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Division II. — SUBNUDI ; i. e. Crocuses having no invo- 

 lucre below the flowers, or a very imperfect one. 



Sp. 25. C. Heuffeliajius. 



C. c. tun. vag. exteriore tenuissima membranacea hyalina, secunda prope 

 basim proxima altiiis affixa fibris subtilibus superne reticulatis interne 

 parallelis demum liberis, interiore supra medium affixa glabra subtiliter 

 reticulata truncata, foliaceis in vertice subreticulatis brevissime apicu- 

 latis, involucro brevi saepius obsoleto, limbi laciniis violaceis late 

 obtusis macula soepissimesaturatiore biarcuata in parte superibre, petalis 

 plerumque pallidioribus. 



Native of thickets and damp woods in the Northern Banat, 

 flowering in February and March. 



T am indebted to Dr. HeufTel of Lergoph for the knowledge 

 of this plant, which he had proposed to call C. Banaticus ; but 

 that name had been published by M. Gay, who affixed it to the 

 autumnal plant found in the Banat ; and although M. Gay's 

 name cannot stand, because the plant had long before been named 

 Byzantinus, it would create confusion to apply it now to another 

 Crocus. I have therefore named it after the distinguished bo- 

 tanist who discovered it. It is closely akin to C. vernus, as well 

 as Tomasinianus and Veluchensis, and that group forms the point 

 of transition in the genus from the involucrate to the naked 

 form. 



Sp. 26. C. Tomasiniamis. 



C. vernus. Biasol. Viag. del He di Sass. in Balm. 

 Visiani, Fl. Balm. 



C. c. tun. vag. interiore fibris inferne parallelis (membrana obsoleta) prope 

 basim affixa superne membranacea fibris anguste reticulatis foliacea 

 exteriore (nisi fallor in sicco) medio circiter affixa breviter apiculata 

 membranacea fibris reticulatis non cribrosis, scapo nudo (in spontaneis) 

 sesquiunciali vel ultra, spatha. laxa ebracteata tubum fere subaequante 

 folia angusta linearia fiorendi tempore superante vel non aequante, 

 limbi laciniis obtuse saturate violaceis rarius pallidis apicem versus 

 maculatis, filamentis albis vix | unc. longis ori tubi insertis, antheris 

 luteis ^unc. stigmatibus brevibus capitato-submultifidis aurantiacis. 



Found wild in naked mountainous places in Balmatia. 



This plant was, as I am informed, first discovered in the 

 mountain called Biokovo, in Dalmatia, by my highly-esteemed 

 friend Signor Tomasini, president of the magistracy at Trieste, 

 and has since been observed on the Triglau, and other mountains 

 in Dalmatia, in sunny spots, and it has passed amongst botanists 

 for C. vernus. I have carefully examined all the specimens sent 

 to me by Professor Petter from Spalatro, and I find no vestige 

 of an involucre in any of them, and I observe that all have nar- 



