TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Trichonema. 47 



C. vernalis caeruleus. Deering Nott. 60. 

 C. vernus, flore purpureo. Ger. Em. 154./. 



In meadows about Nottingham plentifully, first observed by 

 Deering. 



Perennial. March. 



Fl. much like the last, occasionally white. Leaves less reyolute. 

 Stigm. pale, inodorous. Mr. Ker first noticed an assemblage of 

 entangled, jointed, pellucid hairs, closing the top of the tube j 

 an excellent character of this species. It is very common in 

 gardens, flowering a fortnight later than the still more abundant 

 Yellow Crocus, Curt. Mag. t.Ab. 



3. C. nudiflorus. Naked-flowering Crocus. 



Stigma within the flower, in three deeply-laciniated tufted 

 segments. Flower unaccompanied by leaves. 



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



v.2.46. 

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

 C. sylvestris autumnalis. Dod.Pempt. 214./. 

 C. montanus autumnalis. Ger. Em. 154./. 6. 

 Colchicum commune. Deering Nott. 57. 



In sandy meadows annually overflowed. 



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



Perennial. Oct. 



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 8( Kon. Ann. of Bot. v. 1. 222, Dryand. in Ait. Hart. 



Kew. ed.2. v.\.S2. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. v. 36. 

 Romulea. Maratti Plant. 13. t.\. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 19. 



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

 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 anth. Style longer than the stam. Stigm. 3, 

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

 the base. Caps, roundish. Seeds globose. 



Root 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. 



