55. CROCUS AUREUS. 



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



Crocus aureus, Sibth. & Smith, Prod. Fl. Grseca, vol. i, p. 24; Fl. Grseca, p. 25, tab. 35; Eng. Bot, 

 Ed. 2, Suppl. tab. 2646; and Ed. 3, tab. 1498; Bot. Mag. 1830, tab. 2986; Rchb. Ic. Crit., vol. x. 

 tab. 925, fig. 1246; and Ic. Germ., vol. ix, tab. ccclvii; Herbert, two drawings in Lindl. Libr., R. 

 Hort. Soc Lond.; Klatt, Revis. Irid. in Linnasa, vol. xxxiv, p. 678-719; G. Maw, Synops. Genus 

 Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 718; in 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. ro8. 



C. vermis, (not C. vernus Allione), Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. i, tab. 45. 



C. lagenaflorus, var. 3, Salisb., Parad, Lond., tab. 106; and drawing Bibl. Bot. Br. Museum. 



C. lagenceflorus, Haworth in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. i, p. 134; Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., 

 vol. vii, p. 144, tab. 11, fig. 2; Gay, drawing Bibl. J. D. Hooker; Herbert, Hist Crocus sp. 34, p. 

 35 ; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 282; including var. 1, aureus; sub var. 1, trilineatus ; 

 var. 2, striatus; and var. 5, luteus. 



C. floribundus, Haworth in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. i, p. 133. 



C. luteus, Lam., Encyc. vi, 385; Red., Lil., tab. 196; Hayne, Arzneigewachse, vi, 27; Bouche Gat- 

 tung Crocus in LinnEea, vol. i, p. 233, Nees, Gen. Plant. Fl. Germ. 3, x; Gay, drawing Bibl. J. D. 

 Hooker; Rchb. Ic. Crit., vol. x, tab. 926, fig. 1247; Ic. Germ., vol. ix, tab. ccclvii, fig. 792-793; 

 Sturm, Deutsch. FL, vii, tab. 27. 



C. mresiacus, Ker. Irid. Gen. 1827, p. 72; Gay, drawing Bibl. J. D. Hooker; Heuffel in Verh. Zoolog.- 

 Bot. Gesell. 1835, p. 206; ? Tchihatcheff, Asie Min. part iii, Bot., vol. ii, p. 521; Baker, Rev. Sp. 

 Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1873, p. 291; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., new 

 ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 80, including also var. 

 aureus. 



Var. 1. sulphureus, (not C. sulphureus of Grisebach and of Tchihatcheff, which is C. chrysanthus, Herbert; 

 not C. sulphureus, var. a, Ker, which is C. vitellinus, Wahl.); C. sulphureus concolor, Ker in Bot. Mag., 

 tab. 1384; Bouche Gattung Crocus in Linnaea, vol. i, p. 233; Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., 

 vol. vii, p. 438, tab. xi, fig. 1; Rchb. Ic. Crit. tab. 927; Gay, drawing Bibl. J. D. Hooker; Baker, 

 Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1873, p. 291; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc. Lond., 

 vol. iv, new ser., 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 80; G. Maw, Synops. 

 Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 718; in The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 69. 



C. flavus, Haworth in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. i, p. 135. 



Var. 2. sulphureus pallidus, Tourn. Inst. 352, Miller Diet. ed. 7; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. 



Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 718; in The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 69. 

 C. vernus latifolitis flavo flore minore el pallidiore, Bauhin, Phytopinax, 66, anno 1596. 

 Var. 3. sulphureus striatus, Ker in Bot. Mag. 1806, tab. 928; Gay, drawing Bibl. J. D. Hooker; G. Maw 



Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 718; in The Garden vol. xxi, num. 



532, p. 69. 



C. vernus flavus striatus, Park., Parad. 163, fig. 10. 



Var. 4. lacteus (not C. lacteus, Gay, drawing Bibl. J. D. Hooker, which is a variety of C. vernus), C. 

 lacteus concolor, Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. v, p. 7; C. lacteus, Sabine in Trans. Hort. 

 Soc. Lond., vol. vii, p. 447; Sweet, Br. Fl. Gard. ii, tab. 194. 



C. aureus, var. lacteus, G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 718; in 

 The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 69. 



