MEADOW-SAFFRON TRIBE. 621 



1. COLCHICUM (Meadow Saffron). Corolla with a 

 very long tube, rising from a sheath. (Name from 

 Colchis, a country famous for medicinal herbs.) 



2. TOFIELDIA (Scottish Asphodel). Corolla of 6 

 petals ; flowers each from a small 3-lobed sheath. 

 (Name in honour of Mr. Tofield, an English botanist.) 



COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE (Meadow Saffron). 



1. COLCHICUM (Meadow Saffron). 



1. C. autumndle (Meadow Saffron). The only British 

 species. Meadows, not general. A not unfrequent 



