A HISTORY OF THE SPECIES OF CROCUS. 



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nema from the lowlands. A request that the adjoining hills of 

 hippurite limestone, where I felt confident that the Crocus would 

 harbour, might be examined, produced the right plant. The 

 dried specimens show that the species is very florid, the flowers 

 being white, slightly streaked on the outside. 



Sp. 32. C. reticulatus. Marsch. v. Bieb., Bot. Mag., 1841, 

 3865, at the end. Bot. Reg., 1843, Misc. 30. 

 C. Susianus. Ker, Bot. Mag., 652. 



C. cormi tunica vaginacea interiore tenui cito deperitura fibris ad basim 

 rigidis parallelis aculeiformibus stellatim persistentibus, foliaceis reti- 

 cularis exteriore demum cribrosa prope basim affixa, p.oxima saepius 

 supra rarius infra medium c. affixa, cceteris in vertice, zona radicali 

 inter tun. foliac. exteriorem et vaginaceam interiorem sita, foliis angii- 

 tis synanthiis [laevibus, quatenus vidi] canaliculis enervibus, spatham 

 bractea tubata subaequante, fauce et filamentis laevibus vel fere laevibus, 

 styli lobis suberectis stigmate incrassato breviter aut non inciso inter- 

 dum subreflexis, capsula nuda acutissime acuminata. Flore verno. 

 Var. 1. Auritextus ; Anglice, Cloth of gold. Limbo intus aureo, foliis laevi- 

 bus, canaliculis angustis, capsula purpurascente, seminibus rufo-badiis 

 raphe concolore subangulate obovatis. 

 Subvar. 1. Refiexus ; Susianus male, Bot. Mag., 652. C. fulvus, Pal- 

 las, Herb. Limbo aureo, sepalis sub sole revolutis extus fusco- 

 purpureo striatis aut suffusis. Crimea and Caucasus. 

 Subvar. 2. Rectilimbns ; similis, sepalis sub sole non revolutis, sed pa* 



tulis. Known only in gardens. 

 Subvar. 3. Immaculatus ; C. fulvus, Pallas,' Herb. Limbo prorsus aureo. 

 Var. 2. Variegaxus ; Hornsch. et Hoppe ; scapo elongato, germine subalbo, 

 limbo pallide purpurascente rarius albescente, sepalis extus 3-striatis, 

 fauce laevi fiavescente, tubo saturate 6 striato, capsula virente, seminibus 

 longe pallidioribus. 



Var. 3. Dalmaticus. C. Dalmaticus ; Visiani, Flora Dalm. Cormi tuni- 

 carum maculis subtilioribus, foliis depressis angustis canaliculis enervi- 

 bus margine recurvo laevi, [apud me sub lente non cartilagineo] spatha 

 bracteata, limbi fauce lutescente, laciniis acutis pallide violaceis sepalis 

 extus colore pallide stramineo dilute et punctate substriatis, stigmatibus 

 [ut in variegato") indivisis. 



Var. 4. Albicans; Herbert, Bot. Reg., 1841, M. p. 83. Ib. 1847, 16, f. 

 2. C. neglectus, Nordman, MS., in litera. Perianthio albo, laciniis 

 limbi angustis acutis non libenter patentibus suberectis, sepalis extus 

 purpura vel ferrugine striatis rarius suffusis, fauce laevi fiavescente, styli 

 lobis brevibus suberectis. Colore et striis violaceis interdum rufescent- 

 ibus aut fuscescentibus variat. 



Var. 5. Ancyrensis ; Herbert. Humilior, foliis gracilibus synanthiis laevi- 

 bus canaliculis enervibus, tubo aureo rarius purpureo, limbo dilute 

 aureo laciniis | unc. longis late ovalibus subacutis, sepalis interdum 

 sub sole revolutis, fauce et filamentis laevibus, styli lobis tenuibus reflexis, 

 stigmate parum incrassato plerumque indiviso. Found wild near 

 Angora. 



Native of the Crimea andHhe South-East of Europe. 



The reticulate Crocus, of which the cloth of gold variety is 

 the best known, called C. Susianus by the late Mr. Ker through 

 some unaccountable error, since Susa lies far beyond the limits 



