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plentifully water'd: In this Ma- 

 nagement it will grow tolerably 

 veil, and produce Flowers, but 

 rarely perfedls its Seeds in a Gar- 

 den, nor is ihe Herb near fo good 

 for Ule as that gathered from the 

 Rocks. This Plant is greatly 

 efteem'd for Pickling, and is fome- 

 times ur,'d in Medicine. 



CRISTA GALLI i vide Pcdicu- 

 iaris. 



CRISTA PAVONISi videVom- 

 tiana. 



CROCUS.; Saffron, 

 The Char Ackers a.r'^ ; 



It hath a Flower conjifiing of one 

 leaf, which is (loafd likt a Lily, 

 fiftulous underneath, the Tube nnden- 

 ing into fix Segmeoti, andrefangon 

 the Footjialki the FointaJ rifes out 

 of the Bottom of the ¥lo7,'er, and is 

 divided into three headed and crefled 

 Capllamerits j but the Hinpahment 

 afterwards turns to an oblong trian- 

 gular Fruit, divided into three Cellsy 

 and i, full of roundifh Se^ds : To 

 thefe Uiarks mufi bs added, it hath 

 a tuberofe Boot, pmt long narrow 

 graffy Leaves^ with a longitudiiial 

 -white Furrow thro' the Middle of 

 each. 



In giving a Lift of their f-veral 

 Names, I fliali divide them into 

 two ClalTes} in the firft of v/hich 

 I lliail place all the Spring flower- 

 ing Crocus's nearly in the Order of 

 their flowering i and in the fecond, 

 fliall infert thofe which flovver in 

 Autumn, amongft which will come 

 the true Saffron. 



1. Crocus^ vemusyflriatus, vul- 

 garis. Park. Far. The ordin?.ry 

 ilrip'd Crocus, commonly cali'd the 

 Scots Crocus. 



2, Crocus, vermis, luteus, ver- 

 ficolor, primus. Park. Par. The 

 beft Cloth of Gold Crocus. 



^. Crocus j verrus, latifolius, 

 fiavus. C. 5. The Dutch yellow 

 CrQCiis. 



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4. Crocu: i vernus, 7ninor, albi- 

 cans. C. B. Small whitilh Spring 

 Crocus. 



f. Crocus j vernus, fiore albo, 

 furpuro-violaceabaju C.B. Spring 

 Crocus, with a white Flower and 

 a purple Violet Bottom. 



6. Crocus 5 vernus, latrfolius, 

 fiavo-variofiore, duplici. Cluf. Hifl. 



The double Cloth of Gold Crocus. 



7. Crocus ; vernus, latifoliusj 

 jlavus, ft^re minore, '(^ pallidiore. 



C. B. Spring Crocus, with fmaller 

 pale yel^jw Flower. 



8. Crocus j vernus, latifolius, 

 fiavo-^varius. C B. Spring Crocus^ 



with yellow variable Flov/ers. 



9. Crocus i vernus, anguflifoliusy 

 magno Jiore, candido. C. B. Nar- 

 row-kav'd Spring Crocus, with 

 large v/hlce. Flowers. 



10. Crocus i vernus, albus,Jlri- 

 atus. Park. Par. The white ftrip'd 

 Crocus. 



11. Crocus i vernus, albus, po- 

 ly ant hos, verficolor, Pa^k. Par. 

 Tlie party-colour'd Crocus, \yith 

 many Flowers. 



iz. Crocus ; vernus, latifolius, 

 flore penitus albo, ad infitna tubuli 

 par urn c&rulefcented Boerh, Ind. 

 White feather 'd Crocus ; vulgo. 



13. Crocus i vernus, latifolius, 

 flore purpufeo, magno. C. B. Broad- 

 icav'd Spring Crocus, with a large 

 purple FiovYer. 



14. Crocus j vernus, latifolius, 

 purpureuj,variegatus. C.B. Broad- 

 kav'd Spring Crocus, with a purple 

 ftrip'd Flower. 



15-. Crocus ; vermis, latifolius, 

 flore CAruleo, lineis violaceis varie^ 

 gato. C, B Broad-leav'd Spring 

 Crocus, with a b.luc Flower ftrip'd 

 with Violet. 



1 6. Crocus ; vernus, latifolius, 

 albus, vel cinericeus. C. B. Broad- 

 leav'd Spring Crocus, with a white 

 or afti-colouiel Flower. 



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