38 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class III. 
603 minimus Red. 
604 versicolor H. K. 
605 biflorus H. K. 
606pus'illus Ten. 
607 susianus H. K. 
608 reticulatus M. B. 
609stri5tu« Lk. 
610 sulphureus H. K. 
^fldvus 
611 16teus Lam. 
612 la^enaeflorus Salisb. 
^flavus 
y penicillatus 
613stellaris Haw. 
614 sativus W. 
615 serotinus H. K. 
616 nudiflorus H. K. 
617 Pallasii M.B. 
94. WITSE'NIA. Ker. 
618 ma6ra H. K. 
619 corymbosa H. K. 
95. I'XIA. Ker. 
620 linearis H. K. 
621 capillaris 
622aiilica W. 
623 fucata Ker. 
624 patens W. 
6251eucantha P. S. 
626 flexuosa H. K. 
627 h^brida Ker. 
628 conica H. K. 
629 monadelpha H. K. 
(3 cHrta Andr. 
630 columellaris H. K. 
631 amasna Lk. 
632maculata W. 
^ ochroleUca 
633 capitata P. S. 
634 viridiflora P. S. 
635 erecta H. K. 
636 crateroides H. K. 
least 
party-colored 
Scotch 
Neapolitan 
cloth of gold 
netted vernal 
itriped vernal 
sulphur-colored 1$ 
pale-yellow 
common-yell, 
golden 
pale 
pencilled 
starry-yellow 
saffVon ?f A or 
late autumnal A or 
naked autumn. ^ A or 
Russian autum. A or 
WlTSENIA. 
downy-floweredj^ lAJ or 
corymbose j£ lAI or 
If.mr 
P 
1629. 
O 
CO 
i f.mr 
Li 
S. Europe 1629. 
O 
CO 
Bot. m.ag. 1110 
if.mr 
W 
Crimea 
1629. 
o 
CO 
Bot. mag. 845 
1 f.mr 
W.br 
Naples 
1824. 
o 
CO 
1 f.mr 
Y 
Turkey 
1605. 
o 
CO 
Bot. mag. 652 
5 f.mr 
B 
Crimea 
o 
CO 
- f mr 
W 
1820. 
o 
f!mr 
Y 
S. Europe 
16S9. 
o 
CO 
Bot. mag. 938 
if.mr 
P.T 
S. Europe 1629. 
o 
CO 
Bot. mag. 1384 
5 f.mr 
Y 
Turkey 
1629. 
o 
CO 
Bot. mag. 45 
5 f.mr 
D.Y 
Greece 
o 
CO 
Fl. graac.l. t.35 
5 f.mr 
P Y 
Greece 
Q 
"Rrtf Tviorr 1111 
ijoi. mag. 1111 
i f.mr 
Ry 
o 
CO 
5 f.mr 
Y 
o 
CO 
Hor. trans. 1. 1.6 
5 s.o 
V 
England 
mea. 
o 
s.l 
Eng. bot. 343 
|s.n 
V 
S. Europe 1629. 
o 
CO 
Bot. mag. 1267 
1 o.n 
1 s.o 
V 
England 
mea. 
o 
CO 
Eng. bot. 491 
Li 
Crimea 
1821. 
o 
CO 
Iridece. 
So. 2— 4. 
4 n.ja 
Y.B 
C. G. H. 
1790. 
c 
s.p 
Bot. reg. 5 
i ap.s 
P.B 
C. G. H. 
1803. 
C 
s.p 
Bot. mag. 895 
IXIA. 
slender 
capillary 
rose-colored 
painted 
spreading-flow. 
white-flowered 
bending-stalked ^ 
spurious 
orange-colored 
monadelphous 
short 
variegated 
pretty 
spotted 
cream-colored 
headed 
green-flowered 
upright 
crimson 
lAI or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
t Al or 
lAI or 
I Al or 
lAI or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
lAI or 
lAI or 
I Al or 
lAI or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
I Al or 
Iridece. 
i ap.my 
li ap.my 
2 ap.my 
I jn.jl 
1 ap 
U my 
2 ap.my 
1 ap.my 
1 ap.my 
I ap.my 
i ap.my 
5 au 
1 ap.my 
1 my.jn 
1 my.jn 
2 my.jn 
1 my.jn 
li my.jn 
i my.jn 
Sp. 20—30. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
W.br C. G. H. 
