460 Account and Description of Spring Crocuses, $c. 



The stigmas are unequal, deep orange, and shorter than the 

 anthers. 



2. C. versicolor similis. The blossoms are smaller and 

 later than the preceding, and produced less freely, they also 

 expand less. The foliage is narrow, continuing green long. 

 The markings on the outer petals are irregular, the middle 

 ones longest, sometimes feathered at the top, sometimes 

 not ; the two side stripes or marks are short, and slightly 

 feathered on their outer edges ; the ground is nearly white ; 

 the inner petals are marked at the back like the preceding, 

 but have a lighter ground ; the inside of the petals is nearly 

 similar but paler. The stigmas and anthers are also similar. 



3. C. versicolor ncglectns. This is perhaps the best variety 

 of those belonging to this Section. The leaves are strong, 

 long, and grow upright, they remain green late. The 

 flowers are larger, with more distinct markings on the outer 

 petals, of these the middle mark is broader and more 

 conspicuously feathered ; the ground of the petals is also a 

 clearer white ; the inner petals are not so much stained or 

 run with colour, and have three very fine purple lines on 

 them, the outside ones having long obscure featherings ; the 

 inside of the whole shew the markings through. The 

 stigmas are orange, and shorter than the anthers. 



Section II. 



Contains those varieties whose blossoms are very distinctly 

 marked with dark stripes or featherings. The most beautiful 

 of the species will be found amongst these : 



4. C. versicolor purpureus. 

 5 plumosus. 



7- elegans. 



