Tas. 6901. 
COLCHICUM Troonn. 
Native of Cyprus. 
Nat. Ord. Lin1acrm.—Tribe Coucnicrn. 
Genus Cotcnicum, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 821.) 
Cotcuicum (Arenarii) Troodii ; cormo mediocri, tunicis castaneis apice productis, 
foliis 3-6 hysteranthiis vernalibus recurvis loratis 6-12 poll. longis 2-1 poll. 
latis apice obtuse angustatis, floribus perplurimis autumnalibus niveis, peri- 
anthii tubo 2-3-pollicari, limbi lobis pollicaribus linearibus acutis, staminibus 
perianthii lobis dimidio brevioribus, antheris linearibus luteis, stylis tubo 
wquilongis, stigmatibus oblique truncatis, capsula ovoideo-oblonga acuta 3 poll. 
longa pedicellata, carpellis longe rostratis. 
C. Troodi, Kotschy in Unger and Kotschy Cyprus, p. 190; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
vol. v. p. 161; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xvii. p. 430. 
A native of the Island of Cyprus, where it was discovered 
by that indefatigable Oriental traveller and collector, Dr. 
Kotschy, on the mountains of Prodromum and Troodos. 
It has not been found elsewhere, though it may occur in 
Asia Minor, as Boissier mentions having a plant with 
similar leaves collected by Bourgeau on Mount Elami in 
Lydia. Asa species it comes very near to the C. neapoli- 
tanum, differing, according to Baker, in its more robust 
habit, more numerous flowers, and broader leaves, to 
which Boissier adds the rounded tips of the latter. The 
flowers are described by Kotschy as purplish lilac, and by 
Boissier as pale rose-coloured with the perianth-segments 
lanceolate and acute, none of which characters are shown 
in the piant here figured, the flower of which is of a lovely 
white, with linear oblong rather obtuse perianth-lobes. 
The specimen here figured was flowered by Mr. Elwes 
in his garden near Cirencester in November, 1885, and its 
leaves arrived at maturity in the following April. 
Descr. Corm one and a half to two inches in diameter; 
coats a rich chestnut-brown, produced upwards round the 
base of the white membranous spathe that is tinged with 
pink. Leaves three to six, appearing in spring long after 
the flowers, six to twelve inches long, by two-thirds to one 
oct. Ist, 1886, 
