440 Account and Description of Spring Crocuses, fyc. 



being netted, the sheaths of the leaves remain permanent, 

 and form long necks to the roots when dried. 



The figure of this variety, published in the Botanical Maga- 

 zine* in 1806, is very correct; it is there called the " Worst 

 Yellow, or Old Cloth of Gold Crocus." Crocus flavus a, of 

 of Mr. Haworth+ applies equally to this, and to the three 

 succeeding varieties. This is the " Crocus vermis latifolius 

 flavo varius" of C. Bauhin ; the "Crocus vernus flavus 

 striatus " of Parkinson ; % the " Spring Crocus, with yellow 

 variable flowers " of Miller,§ when he first wrote, and the 

 " Broad-leaved Spring Crocus, with smaller yellow flowers, 

 striped with black,"f of the same author, at a subsequent 

 period. The late Mr. Donn, I believe, intended to desig- 

 nate this variety in the fourth and subsequent editions of his 

 Hortus Cantabrigiensis, under the name of C. flavus, or Dark 

 Scotch Crocus. I have heard it called C. stellaris pallidus. 



2. C. Sulphur eus striatellus. Is similar to the preceding, 

 except that it is very indistinctly striped ; the brown mark- 

 ings on the tube and petals are not conspicuous ; and the 

 feathery stripes on the outer petals are much less perfect. 

 This variety was selected from the preceding by myself, and 

 has not been noticed in any other collection. It appears to 

 be weak, and has but little merit. 



3. C. Sulphur eus isabellinus. In this, the yellow colour 

 is nearly quite free from markings, which are only perceptible 



* Botanical Magazine, tab. 938. 



f See Horticultural Transactions, vol. 1. page 135. 



X Parkinson's Paradisus, No. 23, page 166, and Fig. 10, plate 163. 



§ Gardener's Dictionary, 1 st Edition, No. 8. 



% Gardener's Dictionary, 7th Edition, No. 10. 



