COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE. 



Colchicum, or Common Meadow-Saffron. 



ClassW. Hexandria.— Orrfer III. Trigynia. 



Nat. Ord. MEL/vNXHACEiE. 



Gen. Char. Perianth single ; tube very long, rising 

 from a spathe; limb campanulate, six-parted, petaloid. 

 Capsules three-celled ; cells united at the base. 



Spec. Char. Leaves flat, broadly lanceolate, erect. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek »»>.;i;;/*«y ? Dioscorides. i^^fts^tv ? Theophrastus. 



'Colchicum commune. Bauh. Pin.Q'J. Rail Hist. 1170; 



Sipi. 373. 



Colchicum Anglicum purpureum et album. Ger. Em. 157. 



Colchicon officinis Hermodactylus. Trag. 759. 



Colchicum sive Ephemerum strangulatorium. Lob. Obs. 69. 

 '-Colchicum Autumnale. Lin. Sp. PI. 485. Eng. Bot. t. 133. 



French Colchique ; Colchique de I'Automne ; Tue-chien ; Safran 



batard. 



Italian Colchico ; Giglio matto ; Strozza-cane. 



Spanish Colchico ; Villorita ; Qui^ameriendas. 



Portuguese ,. Colchico. 



German Herbstzeitlose ; Herbstblume ; Licht-blume; Nackte Jung- 



fer ; Wilde Safran. 



Dutch Tyde-loosen ; Naakte-Vrouwen. 



Danish Nogne jomfrue. 



Polish Rozsiad ; Cimowit. 



Swedish Nakna jungfrur ; Tidlaesa. 



i?M«s Beswremnoi zwjet. 



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Description. — The cormiis * is fleshy, lactescent, covered with 

 a brown membranous coat, and furnished at the base with many 



* Commonly called solid bulb. 



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