59. CEOCUS BIFLORUS. 



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



Crocus biflorus, Miller, Card. Diet., eds. 7 and 8, num. 4; Andrews, Bot. Rep., tab. 362; Red Lil vol 

 y tab. 294; Bot. Mag tab. 845; Salisb, drawing in Bibl. Bot. Br. Museum, "Scotch Crocus C 

 biflorus var. Bouche Gattung Crocus in Linnaea, vol. i, p. 232; Bert., Desc. Zafferan Ital., num. 4; 

 and Fl Ital., vol. 1 p. 213 ; Gay in Feruss. Bull. Sc. Nat, vol. xi, pp. 350 and 368; and five drawings 

 under the names of biflorus, hneatus, and pusillus, Bibl. J- D. Hooker; Herb. Amat. ii, ioi- Rchb 

 Ic. Fl. Germ, vol. ix p. 9, tab ccclvi, figs. 788-9; Fl. Germ, 84,582; Ic. Crit, tab. 935-6, figs.' 

 1256-9; Sang, Cent. Prod. Fl. Rom, add. p. 1 1 ; Loud, Bulb. Plants, tab. xxiii, fig. 3- Ledeb Fl 

 Ross iv, p 109; De Notaris, Prosp. Fl. Ligur, p. 395; Boiss. and Buhse Cat. PI, in Nuov. Mem 

 Soc. Imp Nat. Mosc, p. 209; Tchihatcheff, Asie Mm, part iii, Bot, vol. ii, p. 520- Klatt Revis' 

 lnd. in Lmnsea, vol. xxxiv, pp. 680 and 720; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron, new ser V- 

 p. 434; 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; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron. new ser 

 vol. xvi p. 749; m 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. 112. 



C. pusillus, Tenore, Cat. Hort. Nap, anno 1813; Mem. Croc. Fl. Nap, tab 2; and Fl Nap vol v p 

 313 tab. 206; Bouche Gattung Crocus in Linnaja, vol. i, p. 232; Lodd, Bot. Cab, tab. 1454; -Gay 

 in Feruss. Bull. Sc Nat, vol xi, pp. 346 and 373; and drawing Bibl. J. D. Hooker; Ker, Irid. 

 Gen, p. 74; Guss, Prod. Fl. Sic, vol. i, p. 50; and Fl. Sic. Syn, vol. i, p. ,2; Sweet, Fl. Gard tab 

 106; Bot. Reg, vol. xxiii tab. 1987; Vis, Fl. Dalm, vol. i, p. 119; Herbert," three drawings in Lindl. 

 Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond. 



C. circumscissus, Haworth in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond, vol. i, p. 137. 

 C.prcecox, Haworth in Eng. Bot. Suppl, tab. 2645. 



C. minimus, (not C. minimus, De Cand, which is C. insularis, Gay) Bot. Mag, tab. 2901, anno i8<o ■ Ten 

 rl. Nap, vol. iii, p. 25. ' 



C. lineatus, Jan, Elench, p r; Rchb, Ic. Crit, fig. 1259; Ic. Fl. Germ, vol. ix, tab. ccclvi, figs. 788-9; 

 tl. Germ. 74, 579; and Fl. Germ. Exsic. 2136; Gay, drawing Bibl. J. D. Hooker. 



C. annulatus, var. lineatus, Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 37, p. 40; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vol ii 

 p. 286. 



C. annulatus, var. biflorus, Herbert in Bot. Mag. 1 841, sub-tab. 3861; in Bot. Reg, vol xxix anno 184, 

 misc. p. 46; and Hist. Crocus, sp. 37, var. 1, p. 39; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond, vol', ii, p. 285 



C. biflorus, var. pusillus, Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron, new ser, 1873, p. 434- List Crocus 

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

 vol. xvi, pp. 80 and Si. » •> 



C. argen/cus, Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond, vol. vii, p. 455, tab. ii, fig. 5. 



C. biflorus, var. argenteus, Herbert Hist. Crocus, sp. 37, var. 6, p. 40; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vol. 



11, p^ 286; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Gard. Chron, new ser, ,873, p. 434; List Crocus in Journ. 



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



pp. 00 tin cl hi. 



C.vernus, (not C. vemus, Allione) Moretti in Mem. Vicen, p. 242; Pollini, Fl. Veron, 1, p. 46, in 

 ? C. vermis s/ria/us vulgaris, Park, Parad, 162. 



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