It has been found at Simpheropol and in the eastern part of the Crimea, and 

 abundantly on the Steppes near Ekaterinograd; at Piati-gorsk and Georgiewsk 

 (Georgievsk) in the province of Terek on the north slopes of the Caucasus. 



Crocus reticulatus flowers in the early spring from the end of February to the 

 beginning of April. I collected it in the neighbourhood of Trieste at the end of 

 February, 1876, and still have it in cultivation. It can scarcely be recommended 

 as a decorative plant; as, although it occasionally flowers, and the flowers are very 

 ornamental, it seems to want the vigour of many vernal species, and is not nearly 

 so robust and noriferous as the nearly allied C. dalmaticus. 



Herbert associated as varieties of C. reticulatus the four following species; viz. 

 susianus, Ker, as his var. 1, auritextus; reticulatus, M. Bieb, as his var. 2, vancgatus; 

 dalmaticus, Visiani, as var. 3, dalmaticus; and C. ancyrcusis; but all recent writers 

 recognise their separate specific rank. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXXV. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, March 12th, actual size. 



Fig. 2. With matured leaves and capsule, June 9th, 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. (5. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



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



Fig. 8. Seed, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 9. Corm tunics, magnified two-fold: a, main tunic; b, basal tunic. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXXV?;.— Var. micrantlws. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, vernal, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size. 



Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 4. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 5. Section of leaf, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 6. Corm tunic, magnified two-fold. 



