PLATE COCLAH, 
CR@CUS RBIFL Ojft Ss. 
Yellow-hottomed White Crocus. 
CLASS -Ih, ORDER I. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
CoROLLA, supera, 6-partita, fubzequalis, erecto- Cor =s 
LA, above, 6-parted, nearly equal, erect- 
patula, tubo longiffimo fubterraneo. expanding, with avery long fubterraneous 
tube. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Crocus, foliis anguftiffimis effufis floribus fem- | Crocus, with very narrow diffufed leaves, which 
per longe fuperantibus. are always much higher than the flowers, 
Descriptio. Radix tunicis glabris cochleariformibus. Folia, tempore florendi, longiffima omnium, 
magifque effufa. Spathe fepe 2-flore, ut in plurimis. Flores vernales, albe, magne ; foxte 
intus fordide flavo, extus aliquo olivaceo; tubo pergracili, depilato; petalis 3 exterioribus, 
extus tinctura flavedinis, et purpureo elegantiffime plumofo-ftriatis. Filamenta anthereque 
erectz, luteze. Stylus percroceus. Stigmata itidem & see antheris vix {uperantia. Haworth’s 
rocus inedit. 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1. The outer fheath of the flower. 
2. The inner. 
3. The flower cut open, 
etme ‘ 
Tars beautiful Crocus is unqueftionably diftin& as a fpecies, and has never been noticed by any 
fyftematic writer except Miller; who has defcribed it accurately under the name of Liflorus, in the 
8th edition of his celebrated Dictionary. It is very hardy, flowers early in February, and may be 
_ teadily diftinguifhed from other Crocufes by its leaves being much longer than the flowers, at the 
© time of flowering. When the fun fhines es the flowers have a jatt A a fragrant {cent ; ; 
. lin thi all the ) : i. 
more or lefs of an ; unpleafant foell It ‘fiend produces feeds in this country, or varies in colour; 
but increafes by the root. 
