316 83. IRIDACER. 
3. TricHonema Ker. 
1. T. Columne (R.); scape 1-flowered usually solitary shghtly 
nodding, 1. filiform compressed furrowed recurved, spath longer 
than the tube of the cor., style shorter than the stam., stigmas 
bifid.—E. B. 2549. R. ix. 354. T. Bulbocodium Sm.—A small 
bulbous plant not more than 4 in. high. Fl. pale purple or 
violet, yellow in the lower part within.—Sandy places. Dawlish 
Warren, Devon. Jersey and Guernsey. P. III. IV. E. 
4. Crocus Linn. 
* Scapes enveloped in a tubular sheath. 
*1. C. vernus (Willd.); 1. and fl. at the same time, spath 
simple, throat of the cor. fringed with hairs, stigma shortly 3-fid, 
lobes erect wedgeshaped jagged at the end, bulb clothed with 
slender anastomosing fibres.—E. B. 344.—Fl. violet-purple.— 
Near Nottingham ; and Mendham, Suff. P. III. E. 
[C. sativus (L.); 1. succeeding the fi., spath double, throat 
bearded, stigma in 3 deep linear divisions drooping, bulb clothed 
with slender anastomosing fibres.—E. B. 343.—Fl. purple. L. 
usually appearing just before the fl. fades.—Formerly cultivated 
near Saffron Walden, not naturalized. P.IX. Sagfron.] 
2. C. nudiflorus (Sm.); 1. succeeding the fl., spath simple, 
stigma in 3 deeply laciniated divisions erect, bulb with a mem- 
branous coat.—E. B. 491. C. speciosus Hook., E. B. S. 2752. 
not Bieb.—L. linear, appearing in Dec. (Sm.) March (Dr. 
Mitchell). Fl. purple. Stigmas only a little higher than the 
anthers, or rising considerably above the anthers.—Meadows. 
Between Nottingham Castle and the Trent ; Warwick ; Warring- 
ton; Halifax. P. IX. E. 
** Scapes naked. 
{C. diflorus (Mill.); 1. and fl. at the same time, spath double, 
stigma longer than the stam. erect deeply trifid, divisions trun- 
cate and slightly notched at the end, bulb with «a membranous 
coat.—E. B.S. 2645. C. precox Haw. C. minimus Hook.—Fl. 
pale lilac with yellow and purple stripes.—In the park (site of 
old garden) Barton, Suff. Not indigenous. P. Try 
[C. aureus (Sib.); 1. and fl. together, spath simple, stigma 
shorter than the stam. shortly 3-fid, segments truncate or slightly 
notched at the end, bulb coated with compact fibres—E. B. 8. 
2646.—Fl. yellow.—With the preceding. P. III.] 
