THE GENUS CROCUS 

 lib 



Var. Foxii, G. Maw, Boiss., Fl. Orient., vol. v, part i, p. 106. 



t \ iot„o ot nlhie Tnnira membrana tenuis sericea ad basin in 



Cotmas J— I poll. (0.013-0.0.7 metr.) latus « alius. lon ^ a ' "™° n c „ spidibus pa „cis brevissimis 



lacimis angus.is nbros,, (neo «bns ™s) fissa ad jp.cem corm aora uZ- *qualia, J poll, (o.ooj, 



rr^s 1 a^° ?«r ° at* js£r5t£a?iM£5. * aa~ ^ ^ 



faucem fissus. Stigmata ramulosa capillacea, anthens squaha. 



•ttSM srp^^ ( ^a& te ^^ ' I ( d 



»*r Z«L from four to seven, reaching above the flowers at the JjJJgg^ ^^te eighth 



^" SXutrinch and a half (0.03s metre) in length the inner spathe ligulate, the outer 

 tubular, exceeding the sheathing leaves, and reaching nearly to the throat. 



/W»«: ZW. about two inches (0.050 metre) in length fio» .the .ovary to th e , thn» t Jk roai fellow, 

 unbearded. &*»<»* about an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) long ^ and one tm 

 (o 008+ metre) broad, white, and veined with rich purple lines towards he base. 

 outer surface of the outer segments are freckled and suffused wrth purple. _ 



AM, five-eighths of an inch (0.016 metre) high; the orange ^r. about twice the length of the 

 orange Filament. In var. Jimz the anthers are black. 



»« r™ 6v.-.ighlhs of a„ iaob (0.0,6 „e»e) »tog. - of anj.ch (0.0,9 »e«e) lug from 



Sidtfa; sts Va.-ss's sratws^a s abo„, e i8 h, ., - o,a„ g . 



canillarv, stigmatic divisions. , 



within each set of sheathing leaves. 

 C«/«& about half an inch (0.013 metre) high, and a third of an inch (0.008+ metre) broad. 



Seed unknown. 



Crocus hycmalis is essentially a mid-winter species, flowering from the end of 

 November, through December, to the early part of January. It is limited to 

 Palestine and the borders of Syria. Its recorded habitats range between 31° and 

 H° north latitude, and 35° and 3 6f east longitude. It has a more southern range 

 than any other Crocus. Monsieur Barbey gathered it on the southern slope of a 



