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ones cream colored and sometimes purple-feathered 

 outside; throat yellow, slightly pubescent; anthers or- 

 ange, twice as long as the glabrous filaments; style- 

 branches nearly entire, orange. Italy. 



BB. Style-branches fimbriate, branched, or cut into very 

 narrow divisions. 



14. Imperiti, Ten. Corm nearly or quite 1 in. in 

 diam.: Ivs. 4-0, exceeding the fls., very narrow; per- 

 ianth-tube little exserted; segments 1-1 ]4 in. long, lilac 

 or even white, the outer ones buff and 3-striped on the 

 outside; anthers yellow, exceeding the filaments; style- 

 branches fimbriate. Italy. B.B. 23:1993. Gn. 54, p. 79. 



15. OliviSri, Gay. Conn nearly globose, ^-% in. in 

 diam. : Ivs. 4-5, as tall as the fl., becoming K in. broad: 

 perianth tube little exserted ; segments bright orange yel- 

 low and never striped, IK in. or less long ; throat gla- 

 brous ; anthers orange, twice the length of the roughish 

 fll.'mients; style-branches orange, slender-forked. Var. 

 Suteriinus, Baker ( C. ch rysdnfhus, Hot. Reg. ) has nar- 

 rower and more rolled Ivs. Greece to Asia Minor. 



16. vitellinuB, Wahl. (C. Syrlacus, Boiss & Gaill.). 

 Corm % in. or less in diam. : Ivs. 4-6, as high as the fls., 

 narrow-linear; perianth tube short, exserted; segments 

 1 in. or less long, orange-yellow, the outer brown-tinged 

 outside ; style-branches divided into many capillary 

 parts. Asia Minor. B.M. 6416. — Rare in culture. 



AA. Blooming in fall. 

 B. Style-branches entire. 



17. satlvus, Linn. Saffron Crocus. Corm 1 in. or 

 more in diam.: Ivs. 6-10, as tall as the fl., very narrow, 

 ciliate-edged ; perianth-tube little exserted ; segments 

 oblong and obtuse, bright lilac or even white; throat 

 pubescent; antliers yellow, longer than filaments; style- 

 branches 1 in. or more long, bright red (the source of 

 saffron). Asia Minor. R. H. 1895, p. 573.-The com- 

 monest fall-blooming species. 



18. Hadri4ticu3, Herb. Much like G. sativus: usually 

 6raaller-fld.. pure white, the segments pubescent at base; 

 anthers bright orange, more than twice longer than the 

 white or purple filaments. Greece, etc.— Runs into sev- 

 eral forms, 



19. zon&tus, Gay. Corm somewhat flattened or de" 

 flexed, }-i-%m. in diam.: Ivs. appearing after the fls., 

 narrow-linear: perianth-tube exserted, 2-3 in.; segments 

 1-2 in. long, rose-lilac, purple-veined and orange-spotted 

 within ; throat yellow, pubescent ; anthers white, 2-3 

 times longer than the yellow filaments: style-branches 

 short and yellow. Cilicia. G.C. III. 23:85. 



BB. Style-branches fimbriated or forked at the top. 



20. longifloruB, Rafln. Corm J^in. diam.: Ivs. 3-4, very 

 short at flowering time, very narrow : perianth-tube much 

 exserted ; segments oblong and bright lilac, 1% in., never 

 striped ; throat slightly pubescent, yellow ; anthers 

 orange, more than twice as long as the filaments: style- 

 branches scarlet, slightly compound. S. Eu. — Not fre- 

 quent. 



21. seT6tinus, Salisb. Conn 1 in. or less: Ivs. 4-0, as 

 high as the fl., very narrow: perianth -tube little exserted; 

 segments oblong, IK in., lilac or purple, indistinctly or 

 not at all striped; throat glabrous; anthers yellow, much 

 exceeding the filaments: style-branches orange-yellow, 

 fimbriated. Spain. — Not frequent. 



22. S&Izmanni, Gay (C. tingitdnus, Herb.). Corm 

 somewhat depressed, 1 in. in diam. : Ivs. about 6, not 

 prominent at flowering time, very narrow: perianth-tube 

 much exserted; segments 1% in. long, plain lilac; throat 

 pubescent, yellowish; anthers orange, longer than the 

 filaments: style-branches slender, orange. Morocco. 



BBS. Style-branches capillary-dirided. 



23. nudifldrus, Smith. Corm very small, stoloniferous: 

 Ivs. 3-4, appearing after the fls., very narrow: perianth- 

 tube much exserted ; segments lK-2 in., lilac : throat 

 glabrous; anthers large and yellow, twice as long as the 

 filaments. Mts. S. Prance and Spain. — Long known in 

 cult., but not common. 



