114 HfcXAND. TRIGYN. 



lanceolate, more or less petiolate, entire. Every part much smaller 

 than in the last species. 



17. TOFIELDIA. 



1. T. palustris (Scottish Asphodel), spike ovate, stem glabrous 

 filiform leafless, petals obovate obtuse, germen oblong 3-lobed, 

 involucre at the base of the pedicel. Lightf. p. 181 (Ant he- 

 ricum calyculatum). E. B. t. 536. 



HAB. Highland mountains,, in rather elevated situations, not uncom- 

 mon. Fl. July, Aug. Iji . 



Scarcely a span high. Leaves all radical, 2 inches long, linear, ensi- 

 form, equitant. Flowers small, white. 



18. TRIGLOCHIN. 



1. Tr. palustre (Marsh Arrmv-grass), fruit three-celled nearly 

 linear. Lighlf.p. 192. E. B. t. 366. 



HAB. Wet meadows and by the sides of ditches in marshy situations, 

 plentiful. Fl. Aug. I/ . 



Leaves all radical, linear, fleshy, slightly grooved on the upper side, 

 sheathing, membranous at the base. Scape 8 10 inches high, ter- 

 minating in a lax simple spike or raceme. Flowers small, greenish. 

 Anthers sessile, within each concave division of the perianth. Cap- 

 sules 3, linear, united by a common receptacle so as to form one 

 3 -celled fruit, each separating by the base, and suspended by the 

 extremity, never opening. 



2. Tr.maritirmim (Sea-side Arrow -grass), fruit 6-celle.d ovate. 

 Lightf.p. 192. E..*.255. 



HAB. Salt marshes, frequent. Banks of the Clyde, at Kilpatrick and 

 Bowling Bay, HopTe. FL. May Aug. Ij. . 



Larger than the last and stouter, differing essentially in the fruit, which 

 is formed of 6 distinct capsules, forming a broadly ovate fruit, and 

 not separating from the base and suspended by the point as in the 

 T. palustre. Even in flower the same distinction is observable in the 

 germens as in the fruit. 



19. COLCHICUM. 



1. C. autumnale (Meadow Saffron), leaves plane broadly lan- 

 ceolate erect. Light/, p. 1 92. E. B. t. 133. 



HAB. Low meadows, but not common. Alloa, the seat of Mr. Er- 

 skine, Light/.- Fl. Sept., Oct. If. 



Bulb solid. , Flowers appear in autumn, 2 3 in succession, springing 

 from the bulb, with a very long narrow tube, surrounded at the base 

 with a membranous sheath. Stam. inserted on the divisions of the 

 pale purple perianth. Germen at the base of the bulb, its long styles 

 running up the whole length of the tube. The leaves appear the 

 following spring, and wither in the summer. 



20. ALISMA. 



1. A. Plantago (great Water Plantain), leaves ovate acute, fruit 

 depressed, capsules obtusely trigonal. Lightf. p. 193. E. B. 

 t. 837. 



