37. CROCUS STELLARIS. 



Section: Nudiflori; parallelo-fibrosi (reticulati ?) (Herbal): Holostigma; vernal (Baker). 



Crocus sM/aris, Haworth, Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. i, p. 136 and tab. vi; Salisb., drawing in Bibl. 



Bot. Brit. Museum; Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., vii, p. 422; Gay, three drawings Bibl. J. 



D. Hooker; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 528; in The 



Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 68; and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 373. 

 C.lagenaflorus, var. 3, stellaris, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 54, p. 36; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. 



11, p. 282; and drawing in Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 

 C. susianus, in part, Klatt Revis. Irid. in Linnsea, vol. xxxiv, p.p. 678 and 719. 

 C. mcesiacus, var. 2, stellaris, Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 291; List Crocus in Journ. 



R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., vol. iv; and Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 80. 



Cormus circiter f poll. (0.019 metr.) latus et altus. Tunicas fibri validuli paralleli cartilaginei, sursum 

 reticulati, in cuspides vahdos ad apicem cormi producti. Tunica basalis, discus cartilagineus radiis 

 latis plams acutis cinctus. Vaginas quam spatha breviores. Folia, 4, floribus cequantes, -i- poll 

 (0.0025 metr.) lata, glabra. Spatha diphylla, fauce ferme aequans. Perianthium: insigniter aurantiacum, 

 faux haud barbata; segmenta circiter 1 i- poll. (0.038 metr.) longa, acuta, exteriora cxtus 3—5 striis 

 purpureis ornata. Antherae palhde aurantiacre, acuminata), divergentes, filamentis aurantiacis paullo 

 longiores, (stenles, pollims granulse parva?, irregulares, ferme abortivas). Stylus ad apices antherarum 

 fissus; stigmata Integra palhde aurantiaca quam antheras longiora. Semina nunquam maturant. 



Corm from half an inch (0.013 metre) to three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) broad and high. Tunic 

 coriaceous, reticulated upwards; the Cap reticulated and produced upwards into strong pointed 

 libres. The Basal Tunic, a coriaceous disc, surrounded by flat, pointed, fibrous rays. 



S heal king Leaves about four, shorter than the proper spathes, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to two 

 and a half inches (0.063 metre) in length. 



Proper Leaves about four, reaching to the level of the flowers, and produced at maturity to a length of 

 nine or ten inches (0.225—0.250 metre), one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad, glabrous; the 

 keel convex, one-third the width of the blade. 



Proper Spa/he diphyllous, the outer spathe tubular, the inner, ligulate, about two inches (0.050 metre) in 

 length, and reaching nearly to the throat. 



