50. CROCUS VITELLINUS. 



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



Crocus vitellinus, Wahl. in Isis, vol. xvi, p. 101; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron., new ser., 



1873, p. 680; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc, new ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in 



Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot, vol. xvi, p. 84; G. Maw in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1879, pp. 234-5; Synops. 



Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 62s; in The Garden, vol. xxi, p. 69; and Hist. 



Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xix, p. 373; Boiss., Fl. Orient., vol. v, part i, p. 106. 

 C. syriacus, Boiss. and Gaill. in Boiss. Diagn. Ser. 2, iv, p. 94; Tchihatcheft", Asie Min. part iii, Bot., vol. 



n, p. 522; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus, in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1873, p. 680; List Crocus in Journ. 



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



p. 84. 



C. lagcnaiflorus, var. syriacus, Herbert Hist. Crocus, sp. 34, var. 4, p. 36; from Toum. Hort. Soc. Lond. 

 vol. ii, p. 282. 



C. sulphureus, var. a, (not C. sulphureus, Griseb, which is C. chrvsanthus, Herbert; not C. sulphureus, Ker, 



which is a garden form of C. aureus, Sibth. and Smith) Ker. Irid. Gen., p. 76. 

 C. graveolens, Boiss. et Reut., Boiss. Fl. Orient., vol. v, part i, p. 107. 



Corrnus ¥ — f poll, (0.013— 0.017 metr.) altus, pyriformis; tunica membranacea basi fibroso-fimbriata. 

 Vagina; quam spatha breviores, scapos 2 vel plures involventes. Folia prtefloralia ad florationem flori- 

 bus oequantia, matura 10—12 poll. (0.250—0.300 metr.) longa, \— i poll. (0.0032—0.0042 metr ) lata, 

 margimbus lamina; et carina parce ciliatis. Spatha diphylla. Perianthium: faux glabra; segmenta 

 aurantiaca, rarius signis cupreis ornata, 1 poll. (0.025 metr.) longa, \ — \ poll. (0.0063—0.0084 metr.) 

 lata. Antherae aurantiaca; vel flavae, quam filamenta flava papillosa paullo breviores; stylus infra 

 basis antherarum fissus, stigmata fasciculata patentia capillacea aurantiaca vel coccinea, antheras 

 superantia. 



Corm ! pyriform, from half an inch (0.013 metre) to three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) broad and 

 high Tunic membranous, splitting up into a fibre-like fringe at the base. Basal, Tunic of short 

 flat fibres, radiating from a coriaceous disc. 



Sheathing Leaves about four, from half an inch to three inches (0.013—0.075 metre) high, falling short 

 of the proper spathe, and enclosing several scapes. 



Proper Leaves appearing before and with the flowers, and reaching to about the level of the flowers, 

 produced at maturity to a length of ten or twelve inches (0.250—0.300 metre), one-eighth to one- 

 sixth of an inch (0.0032—0.0042 metre) wide; the margins of the keel and of the blade ciliated; 

 the keel one-third the width ol the blade, the lateral channels wide and open, and without ridges. 



