CROCUS 



CROCUS 



899 



1115. Crocus vernus. 



11. Tommasinianus, Herb. Conn globular, J^in. 

 diam. : Ivs. appearing with the fls., narrow (^in. broad) : 

 upper spathe 1-lvd.: perianth-tube little exserted; 

 segms. l l /2 in. or less long, pale red-bluish, sometimes 

 dark-blotched at the tip; throat glabrous; anthers pale 



orange, a little longer 

 than the white 

 glandular filaments; 

 style-branches short, 

 orange-yellow. Dal- 

 matia and Servia. 

 Distinguished from 

 C. vernus by its gla- 

 brous throat. 



12. Sieberi, Gay. 

 Corm globular, %in. 

 diam.: Ivs. 4-6, as 

 high as the fl., glau- 

 cous beneath, M m - 

 broad: upper spathe 

 2-lvd.: perianth-tube 

 short-exserted; 

 segms. 1-1 3^ in. long, 

 color of C. vemus; 

 throat yellow and 

 glabrous; anthers 

 orange, twice as long as filaments; style-branches nearly 

 entire, orange-red. Greece, Crete. Gn. W. 22:287. 

 G.M. 49:54. Var. purpftreus, Hort. Fls. darker purple 

 than the type. Var. versicolor, Hort. Outer perianth- 

 segms. white feathered with purple or dark violet; inner 

 segms. white, yellow at base inside. Gn. 73, p. 201. 



13. reticulatus, Bieb. Corm %in. diam., covered 

 with honeycombed fibers: Ivs. 3-5, as high as the fl., 

 very narrow, with reflexed edge and a white band: 

 upper spathe 2-lvd.: perianth-tube much exserted; 

 segms. 1-1 Yi in. long, white to purple, the 3 outer ones 

 striped; throat glabrous; anthers orange, twice the 

 length of the orange filaments; style-branches scarlet, 

 overtopping the anthers. S. E. Eu. Varies to white. 



EE. Throat of perianth pubescent or bearded. 



14. vernus, All. Fig. 1115. Corm 1 in. or less 

 diam.: Ivs. 2-4, as high as the fl., often %in. broad, 

 glaucous beneath, but green above, with reflexed edges, 

 and a central white band: upper spathe 1-lvd., about 

 as long as perianth-tube: perianth-segms. 1-1 1 /% in. 

 long, lilac, white or purple-striped; throat pubescent, 

 never yellow; anthers lemon-yellow, exceeding the 

 filaments; style-branches orange-yellow. S. Eu. B.M. 

 860, 2240. R.H. 1869, p. 331. Gn. 54, p. 79. The com- 

 monest garden crocus. 



15. etruscus, Parl. Corm 1 in. or less in diam.: Ivs. 

 about 3, very narrow, as tall as the fl. : upper spathe 

 1-lvd.: perianth-tube short exserted; segms. 1-lJ^in. 

 long, lilac, or the outer ones cream-colored and some- 

 times purple-feathered outside; throat yellow, slightly 

 pubescent; anthers orange, twice as long as the gla- 

 brous filaments; style-branches nearly entire, orange. 

 Italy. 



16. Malyi, Vis. Corm depressed-globose, 1 in. or 

 less diam., with fine parallel fibers in the tunic which 

 is slightly reticulated upward: Ivs. narrow-linear, not 

 so tall as the fl., with reflexed margins and white 

 central band: upper spathe 2-lvd., foliaceous: perianth- 

 tube yellow, scarcely exserted; segms. white, l%in. 

 long; throat orange-yellow and bearded; anthers orange, 

 twice as long as the filaments; style-branches orange, 

 slightly divided at tip. Dalmatia. G.C. III. 37:163. 

 G.M. 51:455. 



BB. Style-branches fimbriate at the top, or once-forked. 



