Colchicum. coi.cHiCACE.E 165 



Coss. et Diir. — C. Catacuzenium Heldr. Ilerb. Norm. 628! — 

 C. nivale Boiss. et Uuct Mss. 



Hab. in pratis prajsertim regionis montana^ etalpin*, Parnassus in regione 

 abietinii (Heldr. 6:^8!), Bitliynia (Pes-tal ! Griseb !), Lydiije raontes (Mawl), 

 Tauria (Stev !), Armenia Turcica ad Erzeruiii (Auch. 53G9 ! Calv !), in mon- 

 tibus supra Gumusch et in monte Ivalatdagli (Bourg!), ad Van (Noe 271), Ar- 

 inenia Rossica (Buhse!), Imeretiri (llupr!), Fl. primo vere. 



Specimina Orientalia a C. montano Hispania' et Africae borealis nuUo 

 modo dilTerre videntur. DilTert a C. Ritchii et C. fasciculari perigonii laciniis 

 latioribus et brevioribus plurinerviis intus ad basin pHcis vix elevatis nec 

 lameilis latiusculis et stepe dentatis auctis. 



Ar. Geogr. Hispania, Africa borealis, Rossia meridionalis. 



-24. C Bertolonii (Stev. Act. Mosq. p. !268) cormi parvi ovati 

 liuiieis coriaceis superne breviler produclis, foliis synanthiis 2-3 

 erccto-patulis angusle rarius latiuscule lanceoiato-linearibus canali- 

 ciilato-coiicavis margine ciliolalis vel glabris, lloribus 1-5 roseo-lila- 

 ciiiis, tubo laciniis anguste elliplico-liiiearibus 5-7-nerviis obtusis 

 pluries longiore, staminibus perigonio dimidio brevioribus, filamento 

 anlheris oblongis fuscis duplo loiigiore basi incrassato, stylis reclis 

 antheras superantibiis stigmatc punctirormi '^. C. Cupani Guss. 

 Prodr. r, p. 452.— C. pusilluni Skb. Bot. Zeit. 1822, p. 248. 



Hab. in siccis regionis inferioris et montanne, Atlica in Hymetto (Heldr. 

 herb. Norm. 760! Orpli. Fl. exs. 113!), Argolis ad Naupliam (Orph !), .Etolia 

 ad Missolunghi (Nied!), Zacynthus (Marg!), Ceplialonia (Schimp!), Cyclades 

 (Urv.),Melos et Syra (Cadet !), Creta ad Malaxa (SieJj !), Macedonia (Friv !). 



DilYert a ('. montano perigonii laciniis angustioribus paucinerviis, llores- 

 centia autumnali. 



Ar. Geogr. Sardinia, Italia australis, Dahoatia, Africa borealis. 



25. C. Steveni (Knnth Enum. IV, p. 144) cormi oblongi tunicis 

 fuscis in collum productis, foliis 5-7 lineari-filiformibus, lloribus S-10 

 fasciculatis roseis, tubo superne e spatlia exserto limbo pluries lon- 

 giore, laciniis anguste elliptico-Iinearibus obtusis 7-8-nerviis basi 

 interiore obsolete bilamellalis, staminibus limbo duplo brevioribus, 

 liiamentis antheni lineari luiea 2-3-pIo longioribus, stylis antheras 

 superanlibus stigmale obliquo ^. C. polyplnjUum Boiss. et Heldr. 

 Diagn. Ser. II, 4, p. 121. 



Hab. in Syria (Labill \). Syria littorali prope Berythum et prope Sidonem 

 (Bl!), PaleslinA littorali (Post!), prope Joppen (Roth iOl!), Gihcia littorali ad 

 Mersina (Reinert !). Fl. Sept. Nov. 



Floribus minulis, laciniis angustis etilorescentii\autunmaliaffineC'.-6^/'^o/o- 

 nii differt foliis multo numerosioirbus angustis et antheris luteis nec pur- 

 pureo-fuscis. Specimen ex Hassarali prope Teheran Persiai (Buhse exs. 908!) 

 liuc omnibus notis praeter llorescenliam vernalem spectare videtur. 



26. C. crocifolium Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 5, p. 67 (non And. in 

 Bot..VIag.) cormo oblongo lunicis coriaceis fuscis in collum productis 

 vestito, foliis 7-8angusle linearibus canaiiculatis hirlulisvel velutino' 



