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A HISTORY OF THE SPECIES OF CROCUS. 



cumbracteata bracteis tunicarum fragmenta apiculata mentientibus, ger- 

 mine vix subterraneo, bractea lorata spatham aoquante tubo breviter 

 exserto, filamentis antheras ajquantibus luteis dense breviter pubes- 

 centibus, stylo superne subcoccineo lobis tenuibus simplicibus antheras 

 subsequantibus vel parum superantibus, limbo subunciali, laciniis latis 

 obtusis basi violascente aurantiaca, sepalis saturate tota fere longitu- 

 dine plumeo-purpureis marginem versus pallidis, tubo intus saturate 

 purpureo, antheris fuscis, polline aureo. Variat flore subalbo sepalis 

 concoloribus vel extus brunneo-punctatis antheris aureis. Found on 

 the summit of Gargarus. 

 Var. 4. Purpurascens ; sepalis extus ssepe saturate purpurascentibus. Sent 



me from Dalmatia, by Petter. 

 Var. 5. Albus ; perianthio albo, rariiis sepalis extus parum purpurascentibus. 



From Opschina, near Trieste. 

 Var. 6. Pusillus ; Tenore. Vaginis pallidis, pube fere obsoleta, foliorum 

 canaliculis vix nervatis et ciliis fere obsoletis, sepalis extus stramineis 

 3-striatis ; seminibus pallidis. 

 Subvar. 1. Tenorianus ; minimus, limbo albo sepalis petala superantibus. 



Inhabits S. fiocco, near Naples. 

 Subvar. 2. Argenteus. C. minimus, perperam, Bot. Mag. C. argenteus, 

 Sabine, Hort. Soc. Tr. Major, limbo subpurpurascente, (variat 

 subalbo) sepalis petala 3-striata superantibus. Found about Pisa and 

 Lucca; the only kind belonging to the Roman States. 

 Subvar. 3. Lineatus. C. biflorus Parkinsoni perperam Sabine. Found 

 near Parma. 



Var. 7. Coeridescens ; limbo pulcherrime coerulescente sepalis extus sub- 

 stramineis 3-striatis, filamentis lutescentibus dense breviter pubes- 

 centibus. From the neighbourhood of Naples. 



Var. 8. Estriatus ; C. biflorus, Bot. Reg., 1987. Bractea tenuiore lorata, 

 limbo pallide lilacino petalis sepala extus luteo-straminea non striata 

 sequantibus ; fauce saturate aurantiaca, seminibus badiis. Found near 

 Florence. 



Var. 9. Tauricus ; tun. annulo ciliato ; limbo intus a basi saturate lutea pa- 

 rum ultra-unciali, sepalis purpureis (interdum subalbis) extus saturatius 

 plumeo-striatis, petalis subalbis basi extus coerulescente, filamentis au- 

 reis Isevibus, stylo gracili pallide sub-aureo, stigmatibus subsaturatioribus 

 parvulis. Native of the vicinity of Odessa. 



Var. 10. Gracus. C. biflorus, Bory. Flore parvo, laciniis albis angustis 

 acutis, sepalis extus tristriatis, petalis ad basim striatis, fauce et filamentis 

 Isevibus luteis stigmata subsequantibus, foliis angustis florendi tempore 

 limbo brevioribus. Nauplia. 



A native of the South-east of Europe, in various places from 

 Italy to the Caspian. 



This crocus, easily recognised by its hard smooth bulb-coats, 

 which are cut into rings at the base, its yellow throat, and undi- 

 vided fragrant stigmas, reaches, in some of its varieties, from Par- 

 ma and Lucca to the vicinity of Naples, being, as far as we know, 

 the most western of the Croci with a naked scape. From Italy it ex- 

 tends eastward nearly to the Caspian, which limits the habitation 

 of the genus, being found on Caucasus. It is generally known by 

 the garden plant, which has been called C. biflorus by Miller, and 

 Scotch crocus by British cultivators : having probably been intro- 

 duced into England and Holland from some garden in Scotland. 