P.Y C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C, G. H. 
Lm 
G 
Va 
D.R 
1796. 
1774. 
1774. 
1779. 
1779. 
1757. 
1757. 
1757. 
1792. 
1792. 
1790. 
1822. 
1780. 
1780. 
1780. 
1780. 
1757. 
1778. 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O sp.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
O s.p.l 
Bot. mag. 570 
Bot. mag. 617 
Bot. mag. 1013 
Bot. mag. 1379 
Bot. mag. 522 
Jac. ic. 2. t. 278 
Bot. mag. 624 
Bot. mag. 127 
Bot. mag. 539 
Bot. mag. 607 
Bot. mag. 1378 
Bot. mag. 630 
Bot. rep. 196 
Bot. mag. 1285 
Bot. rep. 159 
Bot. mag. 549 
Bot. m. 623. 1173 
Bot. mag. 594 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
account of the early season of flowering, and the brilliancy of the flowers. Haworth, who has for thirty years 
paid particular attention to the Crocus, [Hort. Trans, i. 122.) and raised many varieties from seed, found that 
the blue, purple, and white flowered kinds, ripened their seeds much more readily than the yellow, and that 
the leaves of the latter were narrower through all the species and varieties. When this genus is in flower, the 
germen is situated underground almost close to the bulb, but some weeks after the decay of the flower, it 
emerges on a white peduncle, and ripens its seeds above ground. This extraordinary mode of semination is 
peculiarly conspicuous in C. nudiflorus, which flowers without leaves in autumn, and throws up its germen 
the following spring like the Colchicum. Though some species of Crocus are, or appear to be, naturalized in a 
few places, yet they cannot be considered as aboriginal natives. AUioni affirms the C. sativus (the safFron) is 
indigenous in Savoy ; but Ray says nothing is certain as to its native country. Professor Martyn considers 
Asia as its native country, saffron having there first acquired that high reputation in medicine, which it has 
nov/ almost lost in Europe. The Arabic name Z'afaran, and the Moorish and Spanish terms Azafran and 
Safra, seem to confirm this opinion. C. vernus, the saffiran printanier, Fr., is a native of Switzerland and 
Italy, and is commonly found with white flowers and a purple base. Some botanists consider it and C. sativus as 
the only distinct species of the genus. Miller describes four, Willdenow four. Sir J. E. Smith three, as natives 
of Britain, and Haworth {Hort. Trans, i. 132.) no fewer than thirteen species. Parkinson certainly cultivated 
many varieties which are not now known in collections. Crocus vernus and versicolor, produce by cultivation 
varieties of singular beauty, both as to size, color, and marking. C. sativus, the saffron. Sajffran, Fr. and Ger., 
and Zafrano, Ital., is said to have been first brought into England in the time of Edward III., and introduced 
to Walden in Essex, to which town it afterwards gave the praenomen. It was abundantly cultivated there, and 
in Cambridge, Suffolk, and Herefordshire, in the beginning of the 17th century ; but the article is now so 
little in repute, or so much cheaper in foreign markets, that at present the culture of saffron is confined to a 
few parishes round Saffron Walden. The bulbs are planted in July in a well pulverized soil, not poor nor a 
very stiff clay ; they are placed in rows six inches apart across the ridges, and three inches bulb from bulb in 
the row. The purple flowers are gathered in September and carried home, where their yellow stigmas and 
part of the style are picked out and dried on a kiln between layers of paper, and under the pressure of a thick 
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