54. CROCUS CANDIDUS. 



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



Crocus candidm, Clarke, Clarke's Travels, 1812, vol. ii, p. 145; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard 

 Chron., new sen, vol. xvi, p. 718; in The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 5^2, p. 69; and Hist. Crocus in 

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



C.lagenazflorus, var. candidus, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 34, var. 9, p. 35-36; from Journ. Hort. Soc. 

 Lond., vol. ii, p. 282. 



C. Fleischeri (not C. Fleischeri, Gay), Boiss. Diag. ser. 1, xiii, p. 16-17; 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. Kirkii, G. Maw in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1879, p. 234. 



Cormus globosus, | — § poll. (0.017— 0.019 metr.) latus, f poll. (0.017 metr.) altus. Tunica, illi C. aurei 

 similis, membranacea, fibns angustis verticalibus fasciculatis, 3-4 in fasciculo apice connatis; tunica 

 basalis radiis fibrosis planis confecta. Vaginas quam spathae breviores, scapos plures involventes. 

 Folia synanthia et tunc floribus aequantia, matura 18—20 poll (0.450—0.500 metr.) longa, i poll. 

 (0.0063 metr.) lata, carina angustissima, marginibus carina; et lamina; ciliatis. Spatha diphylla* fauce 

 ferme ajquans. Perianthium: faux glabra aurantiaca; segmenta 1— ii poll. (0.025—0.032 metr.) 

 longa, alba, versus basin flavescentia, exteriora extus purpureo suffusa, vel signis purpureis ornata 

 Antherae aurantiacae, filamentis flavis aequales. Stylus ad basin antherarum fissus, stigmata 12 capil- 

 lacea aurantiaca, antheris aequantia. 



Com from two-thirds of an inch (0.017 metre) to three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) broad and 

 high Tunic a strong membrane, splitting upwards into narrow fibroid divisions, which are united at 

 the apex into parcels of three or four; the Basal Tunic a membranous disc surrounded bv fibroid 

 flat rays. J 



Sheathing Leaves three or four, from an inch to four inches (0.025—0.100 metre) in length falling short 

 of the proper spathes and enclosing two or three scapes. ° 



Proper Leaves three or four, dark green, reaching to the throat at the flowering-time and produced at 

 maturity to a length of twenty to twenty-two inches (0.500-0.550 metre), nearly one quarter of an 

 inch (0.0063 metre) wide, the keel one-sixth the width of the blade, the lateral channels wide and 

 open, the margins of the keel and the blade ciliated. 



Proper Spa/he diphyllous, two and a half inches (0.063 metre) in length, exceeding the sheathing leaves 

 and reaching to the throat; the inner spathe ligulate, the outer tubular. 



