3 o8 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Cormus i poll. (0.013 metr.) latus et altus. Tunica coriacea; tunica basalis, discus coriaceus radiis bre- 

 vibus acutis cinctus et super eos annuli 1—2 marginibus externis breviter cuspidatis. Vaginae 

 quam spatha breviores, scapos 1— plures involventes. Folia flores superantia, matura pedalia (0.300 

 metr.), -Jy poll. (0.0013 metr.) lata, marginibus lamina et carinse ciliatis, in canaliculis lateralibus 

 costis'duabus prominulis. Spatha diphylla, fauce poll. (0.025 metr.) brevior. Perianthium : faux glabra; 

 segmenta pallide sulphurea estriata, vel versus basin cinereo pallide suffusa, f poll. (0.019 metr.) 

 longa, f poll. (0.010 metr.) lata. Antherse flavae, J poll. (0.0084 metr.) quam filamenta flava duplo 

 longiores, stigmata multo superantes. Stylus ad basin antherarum fissus. Stigmata Integra brevis- 

 sima aurantiaca. 



Corm about half an inch (0.013 metre) high and broad. Tunic coriaceous ; the Basal Tunic a coriaceous 

 disc, surrounded by short pointed rays, succeeded upwards by one or two annuli. 



Sheathing Leaves about four, from half an inch to three inches (0.013—0.075 metre) in length, falling 

 short of the proper spathes and containing one or two scapes. 



Proper Leaves three or four, reaching above the flowers, and produced at maturity to twelve or fourteen 

 inches (0.30 — 0.35 metre) in length, one-twentieth of an inch (0.0013 metre) broad, ciliated on the 

 margins of the keel and blade, the keel one-half the width of the blade, the lateral channel con- 

 taining two prominent ridges. 



Proper Spa/he diphyllous, reaching to within an inch (0.025 metre) of the throat, about two inches 

 (0.050 metre) in length, the inner spathe ligulate, the outer tubular. 



Perianth: Tube two and a half inches (0.063 metre) in length from the ovary to the throat. Throat 

 unbearded. Segments about three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) long, and three-eighths of an 

 inch (0.0 10 metre) broad, pale sulphur yellow, the outer surface of the outer segments occasionally 

 suffused with brown. 



Stamens from three-eighths of an inch to half an inch (0.0 10— 0.013 metre) high, much exceeding the 

 pistil; the yellow Anthers about three times the length of the short yellow Filament. Pollen Grains 

 jL of an inch (0.00005 metre) in diameter, yellow, the surface channelled with sinuous depressions. 



Pistil barely one-quarter of an inch (0.0063 metre) high from the throat; the Style dividing _ at the 

 level o'f the base of the anthers, and shortly produced into entire, orange, spreading stigmata, 

 which reach to the level of the middle of the stamens. 



Scape about an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) high at the flowering-time, produced to a height of 

 two inches (0.050 metre) at the maturity of the capsule. 



Capsule half an inch (0.013 metre) high, and barely a quarter of an inch (0.0063 metre) broad, dark 

 purple. 



Seed one-eighth of an inch (0.0032 metre) high, and one-tenth of an inch (0.0025 metre) broad, with 

 a prominent caruncle, dull brown in colour. 



Crocus Danfordim was discovered in flower by Mrs. Danford, on March 9th, 

 1879 at Yar-puz, in the Anti-Taurus, and was also gathered by her at Tapizite 

 in the same district, whence she forwarded me some corms. I am also indebted 

 to the Rev. A. W. Hubbard, of the American Mission at Sivas in Asia Minor, 

 for a liberal supply of the corms of this species, which he collected for me near 

 Sivas in the spring of 1879. I flowered them at Benthall in February and 

 March, 1881. The flowers vary in colour from pale citron to orange: white and 



