Pl.end.ph. 13. COLCHICACEiE. 109. Colchicum. 173 



Meadows ; perennial ; flowering \r\ August and Septem- 

 ber, fruiting in the following May and June. 



Leaves obtuse, 9 inches long, 2 inner narrower; j7ozf€7,y 

 purple, 3-sided. 



0. album. Flowers white. 



Colchicum Anglicum album, Ger. em. 127. 



y. serotinum. Flowers late, whitish green, long, abortive. 



Bulh violently emetic and purgative in the spring, less so 

 in autumn : reputed a specific in gout, but requires caution 

 in its exhibition. 



Fam. IX. 14. LILIACE^. Jussieu. 



Perigonium petaloid, free, 6-sepaled, regular; stamens Q, 

 opposite to the lobes of the perigonium ; anthers versatile; 

 (wary 1, free ; slylt ; stigmata 3 ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved; 

 partitions on the middle of the valves ; seeds many, flat, in 

 a horizontal double series, aflBxed to the central margin 

 of the partitions ; spermodermis double ; testa crustaceous, 

 black, brittle ; tegmen membranaceous ; corcvlum included, 

 toward the hilum; perisperm rather cartilaginous. — Herb 

 bulbose ; leaves radical or cauline, sheathing or sessile, 

 ribbed ; ribs parallel, simple ; jiowers naked, terminal, soli- 

 tary, or racemose. 



Perigonium not nectariferous at the base Tulipa. 110. 

 Perigonium nectariferous Fritillaria. 111. 



I. 110. TULIPA. Gesner. Tulip. 



Perigonium bellshape, 6-parted; lobes not nectariferous 

 at bottom ; stigmata sessile, thick ; capsule oblong, 3-sided; 

 corculum one-third the length of the perisperm. — Bulb ovate, 

 truncated, emitting the young bulbille on a long peduncle; 

 stem solitary, leafy below the middle, sometimes bent down 

 before flowering ; leaves 3 or 4, tubular and sheathing at 

 bottom ; flowers solitary, upright or drooping, yellow or 

 variegated; bractecs 0. 



Tulipa sylvestris. Wild tulip. 



Stem 1-flowered, smooth; jiower somewhat drooping; 

 lobes lanceolate, pointed, bearded, at the tip ; stamens hairy 

 at bottom. 



Tulipa Bonnniensis, Ger. em. 138. 

 Tulipa sylvatica, iin. 5. P. 438. 

 Tulipa Turicia, Roth. Cat. Bot. 1,45. 

 Italian tulip, or Dalmatian cap. 



