114 HEXAND. TRIGYIS. 



lanceolate, move or less petiolate, entire. Every part much smaller 

 than in the last species. 



17. TOFIELDIA. 



1. T. pahistris {Scotlisli Asphodel) , spike ovate, stem glabrous 

 filiform leafless, petals obovate obtuse, gernien oblong 3-lol)ed, 

 involucre at the base of the pedicel. Liglilf. p. 181 [Anthe- 

 ricum calyculatum), E. B. t, 536. 



Hab. Highland mountains, in mtlier elevated situations, not uncom- 

 mon. FL July, Aug. 1/ . 



Scarcely a span high. Leaves all radical, 2 inches long, linear, ensi- 

 form, equitant. Flowers small, v^^hite. 



18. TRIGLOCHIN. 



1. Tr. palustre {Marsh Arrow-grass), fruit three-eelled nearly 

 linear. Light/', p. 192. E. B. t. 366. 



Hab. Wet meadows and by the sides of ditches in niarshy situations, 

 plentiful. Fl. Aug. %. 



Leaves all radical, linear, fleshy, slightly grooved on the upper side, 

 sheathing, membranous at the base. Scape S — 10 inches high, ter- 

 minating in a lax simple spike or raceme. Flowers small, greenish. 

 Anthers sessile, within each concave division oi i\\Q jy^rianth. Cap- 

 sules 3, linear, united by a common receptacle so as to form one 

 3 -celled fruit, each separating by tlie base, and suspended by the 

 extremity, never opening. 



2. Tr. maritimum {Sea-side Arrow -grass), fruit 6-cellcd ovate. 

 LJghif. p. \92. E.B.L255. 



Hab. Salt marshes, frequent. Banks of the Clyde, at Kilpatrick and 

 Bowling Bay, Hopk. Fl. May — Aug. 11 . 



Larger than the last and stouter, differing essentially in the fruit, which 

 is formed of 6 distinct capsules, forming a broadly ovate fruit, and 

 not separating from the base and suspended by the point as in the 

 T. palustre. Even in flower the same distinction is observable in the 

 germens as in the fruit. 



19. COLCHICUM. 



1. C. autumnule {Meadow Saffron), leaves plane broadly lan- 

 ceolate erect. Light/, p. \ 92. E.B.t.133. 



Hab. Low meadows, but not common. Alloa, the seat of Mr. Er- 

 skine, Light/. Fl. Sept., Oct. i; . 



Bulb solid. Flowers appear in autumn, 2 — 3 in succession, springing 

 from the bulb, with a very long mirrow tube, surrounded at the base 

 with a membranous sheath. Staiu. inserted on the divisions of the 

 pale purple perianth. Gernien at the ba.se of the bulb, its long styles 

 running up the whole length of the tube. The leaves appear the 

 following spring, and wither in the summer. 



20. ALISMA. 

 1. A. Plantago {great Water Plantain), leaves ovate acute, fruit 

 depressed, capsules obtuiclv trigonal. Light/ . p. 193. E. B. 



t. 837. 



