47b. CROCUS BOEYI. 



Section: Nudiflori; parallelo-fibrosi (Herbert): Schizostigma; autumnal (Baker J. 



Crocus Boryi, Gay in Feruss Bull. Sc Nat. 1831, vol. xxv, p. 320 (220); and two drawings Bibl. J. D 

 Hooker; Bory and Chaub. Exped. Moree, p. 21, tabs. 2 and 3; Moore in Fl. Mag iS<o n 27? 

 cum icones; Klatt Revis. Irid. in Linnsa, vol. xxxiv, p. 685; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard' Chron 

 new ser 1873, p. 1535: 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; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard 

 Chron. new ser., vol. xvi, p. SS9 ; ln The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 69; and Hist. Crocus in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 373; Boiss., Fl. Orient., vol. v, part i, p. no. 



C.Boryanus Herbert in Bot. Reg., 1847, vol. xxxiii, tab. xvi, fig. I0 ; and drawing in Lindl. Libr R 

 riort. soc. Lond. 



C.iom'cus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1845, vol. xxxi, misc. p. 3. 



Var. marathoniseus, G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. ssg - and in 

 The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 69. * 33y ' 



C marathoniseus, Heldr. 1852, PL Exsic, num. 2806; and PL Nov. Hellen. in Nuov. Giorn Bot Ital 

 1875, vol. vn, num. 4, p. 11. ' 



C. Boryi in part, Baker, Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 84 



Cormus J— ¥ poll (0.013-0.019 metr.) latus et altus. Tunica membranacea tenuis brunnea mollis fibris 

 intermixta. Vaginae ovano sequantes, quam spathse breviores. Folia preefloralia, ad florationem 

 flores superantia glabra ^ poll. (0.0025 metr.) lata, in vere pedalia (0.300 metr.) Spatha diphylla 

 fauce aequans. Per.anthium: faux glabra, insigne aurantiaca; segmenta x\-a poll, (o 032-0 0,8 

 metr.) longa, vix i poll. (0.013 metr.) lata, alba, raro lineis purpureis paucis'ad basin. Anthers 

 parvae albse, quam filamenta aurantiaca paullo longiores. Stylus prope basin antherarum fissus- stig- 

 mata laxa, patentia ramulosa coccinea antheras multo superantia. Semina fusco-rabra papilloma. 



Corm- from three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) to an inch (0.025 metre) broad and high Tunic 

 of thin membrane, interspersed with fine parallel fibres; the Cap produced upwards to a height of 

 three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) above the summit of the conn. 



Sheathing Leaver r about four, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to two and a half inches (0.06, metre) 

 in height, falling short of the proper spathe. 5 J 



Proper Leaves from five to seven, reaching above the flowers at the flowering-time, and produced in the 



Zl^ l°M eng , fV Mt T , t0 f ighte T inch6S (°-37S-o.45o metre), one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 

 metre) broad, glabrous, the keel one-third the width of the blade. 



Proper Spathe diphyllous, from two to two and a half inches (0.050-0.063 metre) in length, exceeding 

 the sheathing leaves, and reaching to within an inch (0.025 metre) of the throat; thl outer spathf 

 tubular, the inner spathe ligulate. y««"c 



Perianth: Tube about two and a half inches (0.063 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat, yellow 

 Throat unbearded, orange. Segments from an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) to an inch and 

 three-quarters (0.0+4 metre) in length, and about half an inch (0.0.3 metre) broad, creamy-white 

 yellow towards the base, and occasionally delicately feathered with purple. 



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



diaTetefwhS, paff se^ 1 " 056 ""^ ^" »*" Gn6u «** ° f ^ inch ^•°°° 6 ™^ in 

 Pistil about an inch (0.02 5 metre) high from the throat, reaching high above the anthers; the Style 

 dividing at the level of the middle or base of the anthers, and produced into lax, spreading finely 

 divided scarlet stigmata. In var. marathoniseus the stigmata are less branched than in the type 

 and reach only to the level of the summit of the anthers. >P 



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