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being inferior, and of six to seven segments (in 
Liliacez there are six), united below into a tube, 
much asin Iridacez. There are six stamens on the 
receptacle or perianth. 
The anthers open extrorsely, and are attached 
below the middle. The ovaries are three-celled and 
superior. The style is three-cleft (1 to 3). There 
are several ovules. The capsule is three-celled and 
the fruits open inwards, or consist of three one- 
celled follicles. The seeds are enclosedin a membrane. 
There is no honey in Bog Asphodel though the 
flower is conspicuous. 
In the Scottish Asphodel there is a calyculus below 
the perianth. 
MEADOW SAFFRON (Colchicum autumnale). 
The Meadow Saffron is a rare plant which, how- 
ever, is found in a number of districts in the British 
Isles, but is probably only naturalised in Scotland. 
As the English name indicates its habitat is a 
meadow. As it is a poisonous plant it is often 
eradicated in such places on account of harm done 
to cattle. I know spots in Leicestershire where 
this has happened, and the plant is no longer to be 
found there now. 
It has a rather large, compressed, corm, with 
shining, chestnut scales. The leaves, which die down 
in summer, are radical, flat, broad and large, lanceo- 
late with numerous approximate veins. There are 
