Abstract:
The paper reports morphological and anatomical features of Crocus asumaniae Mathew and Crocus mathewii Kerndorff et Pasche, endangered plants. Transvers sections of plant parts stem, scape and leaf were
vestigated. Characteristically, style is dividing into 3 slender yellow to orange branches, flowering takes place in autumn and is hysteranthous. In anatomical studies, the walls of root endodermal cells of both species how thickenings completely and hairs are found on the abaxial epidermis of leaf. Presence of sclerenchymatic
issues around the vascular bundles of the leaf is a characteristic feature.
