CROCUS VENERIS 



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from Crete in which (Fig-. 2 ) the flower is feathered with purple. The plant is best 

 known in Herbaria by the specimens collected by Kotschy on the 20th of November 

 1840, on the slopes, between Ktima and the sea, of the hill country near Paphos' 

 Cyprus. All Kotschy's specimens have white flowers, without the purple feathering 

 which is occasionally found in the Cretan plant. 



Crocus veneris has not yet been introduced to cultivation, and is only known to 

 occur in Cyprus and Crete, between 24° and 3 4° east longitude, and 34 i° and , el- 

 north latitude. 2 ^ 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XLVI1I. 



Fig. 1. Flowering state, November 20th, Paphos, Cyprus, actual size. 



*ig. ->. Variety from Crete, actual size. 



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



*ig. 1. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. . r >. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 7. Section of leaf, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 8. Oorm tunic, magnified two-fold. 



