> CVI. 
CROCUS LAGENAFLORUS. 
Gourd-flowered Crocus. 
Ordinem Naturalem et Characterem Generis vide sub No. 30. 
* Folia angusta, | 
C. bulbi tunicis vix striatis: foliis sub florescentiam parum exsertis : bracteis 2-L: corolla laciniis 
ovalibus, interioribus multo latioribus : antheris longissimis, reclinatis : stigmatibus angustis. 
Variat «: Corolla pallide ochroleuca Lineis 3 viridi-czeruleis disco laciniarum exteriorum. 
C. vern. latifol. pallido flore. Clus. Hist. Pl. lib. 2. p. 206. C. vernus Mesiacus 11. Clus: 
ast. ; 
&: Corolla pallide ochroleuca. 
C. albus major alter dictus Mesiacus. Park. Par. p. 161. C. vernus Mesiacus, flore albo 
Theatr. Fi. t. 39. 
y: Corolla aurea. 
C. aureus. Smith in Fl.Grec. p. 25. t. 35. C. vernus latifolius aureus. C. Bauh, Pin. 
p. 66. C. vernus luteus sive Mesiacus. Park. Par. p. 166. C. vernus luteus Mesiacus 
flore aureo. Park. Par. p. 166, C. vern, latifol, aureo flore. Clus, Hist. Pl. lib. 2. p 
206, C. vernus Masiacus 1. Clus. Hist. Pann, p. 226. 
Sponte nascentem prope Sestum, arenosis argillé substratis, legit y J. Sisruorre, 
Floret Martio. 
mon one figured-in the 45th number of the Botanical Magazine, to which Mr. Ker, (late GawLer) 
has since erroneously given that appellation: for, I find no mention of his plant in any author before 
AY. 
Both the Generic and Specific Characters in Flora Greca are very defective, as well as the de- 
scription. For instance, ‘* Corolla 6-partita tubo longissimo” is absolute nonsense : author no 
doubt meant Limbus 6-partitus, but even that would have been incorrect, for it is only profunde 
6-fidus. ees 
Bulb from 7 to 12 lines in diameter, spherical with a flat base : Coats dark bay, scarcely et 
the stipulaceous part beyond the bulb not decaying so sven as In most other i : tipules from 
5 to 6, whitish at first. Leaves from 4 to 9, somewhat more than one line broa : rom 9 to 12 
inches long, recurved-spreading, more attenuated at the top than in other Species, the extreme point 
face and the back of the rib except a white stripe in front, 
along the nerves, elsewhere smooth ; glaucous on their 
ib flat: Nerves exceedingly fine: concave with recurved 
; arly without smell. Panicle from 1 to 2-flowered, 
times entirely wanting. Pericarpium very pal 
from 4 to 5 inches long: Tube whitish nearly 
