CROCUS SPECIOSUS. 



province of Abkhasia; and on the mountains of Elburz, near the Rad Kan. It was 

 found both by Steven and Nordmann near Simpheropol in the Crimea, and extends 

 as far north-west as Nestouta, near Balta in the province of Podolia, southern 

 Russia. 



Crocus sfieciosus has been long in cultivation, though it is not so generally 

 grown as its merits as a decorative plant would suggest. Its large, richly veined, 

 purple flowers are freely produced through September and October, the leaves 

 remaining dormant till the ensuing spring. It is one of the few species that is 

 reproduced from small bulbils or cormlets growing from near the base of the 

 corm. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE LXIV. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, Sept. 25th, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Flowering-state, from Tiflis, October 15tb, actual size. 



Fig. 3. Inner surface of outer segment, actual size. 



Fig. 4. Inner surface of inner segment, actual sine. 



Fig. 5. With matured leaves and capsule, from Tiflis. July 1st, actual size. 



Fig. K. With matured leaves and capsule, June 30th, actual size. 



Fig. 7. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size: b. and c from Tiflis 



Fig. X. Stamens and Pistil, from Tiflis, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 9. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Figs. 10, and 11. Pollen Grains, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold: Fig. 10. from Tiflis 



Figs. 12, and 13. Stigmata, magnified six-fold: Fig. 12. from Tiflis. 



Fig. 14. Section of leaf, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 15. </, e, and/. Basal Corm-tunic. magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 16. Seeds, magnified six-fold. 



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