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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-brandies fimbriate, branched, or cut into very 

 narrow divisions. 



14. Imperati. Ten. Corm nearly or quite 1 in. in 

 diam.: Ivs. 4-6, exceeding the fls., very narrow; per- 

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

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

 outside; anthers yellow, exceeding the filaments; style- 

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



15. Olivieri, Gay. Corm nearly globose, %-% in. in 

 diam. : Ivs. 4-5, as tall as the fl., becoming 34 in. broad: 

 perianth tube little exserted ; segments bright orange yel- 

 low and never striped, 1>2 in. or less long ; throat gla- 

 brous ; anthers orange, twice the length of the roughish 

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

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

 rower and more rolled Ivs. Greece to Asia Minor. 



16. vitellinus, 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. sativus, 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 ; anthers yellow, longer than filaments ; style- 

 tranches 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. Hadriaticus, Herb. Much like C. sativus: usually 

 Bmaller-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. zonatus, Gay. Corm somewhat flattened or de- 

 flexed, %-%in. 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. longifldrus, Rafin. Corm %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. serdtimis, Salisb. Corm 1 in. or less: Ivs. 4-6, as 

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

 segments oblong, 1% 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. Salzmanni, Gay (C. tingitanus, 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. 



BBB. Style-branches capillary -divided. 



23. nudif lorus, Smith. Corm very small, stolonif erous : 

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

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

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

 filaments. Mts. S. France and Spain. Long known in 

 cult., but not common. 



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

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

 short-exserted; 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. Touraefdrtii, Baker (C. Orphan- 

 \dis, Hook. f. B.M. 5776) has lilac fls. Greece. 



25. medius, Balbis. Corm globular, lin.or less in diam.: 

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

 more high: perianth -tube much exserted; segments 1%- 

 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. Asturicus, Herb. Corm globular, % in. or less in 

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

 till spring : perianth-tube short-protruded ; segments 

 1/^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 stolonif erous, lin. or 

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

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

 serted ; segments l%-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. Handscma. 



28. pulchellus, Herb. Corm small, somewhat de- 

 pressed : Ivs. produced after flowering, maturing in 

 spring: perianth-tube much exserted ; segments 1-1% in. 

 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. iridifldrus, Heuff.). Corm 

 K in. in diam. : Ivs. 2-4, 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. 

 CBOSNES. See Stachys 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. Synonyms 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. 



CROSSANDRA (Greek, fringed anthers). Acantha- 

 cece. 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. 



undulaefdlia, Salisb. (C. infundibulifdrmis, 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. flcbva, Hook. Unbranched shrub, 6-8 in. high: stem green, 

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

 plant, 6 in. long, obovate lanceolate, 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. C. Gui- 

 neensis, Nees. 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 lilac, with 2-darker 

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

 B.M. 6346. A handsome foliage plant. 



CROSSWORT. Properly Crucianella. Loosely, the 

 crucifers. 



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

 tling of the seeds in the pod). RATTLE-BOX. A very 

 large, tropical genus, of which the most interesting 



