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the outer petals, the stripes are in three broadish lines. The 

 anthers are a little longer than the stigmas, which are orange 

 and not large. 



33. C. vermis striatus. This is the kind usually sold as 

 the Striped Crocus. Flowers abundantly, early, and is very 

 beautiful. Leaves very numerous, rather narrow, short at 

 first, and spreading afterwards. It produces a sharp pointed 

 fusiform flower, not opening well; tube white; the petals 

 long, lanceolate, narrow and flat, blotched at the base with 

 small irregular purple spots and lines, those on the outer 

 being spots, on the inner they are lines ; the backs of the 

 outer petals very faintly tinged with lilac, having one faint pur- 

 plish line along the centre; the outer petals are marked 

 within with a large lilac spot, feathered to the edges, which 

 are white ; the inner petals shorter, marked within and without 

 with fine feathered lilac lines on a white ground, the edges 

 being white. The stigmas small, shorter than the anthers. 



Section V. 



Gray Vernal Crocuses, having blossoms, with the ex- 

 ternal parts of the outer petals a dingy white or gray colour, 

 the internal parts of the same colour and the inner petals 

 being much feathered or striped ; coloured at the top of the 

 tube generally, but not in all cases. 



34. C. vermis Glorianella. 



35. C. Gloriana. 



36. C. variegatus. 



37- C. propinquus. 



38. C. dentosus. 



39. C. bicolor. 



40. C. reticulatus. 



