Triandria r. 
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of it, and it is said also that rats are attracted by the 
smell. 
Crocus. Gen. char.-— Cor, six-parted, superior, 
tube very long, stigma convolute, eroded, spathe one- 
valved, radical. 
Croc. Sativus, Saffron Crocus j with tripartite pro- 
duced stigma, segments linear ; flowers in September, 
and is extensively cultivated in Cambridgeshire, and 
about Saffron Walden in Essex, from which it has 
spread to the neighbouring fields, and grows in mea- 
dows and pastures. The summits of the pistils are col- 
lected and dried, and constitute the saffron of the 
shops. 
Croc. Vernus, Spring or Garden Crocus ; with trifid 
included stigma, 'and deeply cut, wedge-shaped lobes ; 
flowers in March, and is well known as one of the ear- 
liest ornaments of the parterre, where it appears with 
purple, white, and yellow flowers. 
Croc. Nudifioms, Naked Flowering Crocus ; with 
trifid included stigma ; is remarkable for the flower ap- 
pearing in autumn without the leaves, from which it is 
called autumnal and naked crocus. 
Iris. Gen. Char. — Cor. six-parted, superior ; the 
petals alternately reflected ; stigmas petal-shaped. 
Ir* Pseudacorus, Yellow Iris, or Water Flower-de- 
luce. Cor. without beards ; interior petals less than 
the stigma ; leaves sword-shaped ; perennial ; flowers 
in July , and is very common in wet ground. 
Ir. Fcetidissima, Gladwin or Stinking Iris.— -Cor. 
without beards, interior petals very spreading, stem one- 
angled, leaves sword-shaped ; in shady woods and hed- 
