CRÛ CVS SATIVVS. ET MONTAI VS PRIMVS. 
Roco fativo foliafunt oblonga, perquàtn angufta; flores pulchri,colorc c£- 
rulco, Colchki floribus fimiles , fed magis iaturata p urpura nitentes -, & m 
fmgulis itamina oblonga tetna quaternave colore flammeo fubrubentia 
odore cùminaruerint forti,& caput implente ; quæ cætens partibus præfe- 
» runtur, colliguntur, Ôc Croci nomine vel fola veniunt: radix lubeft bulbola, 
carnofa,copiofà,& vivax. AutumnoCrocus florere incipit, ftatiraut T e- 
jphraftus ait,ptimis imbribus Vergiliarum occalu. Floreni edit ante tolia,quæ mox fequun- 
mr & hyeme tota virent,æftate nullibi confpicua.Seritut dcpofitis radicum bulbis. 
Altcrcrocushicexprefliiseftex filveftnbusmontanis, habetque folia fativi 11 milia, fed 
lineis candicantibus per longum currentibus diftinda; florem quoque minorem ôc dilutio- 
ris coloriSjiii No vcnibri inenlcniaxiine confpicuuiik* 
