Colchicum. COLGHlCACEiE 159 



loc. cit. p. 425 ex Cephaloniii et Epiro descriptiono nianuscriptii cl. Herbert 

 tantum notum habet folia lorata 4-5 pollices longa 'J-14 lin lata canali- 

 culata olitusa undulata subrecumberitia, corollae limbum 2-2 '/i-pollicarem 

 pulclire tessellatum laciniis poliicem latis; est forsaneadem.^pecies acC. ama- 

 bile. 



8. C. latifolium (Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Grac. IV, tah. 330 quoad 

 flores nou foHa) cormi nuce sjcpe majoris tunicis crassis secus spa- 

 tham plus miuus produclis, foliis lale ovato ohlongis obtusis plani- 

 usculis, floribus 1-7 magnis, tubo laciniis 4 5-plo longiore, laciniis 

 iate ellipiicis aculiuscuiis lilacino-purpureis obscure tessellalis, sta- 

 minibus perigonio terlia parle brevioribus, anlheris luleis linearibus 

 subcurvatis, siylis antheras superanlibus .superne curvatis et latere 

 convexo longe stigmatosis 3^. C Bivonce Bot* Griec. non Guss. — C. 

 Siblhorpii Baker Journ. Linn. Soc. XVU, p. 427. 



Hab. in montibus Peloponnesi et Graeciae lOOO^-COOO', montes Taygetus. 

 Maievo, Chelnios, Ivyllene (Orphl), Arcadia ad Megalopolin (Orph !), Parnes 

 Atticie (Heldr. herb. Norm. 805 !), Helicon, (Orph !j, mons Athos MacedoniiB 

 (Orph!). Fl. Aug-Sept. 



/3 Eiibivum. — Flores solitarii rarius bini laciniis subangustiori- 

 bus eliiplico-linearibus. — C. Eabceum Orph. Atti Congr. Fir. 

 p. 29 (nomen solum). 



Hab. in monte Candyli Eubcse(Orph !) im monte Delphi (Ky. 7G6!). Fl. Aug. 



Folia 6-9 poll. longa 2-3 lata. Perigonii tubus 5-9 poll. longus, lacinise 2 

 pollices et amplius longae. In Flora GriBCi*i flores hujus speciei cum foliis 

 C. Byzantini commixti describuntur. C. Bivonie foliis multo angustioribus 

 linearibus longe ditlert. 



9. G. speciosum (Steven Act. Mosq. VII, 69, tab. 15) cormo 

 magno elongato tunicis crassis supra collum productis vestito, caule 

 foliifero SLepe pedali, foliis late oblougo-iingulatis planis obtusis 

 in vaginam longam angustatis, floribus 1-4 maximis kete roseo-purpu- 

 reis, laciiiiis ellipticis tubo crasso 4-5-plo baevioribus basi intus 

 flavo-maculatis. slaminibus perigonio Vs-Vs brevioribus, antheris 

 linearibus flavis, stylis slamina subsuperantibus apice subincurvis 

 breviter et unilateraliter stigraatosis ^. Bot. Mag. tab. 6078 optima 



Hab. in Ponti Lazici valle Khabackar 5600' (Bal!), Caucaso in Osseti;i 

 (C Koch), Caucaso orientali (Rupr!), tractu Swant ditionis Talysch (Hoh!), 

 Persi;*i boreali (Auch. 5370 1 Buhse !J. 



Species omnium maxima pulclira, foliorum lamina demum fere pedalis 

 2 Vi-3 pollices lata, perigonii tubus 6-9-poIIicaris, laciniae 2 \'i pollices longse. 



10. G. candidum (Schott et Ky. in Ky. Pl. Cilic. N" 91!) cormi 

 ovato-conici tunicis secus spatham ssepius valde elongatam productis, 

 foljis..., floribus 3-8 albis vel pallidissime roseis, perigonii tul)o laci, 

 niis anguste lanceolato-linearibus paucinerviis4-5-plo longiore, slami- 

 nibus perigonio subtriplo brevioribus, anlheris linearibus utrinque 

 Jongitudinaliler membranaceo-marginatis filamento a^quiiongis vel 