24. Bdryi, Gay. Corm globular, ?4 in. or less in diam. : 

 Its. 3-6, narrow-linear, as high as the fls. : perianth-tube 

 ehort-ezserted; segments 1-lKin.long, white, sometimes 



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lilac-lined at the base outside; throat yellow, glabrous; 

 anthers white, somewhat longer than the orange fila- 

 ments : style-branches scarlet, divided into many capil- 

 lary segments. Var. Toumefdrtii, Baker (C. Orphan- 

 Id i's, Hook. i. B.M. 5776) has lilac fls. Greece. 



25. medius, Balbis. Corraglobular.lin.orlessindiam.: 

 Ivs. 2-3, appearing in spring, narrow, becoming a ft. or 

 more high: perianth-tube much exserted ; segments IK- 

 2 in. long, bright lilac; throat glabrous, whitish; anthers 

 pale orange, twice the length of the yellow filaments : 

 style-branches scarlet, with many capillary divisions. 

 S. France, Italy. 



26. Astilricus, Herb. Corm globular, ?<» in. or less in 

 diam. : Ivs. about 3, appearing in fall but not maturing 

 till spring : perianth-tube short-protruded ; segments 

 IK in. long, lilac; throat pubescent; anthers bright yel- 

 low, longer than the white filaments : style-branches 

 orange, with many capillary divisions. Spain, 



27. specidsus, Bieb. Corm not stoloniferous, 1 in. or 

 less: Ivs. usually 3, developing after the fis., thin, very 

 narrow, becoming 1 ft. long : perianth-tube much ex- 

 serted ; segments 1 %-2 in. , lilac and feathered with darker 

 color; anthers very large, bright orange, much exceeding 

 the filaments. S. E. Eu. and Asia. B.M. 3861. B.R. 

 25 :40. — Handsome. 



28. pulch^llus, Herb. Corm small, somewhat de- 

 pressed : Ivs. produced after flowering, maturing in 

 spring: perianth-tube much exserted ; segments 1-1 Kin. 

 long, bright lilac, more or less indistinctly striped; 

 throat glabrous, bright yellow ; anthers white, longer 

 than the pubescent yellow filaments : style-branches 

 orange, with many capillary branches. Greece to Asia 

 Minor. B.R. 30:3. 



29. Byzantinus, Ker (C. iridifUrus, Heuff. ). Corm 

 K in. in diam. : Ivs. 2^, developing after the fls. : peri- 

 anth-tube much exserted; segments 2 in., or less long, 

 the outer ones dark lilac and acute, the inner ones 

 shorter and pale lilac or white; anthers orange, longer 

 than the filaments. S. E. Eu. B.M. 6141. B.R. 33:4.- 

 An old garden plant, but rarely seen in this country. 



L. H. B. 

 CEOSNES. See Staehys Sieboldi. 



CROSS. The offspring of any two flowers that have 

 been cross-fertilized. A cross-breed is a cross between 

 varieties of the same species. SynonjTns are half- 

 breed, mongrel, variety-hybrid. Crossing is the opera- 

 tion of cross-pollinating. Cross-pollination is the trans- 

 fer of the pollen of one flower to the pistil of another. 



CROSSANDBA (Greek, fringed anthers). Acanthd- 

 ceie. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs of minor impor- 

 tance, comprising 9 species from India, tropical Africa 

 and Madagascar. The one in the trade has handsome 4- 

 sided spikes or scarlet-orange fls. The perianth has 5 

 segments, the 2 upper ones being smaller. It is culti- 

 vated south outdoors to a slight extent, and also rarely 

 in northern greenhouses. 



unduleefdlia, Salisb. (C. infwndibulifdrtnis, Nees). 

 Height 1 ft., rarely 3 ft. : Ivs. often in 4's, especially be- 

 low, but also opposite, ovate acuminate, stalked: fls. 

 scarlet-orange, overlapping one another in dense spikes, 

 2-3 in. long. Ind. B.M. 2186. R.H. 1891:156. 



C. fldva, Hook. Unbranehed shrub, G-8 in. high: stem green, 

 glabrous: Ivs, opposite, close together, large for the size of the 

 plant, 6 in. long, obovate laneeoLite, dark green above, paler be- 

 neath, wavy, more obtuse than in the above; lower Ivs. stalked, 

 upper ones sessile: spike 4-sided, spiny: fls. yellow; tube 

 much exserted, jointed. Trop. W. Afr. B.M. 4710.— O. Gui- 

 neensi-s.^ees. Height 2-6 in. : stem light red, rusty pubescent: 

 Ivs. 2-4 pairs, 3-5 in. long, elliptic, green above, with golden 

 netted nerves, reddish beneath: spike solitary, terminal, slen- 

 der, 3-5 in. high; fls. numerous, small, pale lUac, with 2-darker 

 spots on the 2 smallest segments, and a white eye. Guinea. 

 B.M. 6346.— A handsome foliage plant. 



CROSSWOET. Properly Crucianella. Loosely, the 



crucifers. 



CROTALARIA (Greek, rattle, Castanet; from the rat- 

 tling of the seeds in the pod). Rattle-bos. A very 

 large, tropical genus, of which the most interesting 



