64. CROCUS SPECIOSUS. 



Section: Nudiflori; parallelo-fibrosi (Herbert): Schizostigma; autumnal (Baker): Annulati (G. Maw). 



Crocus speciosus, (not C. speciosus of Wilson in Engl. Bot. Suppl. tab. 2752, which is C. nudiflorus Smith 

 not C. speciosus, Rchb., Ic. Crit. tab. 948, which is C. iridiflorus, HeuffelJ, M. Bieb., Fl. Taur. Cauc : 

 vol. 1, p. 27, and vol. iii, p. 36; and Cent. pi. Ross. tab. 71 ; Bot. Reg. 1839, vol. xxv, tab. 40; Herbert 

 in Bot. Mag. anno 1841, tab. 3861; and Hist. Crocus, sp. 40, p. 43; from Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond 

 vol. 11, p. 289; Boiss. and Buhse, Cat. PL in Nuov. Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. p. 210; TchihatchefF 

 Asie Mm. part iii, Bot., vol. ii, p. 520; Regel, Gartenflora tab. 379, fig. 1; Klatt, Revis. Irid. in 

 Linnaea, vol. xxxiv, pp. 686 and 721; Baker, Rev. Sp. Crocus in Card. Chron., new ser., 1873 

 p. 1633; List Crocus in Journ. R. Hort. Soc, new ser., vol. iv, 1877; and Syst. Iridac. in'lourn' 

 Linn. Soc, Bot., vol. xvi, p. 85 ; G. Maw, Synops. Genus Crocus in Gard. Chron., new ser., vol. 

 xvi, p. 781; in The Garden, vol. xxi, num. 532, p. 70; and Hist. Crocus in Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot 

 vol. xix, p. 373; Boiss., Fl. Orient., vol. v, part i, p. 114. 



C. multifidus, (not C. multifidus, Ramond, which is C. nudiflorus, Smith) Rchb., Ic. Crit. tab qj.7 fio- 

 1275. n " s " 



Corrnus magnus, f— \ poll. (0.019—0.032 metr.) Iatus, et f poll. (0.019 metr.) altus, basi bulbiferus. 

 lunica membranacea tenuior quam in ulla specie, annulata; tunica basalis, discus membranaceus, 

 annuhs 1—2 latis membranaceis. Vaginas spatham superantes. Folia 2—4, hysteranthia in vere 

 pedaha (0.300 metr.) vel longiora \ — \ poll. (0.0063—0.0084 metr.) lata, lamina? marginibu's abrupte 

 reflexis acutis; carina prommens, marginibus acutis recurvis, utrinque ciliatis. Spatha diphylla, vaginis 

 tecta. Penanthium: faux glabra, alba; segmenta maxima, 2— 2 i poll. (0.050—0.056 metr.) longa, 

 I 1 poll. (0.019 — 0.025 metr.) lata, lata lanceolata, lilacina venis purpureis tribus verticalibus,' 

 retem purpuream extus formantibus, exteriora extus basi splendide purpurea. Anthers aurantiaca; 

 acuminata;, ferme 1 poll. (0.025 metr.) longse, quam filamenta alba duplo vel triplo longiores. 

 Stylus ad apices antherarum fissus; stigmata aurantiaca antheras multo superantes, sajpius erecta, 

 sed in formam Tiflisianam recurva. Semina magna, ferme sphaerica, atro-rubra, papillosa. 



Cam from three-quarters of an inch (0.019 metre) to an inch and a quarter (0.032 metre) broad and 

 high, bearing bulbils or cormlets at its base. Tunic membranous, thinner than that of the other 

 annulate species; Basal Tunic a membranous disc, succeeded upwards bv two or three broad 

 membranous annuli. 



Sheathing Leaves four or five, from half an inch to three and a half inches (0.015— 0.0S8 metre) in 

 length, longer than, and enclosing the proper spathes and one or two scapes. 



