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petals is white, with the yellow stain appearing at the bottom. 

 The stigmas are orange, and shorter than the anthers. It does 

 not produce many seeds. 



18. C. versicolor urbanus. {See Plate 11, Fig. 9.) This 

 is the nearest to white of the whole collection, it is the 

 Urbanus, or Cream-coloured Crocus of the Dutch. It comes 

 into blossom early. The leaves are numerous, narrow, spread- 

 ing, and decay early. There are three stripes on the outer 

 petals, which are narrow and very faint ; the inner petals 

 have three very obscure lines on the back ; the inside of the 

 flower is white. The stigmas are deep orange, spreading, 

 equal in height to the anthers. It produces seeds, but not 

 very abundantly. 



The series of varieties of this species would be complete 

 if it was terminated by one entirely white ; this desideratum 

 is most likely to be obtained from the seed of the kind last 

 described. 



CLASS III. 



Spring Crocuses, with various-coloured Flowers (not 

 Yellow) having the Mouths of the Flower-tubes 

 Hairy. 



In this Class there is only one species, but it possesses so 

 many varieties, that it is more extensive in number of plants 

 than either of the preceding Classes. 



11. Crocus vernus. Common Spring Crocus. 

 The common Vernal Crocus has had several natural 

 habitats assigned to it in various parts of Europe ; some of 

 them probably erroneously, from the discoverers not being 