17. Imperati, Tenore. Fig. 1116. Corm nearly or 

 quite 1 in. diam.: basal spathe present: Ivs. 4-6, exceed- 

 ing the fls., very narrow: upper spathe 1- or 2-lvd.: 



Eerianth-tube little exserted; segms. 1-1^ in. long, 

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

 the outside; anthers yellow, exceeding the filaments; 

 style-branches fimbriate. Italy. B.R. 1993. Gn. 54, p. 

 79. Very early. 



18. Olivieri, Gay. Conn nearly globose, J^-^in. 

 diam.: basal spathe absent: Ivs. 4-5, as tall as the fl., 

 becoming J4 m - broad: upper spathe 2-lvd.: perianth- 

 tube little exserted; segms. bright orange-yellow and 

 never striped, !}- in. or less long; throat glabrous; 

 anthers orange, twice the length of the roughish fila- 

 ments; style-branches orange, slender-forked. Var. 

 Suterianus, Baker (C. chrysdnthus, Bot. Reg.) has nar- 

 rower and more rolled Ivs. Greece to Asia Minor. No. 2. 



BBB. Style-branches cut into capillary divisions: basal 

 spathe absent: upper spathe 2-lvd. 



19. vitellinus, Wahl. (C. synacus, Boiss. & Gaill.). 

 Corm 24in. or less diam.: Ivs. 4-6, as high as the fls., 

 narrow-linear: perianth-tube short, exserted; segms. 

 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 cult. 

 Var. graveolens, Baker (C. graveolens, Boiss. & Reut. 

 C. syrlacus, Baker). Lys. narrower: outer segms. 

 flushed with black or bearing 3 distinct stripes of black 

 down the back. 



20. Fleischer!, Gay (C. Fleischerianus, Herb. C. 

 smyrnensis, Poech). Corm %in. or less diam., the 

 tunics a dense mass of regularly interlacing fibers: Ivs. 

 about 6 to a tuft, as high as the fls., very narrow and 

 having reflexed edges and a white band: perianth-tube 

 not exserted; segms. 1-1 M in- long, white, acute, the 

 outer with 3 slender lilac lines on the back; throat 

 yellow and glabrous; anthers small, orange, about as 

 long as the filaments; style-branches brick-red. Asia 

 Minor, on limestone hills. 



21. candidus, Clarke (C. Kirkii, Maw). Corm glo- 

 bose, %in. diam.; tunics of matted parallel fibers: Ivs. 

 as high as the fl., becoming J^in. broad, the margin 

 ciliated and the keel very narrow: perianth-tube little 

 exserted; segms. 1-1 M in. long, white tinged yellow 

 towards throat (which is glabrous), the outer ones 

 tinged or feathered with purple on back; anthers 

 orange, about as long as the filaments; style-branches 

 cream-white. Asia Minor. G. 31:17. Var. l&teus, 

 Hort. Fls. yellow, more deeply colored at the base, 3 

 outer segms. veined and mottled 



with purple. 



22. hyemalis, Boiss. & Blanche. 

 Corm globose, %in. or less 

 diam., the tunic membranous: 

 Ivs. about 4 to the tuft, as high 

 as the fl., with reflexed margins 

 and a white band : perianth-tube 

 little exserted; segms. 1-1 % in. 

 long, white, with a long central 

 purple line and three shorter 

 lines; throat yellow, glabrous; 

 anthers orange, twice as long as 

 filaments; style - branches red. 

 Palestine. Var. Ffixii, Maw, has 

 nearly black anthers. Gn. 74, 

 p. 188. 



AA. Blooming in autumn (some- 

 times in late summer and 

 continuing toward autumn). 

 B. Style-branches entire or very 



nearly so. 



c. Fls. white or lilac: basal spathe 

 present (except in No. 26); 

 upper spathe 2-lvd. 



23. sativus, Linn. SAFFRON me. Crocus Imperati. 

 CROCUS. Fig. 1117. Corm 1 in. 



