mea Vs 
COLCHICUM* AUTUMNALE. 
Common Meadow Saffron, Tuber Root, Naked Lady, 
Upstart. 
Synonyms.—Colchicum anglicum purpureum et album, Johnson’s Ger. Em., 
157. Colchicum commune, Raii Syn., 373. Colchicum vere prodiens, Camer. 
Epit., 846. Colchicum autumnale, Linn. Sp. Plant., 485; Willd., ii. 273; Flora 
Britt., Engl. Bot., ii. 133. 
Forrten Namrs.—Fy.: Colchique, Tue-chien, Safran des Prés. J¢al.: Col- 
chico, Giglio Matto, Strozzecane. Span. and Port.: Colchico. Germ.: Geitlose, 
Wiesen-saffran, Lichtblume, Spinnblume. Dut.: Tydloosen. Swed.: Tidlése, 
Nakna Jungfur. Daa.: Nogne Jomfrue. Russ.: Begvremennik. 
Nat. Order, Mevanruacem, R. Brown ; HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 
Gey. Cuar.—Calyx none. Corolla of one petal, tubular, very long, with 
a somewhat bell-shaped, six-parted limb. Stamens inserted into the 
mouth of the tube. -Anthers oblong, incumbent. Styles three, very 
long. Capsules three, inflated, upright, united at the base, many- 
seeded. 
Src. Cuar.—Leaves flat, broadly spear-shaped, upright. 
History.—The Egnegov of Theophrastus, the Koaxmov of Dios- 
corides, and the Eguedaxruaos of Paulus Aigineta, are supposed 
by Dr. Adams (Supplement to Dunbar’s Greek Lexicon; Com- 
ment. on Paulus Algineta), and other commentators, to be 
identical with our Colchicum autumnale. Pereira (Elem. Mat. 
Med., p. 628) considers that the Hermodactylus is a species of 
Colchicum, but not the Colchicum autumnale. Miller (Gar- 
deners’ Dict., 1579) considers the broad-leaved Meadow 
. Fig. 1. A tranverse section of the capsules, to show the position of the seeds. | 
* From Colchis, a province of Asia, where it grows in great abundance. 
