Tap. 8015. 
COLCHICUM tizanorticum. 
Syria. 
Liniacea. Tribe CoLcuicEz, 
Concntcum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 821; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xvii. p. 423; Engl. und Prantl, Pflanzenf. vol. ii. 
5, p. 29. : 
Colchicum libanoticum, Ehrenb. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. vol. v. p. 166; 
Post, Fl. Syria, p. 809; C. montano, Linn., proximum, foliis latioribus 
antherisque luteis differt. 
Cormus subglobosus vel ovoideus, tunicis fuscis, levibus. Folia per anthesin 
perianthii tubo Gimidio breviora, late lanceolata, 1 poll. lata, apice paullo 
cucullata. Flores 2-8 albi vel dilute rosei. Perianthii tubus 45 poll. 
longus, cylindricns vel apice leviter dilatatus ; segmenta elliptico-oblonga, 
obtusa vel acuta, 8-10-nervata, 14 lin. longa, 45 lin. lata. Stamina 
perianthii segmentis dimidio breviora; filamenta subulata, basi viridia, 
supra alba; antherw lutew. Styli rami lineares, virides, stamina 
paullo superantes. 
The home of this plant is in ciose proximity to snow- 
drifts at Sunnin on Mount Lebanon, where it flowers 
in June, bearing, according to Dr. Post, from two to 
four blossoms. At Kew the plant has flowered in the 
Alpine House during December and January. Under the 
treatment received there it has become more robust, and 
produced a greater number of flowers than in the wild 
state. The variation in colour of the perianth from pure 
white to pale rose is also very noticeable in plants raised 
from the same batch of corms received from Mr. Georg 
Egger of Jaffa. 
The nearest ally of the present plant is C. montanum, 
Linn. (B. M. t. 6443), which has dark brown anthers, 
narrower leaves, and the tunics of the bulb much pro- 
duced. C. Tvroodi, Kotschy (t. 6901), has the flowers 
clustered as in C. libanoticum, but they appear in the 
autumn, while the leaves do not mature until the following 
spring. 
Descr-—Corm subglobose or ovoid; tunics dark brown, 
smooth, shortly produced at the apex. Leaves not quite 
half as long as the perianth-tube at the time of flowering, 
broadly lanceolate, one inch wide, slightly cucullate at the 
apex. Flowers two to eight on each plant, white or pale 
May lst, 1905. 
