HEXANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Colchicum. 201 



2. T. maritimiim. Sea Arrow-grass. 



Capsule ovate, of six cells. 



T. maritimum. Linn. Sp.Pl.4S3. fViUd. v.2.265. H.Br. 399. 

 Engl. Bot. v.A. t.255. Hook. Land. t.99. Scot. 1 14. Fl.Dan. 

 <.306. Ehrh.Calam.\37. 



T. n. 2. Linn, in Stockh. Trans, for 1742. 147. t. 6./. 4, 5. 



Gramen maiinum spicatum. Rail Sijn. 435. Lob. Ic. \6.f. 



G. spicatum alterum. Bank. Pin. 6. Theatr. 82. f. Ger. Em. 20. f. 



G. spicatum, cum pericarpiis parvis rotundis. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 

 508./. Moris, v. 3. 228. sect. 8. t. 2.f. 19. 



In salt marshes, and the muddy margins of large rivers, abun- 

 dantly. 



Perennial. May — August. 



Root somewhat woody. Herb like the last, but the leaves are semi- 

 cylindrical and more fleshy. Germen ovate, tumid, with 6 fur- 

 rows, and as many equal lobes. Caps, of 6 cells, with 6 oblong 

 valves, constructed exactly like the foregoing, the valves being 

 suspended by the summit, and separating from the base up- 

 wards, only they do not spread so much. 



The qualities are similar to those of T. palustre, and all domestic 

 cattle are reported to be fond of the herbage, which has still 

 more of a salt flavour. 



208. COLCHICUM. Meadow-saffron. 



Linn. Gen.\80. Juss.47. Fl.Br.399. Tourn. t. 18], 182. Lam. 

 t.267. Gartn. t. 18. 



Nat. Orel. Spathacca;. Linn. 9. Jimci. Juss. 13 ! Melan- 

 thacecc. Br. Pr. 272. Hook. Scot. 182. 



Cal. none. Cor. of 1 petal ; tube radical, angular, much 

 longer than the limb, which consists of 6 deep, elliptic- 

 oblong, concave, upright segments, the 3 innermost ra- 

 ther the smallest. Filam. awl-shaped, inserted into the 

 tube of the corolla, shorter than the limb. Antli. oblong, 

 of 2 cells and 4 valves, peltate, incumbent. Germ, im- 

 bedded in the root, roundish. Styles 3, thread-shaped, the 

 length of the stamens, converging below. Stigmas linear, 

 recurved, channelled, downy. Caps. 3, superior, stalked, 

 oblong, single-celled, inflated; convex externally; acute 

 at the inner edge, where they are combined longitudi- 

 nally, and where they finally burst and separate. Seeds 

 numerous, globose, attached irregularly to each margin 

 of the capsule. 



Roni bulbous. Stem none. Leaves oblong, sessile, sheath- 

 ing, radical as well as ihe Jloixers, which are purple, their 



