494 Account and Description of Spring Crocuses, fyc. 



white, within in the middle of the petals are five lilac narrow 

 feathered lines; the inner petals have similar lilac lines at 

 their base, and faint feathers above on the outside, within they 

 are feathered rather more than the insides of the outer petals. 

 The stigmas orange, longer than the anthers. 



49. C. vernus trilineatus. Produces a tolerable number of 

 flowers but late. Leaves rather broad, short and spreading. 

 The flowers are of moderate size ; the spathe grows high ; 

 the tube of the flower thick, marked with short purple lines, 

 mostly, but not in all cases, united to the lines on the petals ; 

 on the bases of the three outer petals are three purple short 

 lines parallel to each other; three similar lines are on the base 

 of the inner petals, but these, especially the middle one, some- 

 times run higher up the petals ; the remaining parts of the petals 

 are pure white, except that there are occasionally three faint 

 narrow lines on the inside of the inner petals. The stigmas 

 pale orange, very short, much below the tops of the anthers. 



50. C. vernus obsoletus. Blossoms moderately in the 

 middle season. Leaves of moderate breadth, short, and 

 grow very erect. The flowers are not of a good shape ; 

 they are perfectly white except at the base of the petals ; on 

 each of the three outer petals is a single short line of purple 

 running into the tube ; the three inner petals have at their 

 base three purple lines, the centre of which only runs into the 

 tube, varying however, and being in some cases broader than 

 in others. The stigmas are orange, and very short, much 

 below the anthers. 



51. C. vernus albus major. {See Plate XL Fig. 11.) The 

 flowers are produced early in the middle season. The 

 leaves are few, of moderate breadth, grow long and erect. 



