XKICHONEMA,. — OBOOTTS. 337 



4. Tkichonk'ma Ker. i 



1.; T. Colmn'nce (R.) jscapel-flowergfi usually solitary sliglitlj' 

 ijodding, 1. filiform popipr^ed fuiTowed recurved, spatli ex- 

 ceeding the tube. of the cor.', 'style falling short' of the stam., 

 stigmas hifid.— -B. JB. 2549. S. ix;. 354. T: Bulbocodiuni'^m.— 

 A small plant ilot ittoi'e than 4 in. high, -with'a cornl'. Fl. pale 

 purple or violet, yellow in the lower part within. — Sandy places. 

 Dawlish .Wfirren, Devon. Jersey and Guernsey.' .P-iIILlV. E. 



5. Cro'cus iiijin.. ! . • ■• 



* Scapes enveloped in g, tuhdctr sheath. 



*1. C. 'ver^.nm (Willd.) ;' 1. and fl. at the same time/.spath 

 simple, throat of the cor. frijiged ■with hairs,.stigma shortly 3-fid, 

 lohe^ erect wedgeshaped jagged at the, end,, corm doithed.with 

 slender netted • fihreB.-TT'jG. ■ jB- 344.— iFl. ■violet-purple.'-^Near 

 Nottingham; and Mendham, Suff. P. III.. ■ ' • ' , E. 



[C. sathiis (li.) ; 1. succeeding the &.,'spath double, throat 

 bearded, Spigma in 8 deep linear aiiisions droopiiig,'h\\)h clothed 

 ■with slender anastomosing fibres. — E. B. 348.-^Fl; pm-plei' L. 

 usttally' appediing Just before the fl. fades. — Foi-merly eiutiVatfed 

 near Saffron Walden : not naturalized. P. IX. Saffron.] ■• ' 



2. C. nwdifdrus (Sm.) ; 1. succeeding the fl., spath ■ simple, 

 stigma in 3 deeply lacininte divisions ereet.corva. \}\t)i a meni- 

 branpus coat. — E. B. 491! C. speciosiisVLook., E. B. S.'2751. 

 not Bieb. — ^L. linear, appearing in March. El. purple. Stio^mas 

 only a little higher than the anthers, oi; rising considerably above 

 them.— Meado-svs. P. IX. 'i '- ■ • ^_ 



: , * * Scapes naked. , , , i , . . 



[ C. b\fli>"us (MUl.) ; 1. and fl. at the. same time, spath double, 

 stigma longer than tbe stam. ^^rect deeply trifid, (7(Vis((Wi.s trun- 

 cate and slighthj notched at the en(l, corm ■with a membranous 

 coat. — E.B.S.2Q-i5. C.p^-cccoxTliW!. C. minimus 'Rook. — ^Fl. 

 pale lilac ■with yellow and purple stripes. — In the park (site of 

 old garden) at 'Barton, Suff! ' !N ot indigenous. P. III.] 



[ C. ai'iretis (Sib:) ; 1. and fl. together, spatJt, simple, stigma 

 sfiorieri than the ^am. shorthj S-^/frf, segments trimcate oj sli^itlv 

 n9tched at the end, corm-coated ■with qompaet fibres.:— £. B. S. 

 2646.— Fl. vello^w.— AYith the preceding. P. lit.] 



