2b0 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



C Aucheri, Boiss. Diag. ser. i, xiii, p. .6; Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., part in, Bot., vol. ii, p. S«- 

 C. chrysanthus, Herbert in Bot. Reg. .847, vol. xxxiii, tab. 4, fig. i. (not C. Chrysanthus, Herbert in 

 Journ. Hort. Soc, ii, p. 285.) 



rormus Dvriformis -\— a poll. (0.01 3-0.01 9 metr.) latus et altus. Tunica membranacea, basi in films 

 ^L?8fissTVagin« scapos plures involventes. Folia 3, atrovirid.a dm ma, circiter | poll. 

 fo 00% metr.) lata, carina et marines lamince undique ciliata, carina angustissima. ggljWg- 

 Pprinnthinm- faux °-labra- seffmenta 1 — i-i- poll. (0.025-0.032 metr.) longa, ± poll. (0.00S4 metr.) lata, 

 ^te^SrShTSL» basin'fulva. Anther, aurantiaoe, quam filamenta .puce .papd o a 

 Sores; stylus versus basin antherarum fissus; stigmata circiter sex cap.llacea flava, quam apices 

 antherarum breviora. Capsula purpurea. Semina oblonga, kermesina, glabra, matura chocolatina. 



Com pvriform, from half an inch to three-quarters of an inch (0.0.3-0.019 metre) broad and high. 



Tunic membranous, splitting up at the base into flat fibre-like divisions. 

 Sheathing Leaves about four, from half an inch to three inches (0.0.3-0.075 metre) in length, falling 



short of the proper spathes, and enclosing three or four scapes. 



Proper Leaves about three, appearing with, and reaching to the level ^^JSTStaSS-'flS'SS 



to a lenoth of ten inches (0.2 so metre), three-sixteenths of an inch (0.0047 metre) broad, trie enure 



surface J of the keel and die margins of the blade ciliated; the keel one-sixth the width of the blade, 



the lateral channels wide and open. 

 Proper Spathe diphyllous, two inches (0.050 metre) in length, exceeding the sheathing leaves; the outer 



spathe tubular, the inner ligulate. 

 Perianth: Tuhe three inches (0.075 metre) in length from the ovary to the t hroat Th :rvat unbearded^ 



Segments from an inch to an inch and a quarter (0.025-0.032 metre) long, and one third 



inch (0.0084 metre) broad, bright orange, fulvous towards the throat. 

 Stamens five-eighths of an inch (0.016 metre) high, much exceeding the pistil; the °™Xit%ameter 



than the slightly papillose orange Filament. Pollen Grain ^ of an inch (0.00006 metre) in diameter, 



yellow, with a corrugated surface. 

 AV//7 barelv three-ei-hths of an inch (0.010 metre) high; the Style dividing towards the base oi the 



anthers and shortly produced into about six divisions of the capillary, yellow stigmata, which barely 



reach to the level of the middle of the anthers. 

 Scape about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) high at the flowering-time, produced to a height of two 



inches (0.050 metre) at the maturity of the capsule. 

 Capsule three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) long, and one-quarter of an inch (0.0063 metre) broad, 



purple. . , , 



Seed oblong, one-fifth of an inch (0.0050 metre) long, and one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad, 



with a glabrous surface, bright crimson, ripening to a rich chocolate colour. 



Crocus Suterianus from the central parts of Asia Minor, is closely allied to the 

 Greek C. Olivieri, but is readily distinguished by its much narrower leaves, and 



