39. CROCUS GARGARICUS. 



Section: Nudiflori; reticulati ( Herbal): Holostigma; vernal (Baker). 



Crocus gargaricus, Herbert in Bot. Mag. 1841, sub tab. 3866; in Bot. Reg. 1843, misc. p. 30, 83, 1845, 

 misc. p. 6; and 1847, tab. 16, fig. 1; Hist. Crocus, sp. jj, p. 35; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., 

 vol. ii, p. 281; Klatt, Revis. Irid. in Linncea, vol. xxxiv, p. 677; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. 

 Chron. 1873, p. 2gi; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., vol. iv; and Syst. Iridac. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 80; G. Maw in Trans, and Proceed. Bot. Soc. Edr., 1877, 

 vol. xiii, p. 77; Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 528; in The Garden, 

 vol. xxi, no. 532, p. 68; and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 373; Boiss., Fl. 

 Orient., vol. v, part 1, p. 104. 



C. aureus, (not C. aureus, Sibth. and Smith), Clarke's Travels, vol. ii, p. 146. 



C. Thirkeanus, K. Koch in Linnaea, vol. xxi, p. 633; Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., part 3, Bot., vol. ii, p. 

 523- 



Cormus minimus, f f - vix £ poll. (0.0084 — 0.013 metr.) latus. Tunicas fibri tenues dense reticulati; tunicas 

 basalis fibri tenues radiantes. Vaginas quam spatha breviores, scapus singulus. Folia erecta glabra, 

 2-3, fauce asquantia, matura 7 poll. (0.175 metr.) longa, laminae margines revolutae, carina angusta, 

 canaliculi laterales ecostati. Spatha monophylla. Perianthium aurantiacum, faux haud barbata; 

 segmenta obtusa, raro emarginata, \\ poll. (0.03S metr.) longa, vix \ poll. (0.013 metr.) lata. 

 Antherae citrine, quam filamenta aurantiaca paullo longiores. Stylus ad basin antherarum fissus; 

 stigmata integra aurantiaca, saspius quam stamina breviora. Capsula globosa; semina aurantiaca. 



Conn exceptionally ,r small, about a third of an inch (0.0084 metre) broad, and nearly as high. Tunic 

 of finely reticulated fibre; the Basal Tunic of fine, unbranched, radiating fibres, covering the lower 

 half of the corm. 



Sheathing Leaves three or four, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to two and a half inches (0.063 metre) 

 long, falling short of the proper spathe. 



Proper Leaves about three, appearing with the flowers, and reaching to the throat at the flowering-time, 

 produced to a length of seven or eight inches (0.175 — 0.200 metre) at the maturity of the capsule, 

 one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad, glabrous, the keel one-fourth the width of the blade, 

 margins of blade revolute, the lateral channels broad and open. 



Proper Spathe monophyllous, about two inches (0.050 metre) in length, exceeding the sheathing leaves. 



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