3 26 THE GENUS CROCUS. 



Cormus I — % poll. (0.0084- — 0.013 metr.) latus. Tunicse fibri intertexti in fasciculis cuspidum fibrosorum 

 -L poll. (0.0063 metr.) supra apicem cormi producti. Vaginae quam spatha breviores, scapos 1 — 2 

 involventes. Folia glabra, 3 — 4, ad rlorationem 3 poll. (0.075 metr.) longa, floribus asquantia, an- 

 o-ustissima, - 2 \, poll. (0.0013 metr.) lata. Spatha diphylla, quam faux i poll. (0.013 metr.) brevior. 

 Perianthium: faux hand barbata; segmenta lilacina concolora, ovato-lanceolata, minima, ^ — f poll. 

 (0.013— 0.016 metr.) longa, -} poll. (0.005 metr.) lata. Antherse pallide aurantiacze, f poll. (0.010 

 metr.) longce, filamentis duplo longiores. Stylus ad basin antherarum fissus. Stigmata integra 

 subulata patentia, medio antherarum xquantia. Capsula et semina ignota. 



Coi-m from a third of an inch to half an inch (0.0084 — - 0I 3 metre) broad, and from half an inch to 

 two-thirds of an inch (0.013 — 0.017 metre) high. Tunic of stranded or interlacing platted fibres. 



Sheathing Leaves about three, from half an inch to two inches (0.013 — 0.050 metre) long, shorter than 

 the "proper spathes, and containing one or more scapes. 



Proper Leaves about four, three inches (0.075 metre) long, and reaching to the throat at the flowering- 

 time, Jft of an inch (0.0013 metre) broad, glabrous. 



Proper Spa/he diphyllous, an inch and a half (0.038 metre) in length, reaching to within half an inch 

 of the throat, the inner spathe ligulate, the outer tubular. 



Perianth: Tube an inch and three-quarters to two inches (0.044 — 0.050 metre) in length. Throat un- 

 bearded (?). Segments ovato-lanceolate, from half an inch to five-eighths of an inch (0.013 — 0.016) 

 metre long, and one-fifth of an inch (0.005 metre) broad, uniform pale lilac or white. 



Stame?is exceeding the pistil, half an inch (0.013 metre) high; the yellow Anthers about twice the 

 length of the Filament. 



Pistil about three-eighths of an inch (0.010 metre) high from the throat; the Style dividing at the level 

 of the base of the anthers, and shortly produced into entire, spreading, yellow stigmata, which 

 reach to the level of the middle of the anthers. 



Capsule and Seed unknown. 



Crocus parviflorus was discovered by Mrs. Danford in the spring- of 1876, in 

 fir woods, at an altitude of about four thousand feet, near the village of Anascha 

 in the Cilician Taurus, latitude 37° 20' north, longitude 34 40' east, flowering from 

 the middle of March to the middle of April. The unique specimens in the Kew 

 Herbarium, forming the subject of my figure, were collected by her on a steep, 

 earthy slope, about a mile to the south-west of Anascha. 



Crocus parviflorus, is about the smallest of the genus, and has no near ally. 

 Its singular stranded corm tunic resembles that of C. Fleischeri, though a little 

 coarser in texture; beyond this the two species of the division Intertexti possess 

 scarcely any other character in common. 



C. parviflorus has not yet been introduced to cultivation. 



REFERENCES TO PLATE LXVII. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state, March, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size. 



Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 4. Pistil, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. 5. Corm-tunic, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 6. Portion of Corm-tunic, magnified about twelve-fold. 



