THE GENUS CROCUS. 



C.atlantkus, Pomel, Nouv. Mater. Fl. Atlant., 1875, p. 383. 

 C.algericnsis, Baker in Card. Chron., new ser., vol. vii, 1877, p. 45. 

 C. carpetanus var., Boiss. and Reut. 

 C. vernus (not C. vernus, Allione) Desf., Fl. Atlant. vol. 1, p. 33- 



■ lFnm ; K j 1 DO ii fooiq— 0.022 metr.)latus,et 1— 3 poll. (0.01 3-0.019 metr.) altus. Tunic* 



'T' 'XlL^ at.nlS 61— albo'bis'longicL; stylus ad ba s i„ a„.l,=,ar„r» lis™. 

 SdgSa alba pSentS S . Afloa. Semina obscure o°ch,e. glabra, cl.alaza, raphe, et canmcala 



ochroleucis prominulis. 



^Jllf^L about four, from three-quarters of an inch (0.0x9 metre) to four inches (0.100 metre) 

 in length, shorter than the proper spathe. 



l°ith six aTtern^tinT ridges and furrows, the lateral channels narrow, and without ndges 

 /^r ^ diphyllous, the inner spathe ligulate, the outer tubular, exceedmg the sheathtng leaves 

 and reaching nearly to the throat. 



surface variously feathered or veined with purple, 

 yellow, 4 of an inch (0.00008 metre) in diameter. 



pearly-white stigmata. . 



& J two inches (0.050 metre) high at the flowering-time, lengthening to a height of three inches 



(0.075 metre) at the maturity of the capsule. 

 Capsule about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) high, and one-third of an „ich (0.0084 metre) 



broad, veined with purple. 



