402 CROCUS 



Dating time. They usually form flowers the third season. 

 The Crocus, as is well known, is amenable to modern, 

 forcing. It is also useful for naturalizing in the lawn, 

 although the grass will run out the plants in a few years, 

 if the bulbs are not replaced by strong ones. 



J. N. Gerard. 



Crocuses are scarcely known in the Amer. trade under 



their species names. They have been much hybridized 



and varied. The common Crocuses of the trade have 



.s- cliictiv. but C. Siisianus, C. 



\ I.,:!:., -us and '_'. sativtis are 



I :^ I rv cultivate many 



: -li'- ill theirAmerican 



I till iiMiuiicil iu the following 



descended from O. 

 Mcesiacus, C. xt: II' 

 frequent. The I > 

 species, and thin 

 lists; the species m 

 synopsis. 

 Index : Ancyrens 



, 4; a.sturicus, 20; aureus, 2; Ban- 



aticus,8; biflorus,6; Boryi,24; By zantinus, 29 ; chry san- 

 thus, 5, 15 ; etruscus, IS; Hiulriaticus, IS; Imperati. U; 

 iriditlous, 29; hi-t >• ■ . '2: luTiL-itliiT.i , 'JO: lunlin-. 25; 

 Moesiacus, 2; nml'-'r: '' iii-. ■■ ' " ■. m '' -.m.^'s, 

 24: pulchellus, _- - J - -ati- 



vus,17; 8erotinu>. ^ I , ,-; iilII: ,■ -.. ?-ti-l- 



laris, 3; Susianu.s. 1, huu nuuu.,., i5; .Si;;i ' " ,'.'. T'uu- 

 masinianus, 10; Tourneforti, 24 ; veruus, :i ; versicolor, 

 7; vitellinus, 16; zonatus, 19. 



A. Slooming in spring, 

 B. Style-branches entire or merely toothed. 

 c. Fls. yellow, at least inside. 

 1 Susi4nus, Ker. Cloth of Gold Crocds. Corm 5^in. 

 in diam. : Ivs. 6-8 in a tuft, reaching to the fl., narrow- 

 linear, with revolute edges and a central band of white : 

 perianth segments 1% in. or less long, orange-yellow, 

 becoming reflexed, the outer ones brownish or striped 

 on the outside ; anthers orange, longer than the fila- 

 style-branches long and spreading. Crimea. 



very early. 



B.M. 652.-Bloomh 



2. Moesiacus, Ke 



Crocus. Later, en 



ping thefl., nan•<•\^ lim m . \' iili i . (li m il i il-- - imi! \\ hite 



central band : -i - i ! . II. .w, 



IKin.long, h to - I I ' .: ilMTs 



pale yellow, hiiM III I ,ii im il.-i . -.iiha l..i,.irtlian 



the filaments; si \ 1. -I.i.iin li. .> n;cHv>i'|K .1 1/. ilir an- 

 thers. Transylvania to Asia Minor. B..M. 2US(i.- Va- 

 riable. A sulfur-vellow form is C. sulphiireus, Ker. 

 B.M. 1384. There 'is a striped form. B M. 938. A cream- 

 white form is C. Idcteus, Smith. 



3. BteU4ris, Haw. Supposed to be a hybrid of the 

 above, and known only in cult. Blooms with No. 2. 

 Lvs. only 4-G, narrow-linear, reflexed edges, white- 

 banded : perianth-tube short, the segments 1-lKin. 

 long, bright orange, the outer ones striped and feath- 

 ered with brown on the back ; anthers pale orange, a 

 little longer than the fllaments ; style-branches some- 

 what overtopping the anthers. 



4. AncyrSnsis, Maw. Conn %m.m diam. : lvs. 3-4, as 

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

 segments bright orange-yellow, 1 in. or less long, not 

 striped, nor colored outside ; anthers orange-yellow, 

 much longer than the filaments ; style-branches red- 

 orange. Asia Minor. — Blooms early. 



