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A HISTORY OF THE SPECIES OF CROCUS. 



Subvar. 1. Trilineatus ; lineis 3 externis ccerulescentibus in summo tubo 

 et sepalorum basi. Variat lineis plus minus continuis. Spathd 

 ebracteatd. 



Subvar. 2. Sulphurascens ; per. sulphureo-concolore pallidiore. 



Subvar. 3. Albus ; perianthio albo. spatha bracteata, interdum ebracteata. 



Subvar. 4. Lacteus ; C. lacteus concolor, Sabine, Hort. Soc Tr. v. 7. C. 



Mcesiacus, £. Bot. Mag., 1111. Perianthio lacteo fauce pallide luteo- 



maculata, spatha ebracteata. 

 Subvar. 5. Lacteus penicillatus ; Sabine, Hort. Soc. Tr. v. 7- Bot. Mag., 



2645. Per. lacteo lineis ad sepalorum basim tribus coeruleis, spatha 



ebracteata. 



Subvar. 6. Ltittescens ; Herbert, Bot. Mag., 3869. Tubo albescente pallide 

 coeruleo-lineato, limbo pallide luteo, fauce et limbi basi macula radiata 

 saturate lutea, spatha ebracteata, foliis parum latioribus. Four or Jive 

 were found at Barton, in Suffolk, about seventy yards from the place 

 where Crocus aureus (the outcast of some old garden) has now esta- 

 blished itself. No doubt a seedling from aureus. 



Subvar. 7. Sulphureus ; Ker, Bot. Mag., 1384. Per. aureo-sulphurascente 

 fauce aurea, spatha bracteata, antheris sterilibus, foliis angustis 

 strictis. 



Subvar. 8. Pallidus ; Sabine, Hort. Soc. Tr. v. 7. Limbo sulphureo- 

 albicante ; cseterum sulphureo similis. 



Var. 2. Striatus ; Ker, Bot. Mag., 938. Per. aureo-sulphurascente sepalis 

 extus striatis ; cseterum sulphureo similis. 



Var. 3. Stellaris, Haworth ; tun. foliacea exteriore duriore nitida oblique 

 sulcata, supra medium c. affixa, colore saturatiore. 



Var. 4. Syriacus? Tun. pallide lsete badiis nitidis, vaginacea interiore 

 basi lacera superne leviter parallelo-fibrosa, foliaceis superne sulcatis 

 exteriore circ. med. proxima prope med. aff., spathse bractea lata, tubo 

 purpura striato, limbo vix unciali aureo, sepalis extus fusco-purpureo 

 plumeo-3-striatis, foliis angustis. 



Var. 5. Lvteus, Lam. Enc. 6, 385. C. vernus, Bot. Mag., 25. C. Mcesia- 

 cus, Ker. C. tun. externis membranaceis tenuibus basi circumscissa 

 tantum persistentibus, t. vag. interiore parallelo-fibrosa prope basim 

 affixa, foliacea exteriore dura nitida sulcata superne confluenter fibrosa 

 apiculata longe infra medium c. vel oblique affixa, spathse bractea lo- 

 rata, tubo purpura 6-striato, limbo aureo subbiunciali, sepalis costa 

 inferne brunneo notata striis tribus utrinque brevibus, petalis ad basim 

 tristriatis ; cseterum ut in aureo, stigmatibus crassioribus, antherarum 

 colore saturatiore. 



Var. 6. Olivierianus ; C. Olivieri, Gay, B. de F., 25, 219. C. tun. vag. ut 

 in aureo, foliaceis lasvissimis supra medium c. affixis, bractea lorata, 

 stigmatibus 4-6 ? exasperatis. Found in Chios, and at Bhodosto in 

 Roumelia. 



Var. 7. Hamicus ; Herbert, Bot. Reg., 82. C. tun. vag. interiore lsevi 

 prope basim affixa inferne sub lente fibris parallelis compacta, proxima 

 exteriore tenui fibris paucis parallelis inter quas zona radicalis est, foli- 

 acea exteriore lsevi non sulcata fibris intus parallelis paucioribus, peri- 

 anthio aureo. Mount Hamus, near Adrianople. 



Var. 8. Landerianus. C. tun. vag. int. superne laevi membranacea inferne 

 fibris parallelis manifeste compacta, proxima ext. tenui fibris paucis, 

 foliacea ext. summo cormo affixa curve sulcata, spatha triunciali ebrac- 

 teata, perianthio aureo vel flavescente. Found at Kurchumlu Te'pe'in 

 the Troad. 



Var. 9. Candidus ; Clarke's Trav., 1812. Foliis lane. lin. florendi tem- 

 pore fl. brevioribus, stigmatibus antheras subaequautibus profuudissime 



