48 TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Trichonema. 



C. nudiflorus. Fl. Br. 41. Engl. Bot. v. 7. t. 491. Vahl Enum, 



v. 2. 46. 

 C. speciosus. Marsch. Taur.-Cauc. v. 1. 27, from the author. 

 C. sylvestris autumnalis. Dod. Pempt.2\4.f. 

 C. montanus autumnalis. Ger. Em. \54.f. 6. 

 Colchicum commune. Deering Nott.57. 



In sandy meadows annually overflowed. 



Between Nottingham castle and the Trent. Rev. Mr. Becher. 



Perennial. October. 



Tube of the cor. a foot long ; limb of a fine deep purple. Stigma 

 deep orange, not much scented. Leaves not produced till De- 

 cember, paler, flatter, with less of a white central stripe, than in 

 the two preceding. Capsule elliptical, stalked, ripening in May. 



20. TRICHONEMA. Trichonema. 



Ker in Sims 8s Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. I. 222. Dry and. in Ait. Hort. 



Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. 82. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. v. 36. 

 Romulea. Maratti Plant. 13. t. 1. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 19. 



Cal. an inferior sheath, more than half the length of the cor. 

 of 2 lanceolate, entire, permanent valves. Cor. superior ; 

 tube very short, funnel-shaped ; limb regular, somewhat 

 spreading. Filam. from the mouth of the tube, much 

 shorter than the limb, minutely hairy, with large, oblong, 

 converging anih. Style longer than the stam. Stigm. 3, 

 equal, spreading, very slender, rather abrupt, divided to 

 the base. Caps, roundish. Seeds globose. 



Boot a solid bulb. Stem simple or divided, naked, or bearing 

 one leaf. Leaves mostly radical, narrow, smooth. FL 

 solitary, various and changeable in colour and size. 



] . T. Bulbocodium. Channel-leaved Trichonema. 



Leaves linear, channelled, recurved, longer than the flower- 

 stalks. 



T. Bulbocodium. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. 82. 



Ixia Bulbocodium. Linn. Sp. PI. 51. Willd. v. 1. 196. Vahl Enum. 



v. 2. 50. Comp. 8. Engl. Bot. v. 36. t. 2549. Fl. Grcec. v. 1 . 26. 



t. 36. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 271. Curt. Mag. t. 265. Redout. Li- 



liac. t. 88. 

 Sisyrinchium Theophrasti. Column. Ecphr. 328. 2.327. 

 Crocus vernus. Ger. Em. 153./. 1, 2. 



On grassy hillocks in Guernsey. Mr. Gosselin. 



Perennial. March, April. 



Bulb ovate, with torn membranous coats, eatable. Leaves several, 



