182 MONOGOTVLEDONS. MELANTHACE.^. I'ofieldia. 



3. NARTHECIUM. 

 Perianth 6-partite, coloured. Stam. 6 ; filam. hairy. Caps. 3- 



celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, ovato-oblong, appendicu- 



late at each extremity. 

 1. N. oss'ijragum. p. 103. — Moors. 



Order V. BUTOME^E. Bic/i. in Mem. dii Mits. 



Perianth with the 3 inner segments petaloid. Stum, hypogynous. 

 Ovaries superior. Follicles polyspermous. Seeds ascending, 

 attached to veins running like net-work over all the inside of 

 the capsule. Albumen none. ILmbryo with the same directiqu 

 as the seed. Rich. 



l.BUTOMUS. 



Perianth 6-partite. Stam. 9. Ovaries 6. Styles 6. Caps. 6, 

 many-seeded. 



1. B. umhellatits.p. 123. — Ditches and lakes. 



Order VI. MELANTHACEyE. Br. Prodr. 



{ColchicacecB, Decand.) 



Perianth petaloid, 6-partite, or tubular by the cohesion of the 

 claws of the segments, which are often rolled inwards before 

 expansion. Stam. 6, perigynous. jijithers usually turned out- 

 wards. Ovary superior, with 3 cells and many seeds. Style 

 partly or entirely divided into 3. Stigmas undivided. Caps. 

 generally separable into 3 valves. Integument of the seed, nei- 

 ther black nor crustaceous, but membranous. Albumen firm, 

 fleshy. Br. 



1. COLCHICUM. 



Perianth tubular, very long, rising from a spatha; limb 6-pj^r- 

 tite, campanulate. Ovary 1. Styles 3, very long. Capsule 3- 

 celled J cells united at the base. 



1. C. autumnale, leaves plane broadly lanceolate erect, p. 114. 

 — Pastures, rare. 



2. TOFIELDIA. 



Perianth 6-partite, with a small tripartite involucre. Caps. 3—6- 

 celled, cells united at the base. 



1. T. palustris, spike ovate, scape glabrous filiform naked, petals 

 obovate obtuse, germen oblong 3-lobed, involucre at the base 

 of the pedicel, p. 1 14. — Alps. 



