A HISTORY OF THE SPECIES OF CROCUS. 



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apiculatis exteriore circ. med. c. affixa dense undulato-reticulata, 

 cceteris sirnilibus suinmo corrao aff. antheris aureis, stigmatibus indi- 

 visis superne incrassatis odoratis, foliis proteranthiis suberectis lsevibus 

 canaliculis vix nervatis, flore autumnali. 



There are two varieties : — 



Var. 1. Chrysobelonicus ; Bot. Reg. 1847, 17, f. 8, 9. (C. Cartwrighti- 

 anus, var. Leucadensis, Bot. Reg. 1845, Mis. p. 4), t. fol. exter. c. 

 medio affixa limbo albo fauce la;vi aurantiaca extus sa?pe rubro livido 

 notata vel striata, filamentis albis larvibus. 



Native of stony hills in Santa Maura, flowering in October 

 and November. 



Var. 2. Saundersianus ; Bot. Reg. 1847, 17, f. 7; t. fol. exter. supra c. 

 medium (quatenus vidi) aff. limbo albo interdum biunciali fauce 

 saturate aurantiaca extus sajpe saturate livida. 



From the hill of Bisdun y where the ancient Dodona once stood. 



The first knowledge I had of this fine species was from a 

 flower sent by Mr. Saunders, which had been gathered in Decem- 

 ber near Janina, and specimens of the entire plant of Sta. Maura 

 from Sig. Mazziari. I found and dug up a few of the bulbs on 

 the hill called Chrysobeloni, in Sta. Maura, in May, 1845, but 

 they were scarce, and in the same month I received in Corfu a 

 few bulbs of the Albanian plant from Mr. Saunders. Two of 

 the former flowered at Spofforth in October, 1845, and more of 

 them in 1846, after the middle of October, and as late as Decem- 

 ber. The Albanian bulbs began to flower in the border at 

 Spofforth September 23, 1846, and had done flowering before 

 the 21st of October, being decidedly earlier, and with larger 

 flowers, but otherwise very similar to the Leucadian plants. 

 The colour is white, with a deep golden throat, which is some- 

 times unstreaked on the outside, sometimes stained with dark 

 livid reddish purple. The form and fragrance of the stigmas 

 connect it with the group allied to C. sativus. 



Sp. 13. C. Visianicus. Herbert, in Bot. Reg., 1845, Misc. 

 78. 



C. Pallasianus. Visianifl. Dalm., without the sy- 

 nonyms. 



C. versicolor v. Dalmaticus ? Bot. Mag. 3871, p. 2. 



C. c. tun. satis C. Hadriatico conformibus, vaginaceis prope basim affixis fibris 

 inferne densis subtilibus inferne parallelis superne reticulatis, foliaceis 

 f unc. apiculatis dene subtiliter reticulatis exteriore circiter med. c. 

 affixa, involucro 2-3-floro *interdum bracteato, spathis 1-2-floris bractea 

 ssepius anguste lorata subaequali, limbo violaceo fauce lutea (a Pallasiano 

 et Thomasiano distinguendus) stigmatibus truncatis, antheris aureis, 

 foliis 6-7 angustis. 



Flowers in the autumn in Dalmatia. 



I have not yet been able to obtain this plant alive from Dal- 



