By Adrian Hardy Haworth, Esq. 



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was also described from two not very fresh flowers, commu- 

 nicated to me by my friend M r. D i c kso n , of Covent Garden . 



And the above account of 7, was likewise drawn up, 

 from two or three flowers only ; which were given me by 

 Mr. Williams, Nurseryman at Turnham Green. 



5. Crocus, (The small Yellow) corollae laciniis lanceolatis, Flams. 

 concavo-incurvis ; stigmatibus antheras superantibus ; foliis 

 erectis, angustissimis. 



Crocus sulphureus. Gawler in Bot. Mag. n. 938. cum Ic. 

 honk. Crocus vernus flavus striatus. Park. Par. p. l63.f. 10. 



Habitat 



Floret Februario. 



Descriptio. Variat. 



ec. Radix bulbo-tuber, tunicis glabris, scariosis. Folia per- 

 gracilia, numerosa, tempore florendi erecta, flore humiliora. 

 Antherac patulae, subulatae, exiguae, et singulariter quasi 

 mpotentes ; stigmatibus gracilibus multd breviores. Co- 

 rolla, vel omnino flava ; seu pallide aurea ; sive laciniis 

 exterioribus plus minus fusco-striatis, nitidis. 



/3. Radix tunicis glabris. Folia gracilissima acutissimaque 

 omnium Crocorum, flores semper superantia. Corolla? 

 laciniae acute lanceolatse, valde inflato-concavae, pallidis- 

 sime stramineae, sive albicantes fundo intus filamentisque 

 flavis. Antherae exiguae ut in a, patulae, subulatae, pallide 

 stramineae. Stylus etiam stramineus. Stigmata antheras 

 superantia, itidem straminea. 



Obs. A living root of this variety in bloom, was communi- 

 cated tome by Mr. William Anderson, gardener to 

 James Vere, Esq. — The above description was made from 

 it. Mr. Anderson assures me that the late Mr. Curtis, 

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