g THE GENUS CROCUS. 



C.-parvulus, Herbert, Bot. Mag.; and drawing in Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 



C. pholegandrus, Orphanides, exsic. 



C. Orphanidis, ]. D. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 1869, tab. 5776. 



C Boryi, var. 2, Toumefortii, Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron new ser 1873, p. .533! List 



Crocus in journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., vol. iv, .877; and Syst. Indac. in Journ. Linn. 



Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 84. 

 C Boryi var. *, Orphanidis, Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1873, p. 1533; List Crocus 



in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Indac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., 



vol. xvi, p. 84. 



Cormus * Doll (ooiq metr.) altus et latus. Tunica, membrana mollis brunnea fibris intermixta, versus 

 basin fissa Vagina; ovario aequantes, spathis breviores. Folia pnefloralia et ad florationem, flores 

 multo superantia, glabra, ^ poll. (0.0025 metr.) lata, in vere 14.— 15 poll. (0.350-0.375 metr ) longa. 

 Spatha diphylla fauce sequans. Perianthium: faux aurantiaca, glabra; segmenta i£ poll. (0.038 

 metr) lon°-a vix * (0.013 metr.) lata, splendide lilacina, venis paucis purpureis ad basin, vel 

 venis pennffo'rmibus'purpureis leviter (hand obscuro ut in C. lamgatb) ornata. Anthene parvse, albs, 

 quam filamenta aurantiaca paullo longiores. Stylus ad basin antherarum fissus Stigmata laxa 

 patula ramulosa coccinea, antheras multo superantia. Semina obscure rufa, papillosa. 



Conn three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) to an inch (0.025 metre) wide and high. Tunic of soft 



brown membrane combined with parallel fibres, splitting up towards the base. 

 Sheathing Leaves about three, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to two inches (0.050 metre) in length, 



falling short of the proper spathes. 

 Proper Leaves from four to six, preceding the flowers, reaching above the level of the flowers at the 



flowering-time, and produced in the spring to a length of a foot or fifteen inches (0.300—0.375 



metre) one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) wide, glabrous, the keel one-third the width of the 



blade, the lateral channels without ridges. 

 Prober Spathe diphyllous, nearly two inches (0.050 metre) in length, exceeding the sheathing leaves, and 



reaching nearly to the throat, the outer spathe tubular, the inner spathe hgulate. 

 Perianth- Tube about two inches (0.050 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat. Throat glabrous, 



orange. Segments about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) long, and barely half an inch (0.013 metre) 



broad, uniform bright lilac, with a few purple veins towards the base. 

 Stamens about half an inch (0.013 metre) high, shorter than the pistil; the white Anthers about twice 



the length of the densely pubescent orange Filament. Pollen Grain ^ of an inch (0.00006 metre) 



in diameter, white. 

 Pistil from an inch to an inch and a quarter (0.025-0.032 metre) in height from the throat; the Style 



dividing at the level of the anthers, and produced into lax, spreading, finely divided scarlet stigmata, 



which much exceed the anthers. 

 Scape about an inch and three-quarters (0.044 metre) in height at the flowering-time. 

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



broad. 

 Seed one-seventh of an inch (0.0036 metre) high, and one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad, dark 



red, papillose; the chalaza, raphe and caruncle of the same colour as the body ol the seed. 



