464 Account and Description of Spring Crocuses, fyc. 



9. C. versicolor HaworihiL Comes into flower about a 

 week after the preceding, and it is very productive of flowers. 

 The leaves spread wide, but are not decumbent, they are 

 broader and less numerous than in the preceding, and remain 

 green late. The flowers are very abundant and overtop the 

 leaves ; which is not the case in any other variety of C. versico- 

 lor. The tube of the flower is marked at the top with faint dull 

 purplish lines. The flower is large, obovate, or egg shaped; the 

 bottom parts being much tinged with yellow. The petals are 

 paler than in the variety called violaceus, the three feathered 

 stripes on each petal are narrower, and less distinct, particu- 

 larly so on the lower parts of the petals which are white, in 

 the upper parts which are purplish, the featherings become 

 mixed or run; the inner petals have nearly the same markings 

 as the outer ; the inside of the whole is very beautiful, but 

 less feathered than in the preceding. The stigmas are deep 

 orange, unequal, broad at the top, shorter than the anthers. 

 Abundance of seeds is produced by this variety. It agrees 

 perfectly well with the description by Mr. Haworth of the 

 C. fragrans, given by him in the Horticultural Society's 

 Transactions, Volume 1, page 137 ; it is therefore named after 

 him ; no one deserves such a compliment more richly. 



10. C. versicolor lineatus. Is very abundant as well as 

 early in flowering. The leaves at first are long, and after- 

 wards spread much. The top of the tube is marked with 

 twelve brownish purple lines. The general colour of the 

 petals is neither vivid nor distinct. On the outside of the 

 three outer petals are three narrow purple lines, the middle 

 one of which runs to the top of the petal, the side ones ex- 

 tending only half way up it. The middle one is not much 