5. chrysAnthns, Herb, (not B.R. 33:4. Pig. 1, which= 

 C. Olivieri, var. Suterianus). Corm small: lvs. as 

 high as the fl., very narrow: perianth-tube 2-3 times as 

 long as the segments, the latter IJi in. or less long, and 

 plain orange-yellow (varying tinted or striped on the 

 outside, or even nearly white); throat glabrous; an- 

 thers orange, twice as long as the roughened filaments ; 

 style-branches red-orange. Macedonia and Asia Minor. 



CO. Fls. lilac or white. 



6. bifldrus, Mill. Scotch Crocus. Corm % in. or less 

 in diam.: lvs. 4-6, overtopping the fls., very narrow, 

 with deflexed edges and a white central band: perianth- 

 tube exserted, the segments 1)4 in. long, purple tinged, 

 the outer ones 3-striped down the back, the throat 

 bearded and yellowish ; anthers orange, exceeding the 

 filaments ; style-branches orange-red. S. and south- 

 western Eu. B.M. 84.'i.- Runs into many forms, some 

 of them almost white 



CROCUS 



7. Terslcolor, Ker. Corm % in. or less in diam. ; lvs. 

 4-5, as high as the fls., otherwise like the last; perianth- 

 tube exserted: segments lii in. long, pale or dark pur- 

 ple, often striped and feathered with dark purple; 

 throats glabrous, whitish or yellowish; anthers yellow, 

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

 yellow, equalling or overtopping the anthers. S. 

 Prance. B.M. 1110. 



8. Baniticus, Heuff. Corm globular, % in. in diam. : 

 lvs. usually 2, thin and fiattish, and becoming ii in. 

 broad, glaucous beneath: perianth -tube scarcely ex- 

 serted; segments 1% in. or less long, bright purple, and 

 never striped, but often dark-blotched towards the 

 tip; throat glabrous; anthers orange, a little longer than 

 the white filaments; style-branches short, orange-yel- 

 low somewhat fringed at the tip Hungary. 



9 v^mus AU Fig 583 Corm 1 m or less in 

 diam lvs 2-1 as high as the fl often K in. broad, 

 glaucous beneath but green above with reflexed edges, 

 and a central white band pernnth segments 1-lK in. 



583 Crocus vernus (X J4) 



long lilac white or purple striped throat pubescent, 

 ncNerA 11 n intbeis lemon yellow exceeding the flla- 

 nifnt t\\ lianhes orange yellow S. Eu. B.M. 



8(0 Ki 1 H isi > p 331 Gn 54, p 79. The com- 



10 Tommasimanua Herb Corm globular, K in. in 

 diam lvs appearing with the fls , narrow ( % in. 

 broad) perianth tube little exserted, segments IK 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. Dalmatia and Servia.— 

 Distinguished from C. vernus by its glabrous throat. 



11. Si^beri, Gay. Corm globular, % in. diam.; Its. 4- 

 6, as high as the fl., glaucous beneath, % in. broad: per- 

 ianth-tube short-exserted ; segments 1-1 J2 in- lo°gi 

 color of C. vernus; throat yellow and glabrous; anthers 

 orange, twice as long as filaments; style-branches 

 nearly entire, orange-red. Greece, Crete. 



12. reticuiatuB.Bieb. Corm Kin.in diam., covered with 

 honey-combed fibers: lvs. 3-5, as high as the fl., very 

 narrow, with reflexed edge and a white band: perianth- 

 tube mvich exserted; segments 1-1 V^ in. Iniiir, white to 

 purple, the three outer ones ^tri]" li; tlin.iit trlabrous; 

 anthers orange, twice the lenu'ili nt ' In "i mi-'' ti laments; 

 style-branches scarlet, overt<.|ii.i]ii; tin anilurs. S. E. 

 Eu. — Varies to white. 



13. Etniscus, Pari. Corm 1 in. or less in diam. ; lvs. 

 about 3, very narrow, as tall as the fl. : perianth-tube 

 short exserted : segments 1-% in. long, lilac, or the outar 



