2o6 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



C. susianus, var. 2, ancyrensis, Baker, List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lend., new sen, vol. iv, 1877; 



and Syst. Iridac. in fourn. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 80. 

 ? C susianus, var. immaculatus, Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron., 1873, p. 29. (referring to a 



specimen in the Kew Herbarium gathered by Lady Liston near Constantinople). 



Cormus pyriformis, | poll. (0.019 metr.) latus, ferme . poll. (0.025 metr.) altus. Turner fibn valid, 

 reticulati superne et inferne cuspidibus validulis rigidis terminati. Tunica basahs radns vahdis ngidis 

 e disco 'cartilagineo radiatis confecta. Vagina; quam spatha breviores. Folia glabra, tna, fauce 

 aeauantia costis duabus in canaliculis lateralibus. Spatha diphylla. Penanthium: tubus purpureus; 

 faux srlabra, extus sajpe purpurascens; segmenta obtusa ovato-lanceolata, f— 1 poll. (0.019—0.025 

 metr f lonea '- poll (0.084 metr.) lata, aurantiaca haud striata. Antherae aurantiaca; acuminata, 

 divergentes, ferme sessiles, quam filamenta brevissima aurantiaca quater longiores. Stylus fissus ad 

 medias antheras; stigmata coccinea integra, antheris oequaha. 



Corm pyriform, about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) broad, and an mch (0.025 metre) high. 

 Tunic of stron- reticulated fibre, produced above and below into strong wiry points; the 6 «/ re- 

 ticulated, produced upwards into strong, pointed fibres. Basal Tunic of strong, wiry, branching 

 fibres, radiating from a coriaceous disc. 



Sheathing Leaves about four, from half an inch to three inches (0.013—0.075 metre) long, falling short 

 of the proper spathe. 



Proper Leaves from three to four, reaching to the level of the flowers at the flowering-time, and produced 

 at maturity to a length of about twelve inches (0.300 metre), glabrous, about one-tenth of an inch 

 (0.0025 metre) broad; the keel one-third the width of the blade, margins of blade revolute, the 

 lateral channels containing two prominent ridges. 



Proper Spathe diphyllous, about two inches (0.050 metre) in length, reaching to within an inch (0.025 

 metre) of the throat. 



Perianth ■ Tube about three inches (0.075 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat, orange or pur- 

 nle 'in colour. Throat unbearded. Segments ovato-lanceolate, three-quarters of an mch, to an inch 

 (o 019-0.025 metre) long, and a third of an inch (0.0084 metre) broad; rich orange without markings. 



Stamens rather more than half an inch (0.013 metre) high. Antheri divergent, tapering upwards orange 

 about four times the length of the short, orange Filament. Pollen Grain ^ of an inch (0.00006 

 metre) in diameter; orange, the surface sculptured with sinuous channels. 



Pistil slightly exceeding the stamens, from half an inch (0.0.3 metre) to three-quarters of an inch (0.019 

 metre) high from the throat; the Style dividing at the level of the middle of the anthers, and pro- 

 duced into entire, orange-scarlet stigmata. 



Scape at the flowering-time about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) high. 

 Capsule and Seed unknown. 



Crocus ancyrensis was known to Dean Herbert, who had it in cultivation at 

 Spofforth from corms obtained at Angora; but in placing it, as well as the Crimean 

 C. susianus, as varieties of C. rdiculatus, he failed to recognise its specific rank. 



