TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Iris. 
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SPIllNf?, o^^.\RDI^^ CROCUS. In meadows: very 
rare. In Nottingliara Meadows; plentifully. In the 
Flora BniTTA\NicA, Dr. S.m nil acknowleds*** • 
havins: received this plant from Mrs. Sucrhkooke, 
of Oxton. P- April. 
C. stigmatc incluso trifido : lobis multifido- nudi~ 
lacliiiatis peniciilifonnibus, flore aphyllo. Jlorus^ 
C. Shtath of ont ItaJ^ radical: tube of the corol¬ 
la very lon^^ U(xfUJs'^ Jhgma^ in three deep¬ 
ly laciniated feginents, enclosed within the 
fiower, English Botany. 491. 
X.AKED FLOWI RKD CROCUS. In meadows; very 
rave. He'ween No!tin;i,!iaiii Casrle and ihe i'reut. The 
Rev. .1. T. Hechkr, of Sou-nwEi.r,, ascei tained this 
plant to he a disfinct siiccies. and it was immediately 
adiiiitled as snch by Dr. Smith, 'i’f.e f^ct, how¬ 
ever, has since been indisputably confirmed by Mr. Or- 
DOY NO, of ConniNGTON, wiio has raised both this and 
tlie preceding species Iroui seeds For more ihan a 
eenlury these beautiful plants have enamelled the Not¬ 
tingham Meadow*,; and the Colchicum Commune, 
of Deerin’, jirovcs, according to Mr. Becher’s siij?- 
gestion, to be our Crocus nooiflorus. F. Oct. 
IRIS. Smith. 41. Withering. 69. 
Cor. sexpartita, supera ; petalis alternls reflexis. 
Stigmata petalifonnia.* 
’Bloss. with 6 divifions^ unequal^ every other 
fegment bent back as if jointed. Summits pe¬ 
tal-like 2 dipped^ edges at the base turned 
in: 
I. corollis imberbibus : petalis interloribusstig- Pfeuda- 
mate minoribus, follis ensit'ormibus. corus* 
I. Every other segment of the blojfom smaller 
than the fummit. 
