TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla, supera, 6-partita, subæqualis, erecto-patula, tubo longissimo subterraneo.
Corolla, above, 6-parted, nearly equal, erect-expanding, with a very long subterraneous tube.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Crocus, foliis angustissimis effusis floribus semper longe superantibus.
Crocus, with very narrow diffused leaves, which are always much higher than the flowers.
Descriptio. Radix tunicis glabris cochleariformibus. Folia, tempore florendi, longissima omnium, magisque effusa. Spathæ sæpe 2-floræ, ut in plurimis. Flores vernales, albæ, magnæ; fundo intus sordide flavo, extus aliquo olivaceo; tubo pergracili, depilato; petalis 3 exterioribus, extus tincturâ flavedinis, et purpureo elegantissime plumoso-striatis. Filamenta antheræque erectæ, luteæ. Stylus percroceus. Stigmata itidem percrocea, antheris vix superantia. Haworth’s Crocus inedit.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The outer sheath of the flower.
2.The inner.
3. The flower cut open