62. CROCUS CHRYSANTHUS. 



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



Crocus chrysanthus, (not C. chrysanthus, Herbert in Bot. Reg., vol. xxxiii, tab. 4, rig. 1, which is C. 

 sulerianus, Herbert) Herbert, Hist. Crocus, sp. 36, p. 39; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lo'nd., vol. ii, p! 

 285; and drawing in Lindl. Libr. R. Hort. Soc. Lond ; Klatt, Revis. Iridac. in Linna;a, vol. xx'xiv, 

 pp. 685 and 721; 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; Fl. Mag., tab. iii, fig. 1, 1874; J. D. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 1875, tab. 6162; G. 

 Maw in The Garden, vol. xiv, num. 364, p. 420, tab. cliii; and vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 70; Synops. 

 Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 780; and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 Bot., vol. v, part i, p. 111. 



C. annulatus, var. chrysanthus, Herbert, Croc Synops. in Bot. Mag., 1841, sub tabs. 3861 and 3862; 

 and in Bot. Reg., vol. xxix, 1843, misc., p. 27. 



C. croceus, K. Koch in Linnsea, vol. xix, p. 7. 



C. sulphureus, (not C. sulphureus, Ker, which is a horticultural form of C. aureus, Sibth. and Smith) 

 Griseb., Spic Fl. Rumel. and Bithyn., vol. ii, p. 373; Tchihatcheff, Asie Min., part iii, Bot., vol. ii, 

 p. 520; Heldr. Herb. Norn. 



C. mccsiacus, (not C. mcEsiacus, Ker, which is C. aureus, Sibth. and Smith) J. Gay in Balansa Plant. 

 Orient, exsic num. 33. 



Var. 1. fusco-Hnctus, Baker in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1876, pp. 622-3; G. Maw in The Garden, vol. xiv, 

 num. 364, p. 420, tab. cliii; and vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 70; Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard'. Chron.', 

 new ser., vol. xvi, p. 720. 



Var. 2. fusco-lincatus, Baker in Gard. Chron., new ser., 1876, pp. 622-3; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus 

 in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 722; in The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 535, p. 70. 



Var. 3. albidus, G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 722; in The 

 Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 70; Boiss. Fl. Orient, vol. v, part i, p. m. 



Var. 4. carulescens, G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. xvi, p. 722; in The 

 Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 70; Boiss., Fl. Orient., vol. v, part i, p. 111. 



Cormus £ — £ poll. (0.013— 0.019 metr.) latus, £ poll. (0.013 metr.) altus. Tunica rigide coriacea; tunica 

 basalis, annuli coriacei cuspidibus viginti acutis radiatis in marginibus externis muniti. Vaginse quam 

 spatha breviores, scapos plures involventes. Folia 3-8, synanthia et tunc floribus cequantia, matura 

 10 poll. (0.250 metr.) longa, ^ — ^ poll. (0.0016— 0.0021 metr.) lata, carina prominula ciliata. Spatha 



diphylla, fauce ferme aequans. Perianthium: faux glabra; segmenta 1 — ii poll. (0025 0.032 metr.) 



longa, i poll. (0.0084 metr.) lata, colore variabilia. Antheraj aurantiacse, sajpius nigro-maculata in 

 basin quam filamenta flava papillosa duplo longiores. Stylus prope vel supra apices antherarum 



