dried stigmas of the common crocus (Crocus sativus), much used as a colouring ingredient both in food and medicine. Though affording a brilliant yellow colour, it can hardly be called a dye-stuff. This substance was formerly largely cultivated in England in the neighbourhood of Saffron-Walden. It is now chiefly imported from Spain, France, and the south of Europe, and is used in pharmacy. The total importations for 1837 from those parts were 12,175 lbs., which, at L1. 8s. 6d. per lb., cost L17,349.