2?2 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



C. lagenccflorus, vars. i and 2, Salisb. Parad., Lond. sub tab. 106; and vars. 2 and 3, Haworth in Trans. 



Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. i, p. 134. 

 C la^enaflorus, var. i, aureus, sub-vars. 4. lacteus and 6. lutescens, Herbert Hist. Crocus sp. 34, P- 35— 



36; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 282. C lagentzflorus var. lacteus lutescens, Herbert m 



Bo't. Mag., tab. 3869; and two drawings in Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 

 C. masiacus, var. /3. Ker in Bot. Mag. anno 180S, tab. 1111. 

 C.mcesiacus, var. 4. lacteus, Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron., new ser., 1873 p. 291; List Crocus 



in Journ. R. Hort. Soc, new ser., vol. iv, 1S77; and Syst. Iridac. in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. 



xvi, p. 80. 

 Sub-var. 1, C. lacteus penicillatus, Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond., vol. vi, p. 447, tab. ii, fig. 3. 



C. lagenccflorus var. a, Salisb. in Bot. Mag. tab. 2655. 

 C. lagenccflorus, var. lacteus penicillatus, sp. 35, sub-var. 5, P- 3°> Herbert Hist Crocus; from Journ. Hort. 



Soc. Lond., vol. ii, p. 282; and drawing Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 

 Sabine, in addition to the above, enumerates three other varieties— striatellus, isabellinus, and alhdus, 



which are difficult of identification. 



Cormus oblatus, poll. (0.025 metr.) latus, | poll. (0.0.9 metr.) altus. Tunica membranacea, fibns 

 verticalibus angustis a basi superne fissis. Vagina? scapos plures involventes, quam spatha breviores. 

 Folia synanthia matura pedalia (0.300 metr.), | poll. (0.0042 metr.) lata, carina angustissima 

 maro-inibus ciliatis. Spatha scepius diphylla fauce ferme sequans, valvula una tubulosa, altera 

 angustissima ligulata (ha;c nonnunquam deest). Perianthium splendide aurantiacum, faux glabra; 

 se|menta ferme i\ poll. (0.038 metr.) longa, * poll. (0.0.3 metr.) lata, segmenta extenora rarius 

 lineis -riseis paucis versus basin ornata, quam intenora paullo longiora. Anthers hastate, sursum 

 acuminata;, apicibus divergentibus. Filamenta flava papillosa dimidio antherarum asquantia. Stylus 

 flavus in medio antherarum fissus; stigmata flava, rarius aurantiaca, obscure fissa, quam antherse (in 

 forma typica) breviora. Capsula spatha marcescente involuta. Semma kermesma, polita, nirsuta; 

 chalaza, raphe, et caruncula prominulis, pallide roseis, marginibus hirsutis. 



Corm about three-quarters of an inch (0.0.9 metre) broad and high in the wild plant, and much .larger in 

 the cultivated forms. Tunic membranous, with narrow fibroid divisions splitting up from the base, 

 the Cap produced upwards to a height of two or three inches (0.050—0.075 metre), with the 

 remainder of the previous year's sheathing leaves. The Basal Tunic of radiating flat fibres. 



Sheathing Leaves four or five, from three-quarters of an inch to three and a half inches (0.0.9-0.088 

 metre) long, shorter than the proper spathes, and containing three or four scapes. 



Proper Leaves about six, reaching to the throat at the flowering-time, and produced to a height of twelve 

 or fourteen inches (0.300-0.350 metre) at the maturity of the capsule, one-sixth of an inch o 0042 

 metre) wide, the keel about one-seventh the width of the blade, the lateral channels wide and open, 

 margins of blade slightly ciliated. 



Proper Spathe diphyllous, three inches (0.075 metre) in length, exceeding the sheathing leaves, and 

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



Perianth: Tube from three and a half to four inches (0.088-0.1 00 metre) in length from the ovary to 

 the throat. Throat unbearded, orange. Segments about an inch and a half (0.038 metre) long, and 

 half an inch (0.013 metre) broad; bright orange, the outer surface of the outer segments occasionally 

 marked with a few grey lines towards the base. 



Stamens about three-quarters of an inch (0.0.9 metre) high, much exceeding the pistil. The divergent 

 hastate orange Anthers about twice as long as the orange Filament. Pollen Grains 3^ of an men 

 (0.00007 metre) in diameter, orange, the surface channelled with sinuous lines. 



