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MERENDERA CaAucasica. CAUCASIAN 
MERENDERA. 
Se Re he a a 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria TRiGyni. 
( Nat. Ord.—Metantruacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla infundibuliformis, hexapetala: unguibus longis- 
simis. Stamina petalis supra ungues inserta. Capsula 
supera. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
MerenvDErRA* Caucasia ; antheris versatilibus, foliis lanceo- 
lato-linearibus patulis, flore cum foliis erumpente. 
Merenpera Caucasica. Bieb. Fl. Tauc. Cauc. v. 1. p. 
293. Hyjusd. Centur. Pl. Rar. Ross. Merid. tab. 5. 
Roem. et Sch. v. 7. p. 152A. 
Buxizocopium trigynum. Adam, in Web. et Mohr. Catal. 
v. 1. p. 49. 3 
Cotcuicum Caucasicum. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 143. 
A charming little bulbous plant, sent by Dr. Fiscuer to 
the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where it produced its pretty 
blossoms, at the same time with the foliage, in the month 
of May, under the shelter of a glass frame. In the Cauca- 
sus, and in Middle Iberia, where it is a native, it blossoms 
in the very early part of spring. 
Descr. Bulb coated, pale, or more frequently of a dark 
brown, almost black colour, ovate, ragged at the top, 
whence 
* A name given by the Spaniards to the CoLcnicum, a Genus which 
this so nearly resembles. 
