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A HISTORY OF THE SFECTES OF CE0CUS. 



fidis, foliornm canaliculis non fortiter nervatis costa dorsali deflexe 

 dense ciliata, capsula obtusa, seminibus subangulatis obscure subpur- 

 pureo-rufo-brunneis. Floret Sept. Oct. 



Var. 1. Caucasicus : Bot. Mag., 3S61, f. I. Gemma in indigenis tunica 

 unifora, tubo tenuiore summa parte vix purpura punctato, fauce alba, 

 filamentis albis, stigmatibus patulo-multifidis. 



Var. 2. Trans ylvamcus. Ib. f. 2. Bot. Reg.. 25, 40. Icone pro ccerules- 

 cente perperam rubescente. c. e majoribus (in eultis plurigemmato 

 gemmis saepius bifloris} germine fiavescente. perianthio majore saturate 

 basim versus purpura punctato. fauce pallide subflavescente. limbo ob- 

 tusiore saturatiore filamentis pallide flavescentibus subulatis, stigmati- 

 bus fasciculato-multifidis laciniolis superne sensim crassioribus. 



Var. 3. Laxxor ; Bot. Mag., 3S61, fig. 3. Gemma 1-2-flora. tubo confertius 

 saturatiCis purpura punctato, stigmatibus laxius effusis. Floret Sept. 

 Oct. 



Inhabits Hungary and the countries near it to the Eastward 

 as far as the Crimea. 



This beautiful Crocus extends north of the Danube nearly as 

 far as the Caspian, appearing first in Transylvania, next in the 

 Crimea, and finally on Caucasus. It is hardy, and ripens seed 

 freely, flowering abundantly in Yorkshire at the end of Septem- 

 ber and beginning of October. It is, perhaps, the finest of the 

 ffenus. I cannot find that it has been discovered south of the 

 Danube, where C. pulchellus seems to take its place. I am in- 

 formed that in the Crimea it likes a dry rich soil on the table- 

 land under trees. C. Pyrena=us, speciosus, pulchellus, and 

 medius, the latest of the four, and Byzantinus. are equally free 

 flowerers. and of exceeding beauty from the latter part to the end 

 of October. C. longiflorus and Cartwrightianus, flowering with 

 equal freedom, usually follow them, and continue sometimes till 

 January. The accidental white variety of C. speciosus is not in 

 cultivation. 



Sp. 41. C. pulchellus. Herbert. Bot. Resr., 1843, Misc. 

 28; 1844, 3. Bot. Mag., 1841, 3862; p. 2. 



C. c tun. pra&cipua membranaceo annulo ad basim circumscisso fibris ciliato, 

 spatha occulta, bractea lata lorata spatham vix sequante. tubo gracili 2k 

 uncias exserto. limbo unciali vel ultra pallide ccerulescente venis satu- 

 ration bos, fauce subbarbata aurantiaca, filamentis croceis minute his- 

 pidis, stigmatibus multifidis pallide croceis prolapsuris antheras albas 

 superantibus, foliis latis viridibus laevibus stria alba, seminibus parvis 

 subrotundis late badiis. Floret Octobri. 



Inhabits the forest of Belgrade and Blount Atlas. 



The first knowledge I had of this plant was from a specimen 

 in Sir TV. J. Hookers herbarium, gathered in Eoumelia by 

 Montbret, who mistook it for C. speciosus. His error was evi- 

 dent to me, and I requested Mr. Cartwright to have the kindness 

 to send some person into the forest of Belgrade to look for it in 

 October, thinking that a likely place for it. C. pulchellus was 



