336 88. ERIOCAULACE^E. 



perianth. Anth. attached below their middle, bursting outwards. 

 Ovaries superior, 1 of 3 cells, or 3 of 1 cell more or less connected. 

 Ovules many. Styles 1 3. Fr. bursting inwards, of 3 sepa- 

 rate 1 -celled follicles, or more or less combined into a 3-celled 

 septicidal capsule. See G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 



1. COLCHICUM. Perianth funnelshaped with a very long tube; 

 limb 6-parted, petal-like. Caps. 3, connected throughout, 

 1 -celled, opening at the inner edge, many-seeded. 



2. TOFTELDIA. Perianth 6-leaved. Caps. 3, connected to 

 above the middle, 1 -celled, opening at the inner edge, many- 

 seeded. 



1. COLCHICUM Linn. Meadow Saffron. 



1 . C. autumnale (L.) ; 1. flat lanceolate erect. E B. 133. 

 Root large, tuberous. L. a foot long and often an inch broad, 

 dark green, smooth. Fl. several, bright purple, radical, with 

 very long tubes ; the germen remaining under ground and appear- 

 ing in the spring with the leaves. Meadows. P. IX. X. 



2. TOFIELDIA Huds. Scottish Asphodel. 



1. T. palustris (Huds.); pedicels with a 3-lobed bract at the 

 base but none at the top. E. B. 536 (not good). T. borealis 

 Wahl. St. 78. 8. St. 48 in. high. L. swordshaped, about 

 2 in. long, in 2-ranked radical tufts. Fl. in a short dense spike, 

 at first sessile, afterwards slightly stalked. The true plant of 

 Hudson. Mountain bogs. P. VII. 



Order LXXXVIII. ERIOCAULACE.E. 



Fl. capitate, unisexual. Perianth glumaceous, 2 6-parted. 

 Stam. 2 6, if in two rows the inner row most developed. Anth. 

 2-celled. Ovary superior, 2 3-celled. Ovules solitary, pen- 

 dulous. Dehiscence of caps, loculicidal. Seeds coated with 

 wings or rows of hairs. Embryo lenticular, on the outside of 

 farinaceous albumen, at the end remote from the hilum. 



1. ERIOCAULON. Fl. in a compact scaly head. Barren fl. in 

 the centre. Perianth 4 6-fid, the inner segments united 

 nearly to their top. Stam. 4 6. Fertile fl. in the cir- 

 cumference. Perigone deeply 4-parted. Stigmas 2 3. 

 Caps. 2 3-lobed, 2 3-celled; cells 1 -seeded. 



