P L A T E CCCLXIL
C R O C U S BIFLORUS.
Yellow-bottomed White Crocus.
C L A S S IIL ORDER L
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHAEACTER.
COROLLA, supera, 6-partita, fubaequalis, ereñopatula,
tubo longiffimo fubterraneo.
COKOLLA, above, 6-parted, nearly equal, erectexpanding,
with a very long fubterraneous
tube.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, gcc.
Crocus, foliis angufliflimis efFufis floribus femper
longe fuperantibus.
Crocus, with very narrow diffufed leaves, which
are always much higher than the flowers.
D E S C I I I P T I O . Rad^^ tumcis glabns cochleariformibus. Folia, tempore florendi, longiffima omnium
magifqne effufa. fepe 2-flora:, ut in plurimis. Ì^W vernales, alb^, magna. : fundo
intus rordide_flavo, extus aliquo oliváceo; tubo pergracili, depilato; petalis 3 exterioribus
extus tmctura flavedmis, et purpureo elegantiflime plumofo-ftriatis. Filamenta anther^Je
« e ñ a e , l u t e ^ %/«.vpercroceus. itidem percrocea, antheris vixfuperantia. HauJthS
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
J. The outer Iheath of the flower.
2. The inner.
3. The flower cut open.
T H I S beautiful Crocus is unqueftionably diflinft as a fpecies, and has never been noticed by any
fyflemetic writer except Miller; who has defcribed it accurately under the name of ¿ i ^ u s , in the
8lh edition of his celebrated Diftionary. It is very hardy, flowers early in February, and may be
readily diftinguiftied from other Crocufes by its leaves being much longer than the flowers, at the
time of flowering. When the fun ihines ftrong, the flowers have a juft perceptible fragrant fcent;
a circumftance very unufual in this genus; all the other fpecies, (one we call fragra7,s excepted) having
more or lefs of an unpleafant fmell. It feldom produces feeds in this country, or varies in colour;
but increafes by the root.