CROCUS TOURKEFORTII. 2j9 



Croats Tournefortii is a native of, and is probably limited to, the islands of the 

 Greek Archipelago, between latitude 36 and 37^° north, and longitude 23^ and 

 28 east. It has been recorded from the islands Hydra (Idra), Thermia (Thermo, 

 Kythnos), Melos (Milo), Syra, Pholegandros (Polykandro), Tinos (Tino, Tenos), and 

 Rhodes, near the path by the sea to the village of Triandra. There are also records 

 of its having been found in the Morea, and in Thrace, near the Quarantine station 

 of Zeitun (Zeitan); but about these some doubt exists. After examining Gay's type 

 specimen of C. Tournefortii from Melos, preserved in the De Candolle Herbarium 

 at Geneva, I find that the plant figured and described in the Botanical Magazine 

 (Tab. 5776) from the neighbouring island of Pholegandros, as C. Orphanidis, is 

 identical with it. 



C. Tournefortii is nearly allied to C. Boryi; but its lilac flowers and densely 

 pubescent filaments are constant characters which readily distinguish it from that 

 species. The leaves appear in the autumn before the flowers, which are freely pro- 

 duced from the end of October through November. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XLVII. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, November, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Inner surface of segment, actual size. 



Fig. 3. With matured leaves, May 10th, actual size. 



Fig. 4. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size. 



Fig. 5. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 6. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 



Fig. 7. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 8. Filament, magnified ten-fold. 



Fig. 9. Sections of leaf, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 10. Seed, June 2nd, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 11. Corm tunics, magnified two-fold: <i, cap: h. main tunic. 



