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3. CROCUS. CROCUS. 



Calyx of two unequal, membranous sheaths, arising from the 

 root. Corolla superior ; tube long, erect ; limb of six oblong 

 equal segments. Filaments awl-shaped, shorter than the co- 

 rolla j anthers arrow-shaped. Germen inferior, roundish. Style 

 thread-shaped, very long ; stigmas three, dilated upwards, 

 folded, jagged. Capsule roundish, three-celled, three-valved. 

 Seeds several, round. Named from croce, a thread. 19. 



1. C. sativus. Saffron Crocus. Stigma in three deep, narrow 



segments, hanging out of the corolla, tube smooth at the mouth. 



Flower purple : stigma deep orange: anthers pale yellow: leaves 

 linear, keeled, curved outwards. Perennial : flowers in September : 

 grows in meadows and pastures in England, where, however, like 

 all the British species of this genus, it is not indigenous, but na- 

 turalized. The stigma of this plant is the Saffron of the shops. It 

 was formerly greatly esteemed as a cordial, but is now nearly dis- 

 carded. It gives a beautiful colour to water, wine, or spirits. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. v. pi. 343. Eng, Fl. vol. i. p. 46. 61. 



2. C. ve'rnus. Purple Spring Crocus. Stigma in three short, 

 wedge-shaped segments, not protruded, tube hairy at the mouth. 



Flower purple : stigma pale. Perennial : flowers in March : 



naturalized in meadows and pastures, in England : rare. About 

 Nottingham. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 344. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 46. 62. 



3. C. minimus. Net-rooted Crocus. Stigma in three blunt undi- 

 vided segments, not protruded, coat of the bulb strongly reticulated. 



Bulb remarkable for its coating of reticulated fibres : corolla 



yellow, purple, or whitish, the three outer recurved petals marked 

 with, three dark purple lines. Perennial : flowers in March. Found 

 at Barton, Suffolk, by Mr. D. Turner. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2645. 63. 



4. C. aureus. Golden Crociis. Two-flowered; stamens longer 



than the stigma ; bulb coated with compact fibres. Perennial : 



flowers in March : grows in meadow ground in England : rare. 

 Barton, Suffolk ; Charlton Wood, Kent. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2646. 

 Brit. Fl. vol. i. p. 23. 64. 



5. C '.nudiflorus. Naked-flowering Crocus. Stigma in three deeply- 

 divided, tufted segments, not protruded, of the same height as the 



stamens. Corolla pale purple : stigma deep orange : leaves not 



produced along with the flower, which is solitary. Perennial: 

 flowers in October : grows in sandy meadows, between Nottingham 

 Castle and the Trent. Eng. Bot. pi. 49 1 . Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 47. 65. 



6. C. speciosus. Showy Autumnal Crocus. Stigma in three deeply 



divided segments, not protruded ; longer than the stamens. 



Flowers appear before the leaves. Perennial : flowers in October : 

 grows in meadows in England : rare. Meadows near Warwick ; 

 about Warrington ; Halifax, Yorkshire. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2752. 

 Brit. Fl. 4th ed. p. 23. 66. 



4. TRICHONE'MA. TRICHONEMA. 



Calyx a sheath of two lance-shaped permanent valves. Co- 

 rolla superior ; tube short, funnel-shaped ; limb regular. Fila- 

 ments arising from the mouth of the tube, much shorter than 



