440 



XC. IRIDACEJE. 



[ Trich 



onema. 



2, Tkichonema Ker. Triclionema. 



Perianth single, petaloid, in 6 

 shorter than the limh. Stam, 3. 

 bipartite, slender. Seeds globose. 



deep equal segments, ?uie 

 jTilameiits hairy. 



'S^if^Ma 



, . , ^, - :N"amed from ^pt?, rptvor 



a nmr^ and vjjfia^ a JilamenL ^ '^ "' 



1. T. Column(B^^\<i]\{Columnd!s T.)\ scape smgle-flowered 

 mostly solitary slightly drooping, leaves filiform compressed 

 iurrowed flexuose, spathas longer than the tube of the corolla 

 style shorter than the stamens, stigmas bifid at the apex' 

 Romulea Manri FL Rom. p. 18. Trichonema Bulbocodium 

 Sm. Ixia Bulbocodium E. B. t. 2549 (not of LiJin. ?) 



Grassy pastures in Guernsey and Jersey. The Warren, Dawlish. 

 If.. 3,4. — A small bulbous plant, with pale bluish-purple and 

 yoWow Jlowers. ^ Mauri appears to have well distinguished the two 

 European species of this genus. 



F 



3. Crocus Limu Crocus. 



Perianth single, coloured; lube very long; limb cut into 

 6 equal segments. Siam. 3, distinct. Stigma 3-parted or 

 3-cleft, segments widening upwards, plaited. — ]N"amed from 

 /cpoKT/, a thread or filament, from the appearance of the saffron of 

 the shops, which consists of the dried stigmas of Crocus satims. 

 — (In all this Genus the germen is concealed under-ground,' 

 elevated by a short peduncle from the solid bulb (cormus), 

 which peduncle elongates, after the decay of the flower, and 

 the capsules appear above-ground.) 



* Flowers in springy along with the leaves, 

 f Scapes enveloped in a tubular sheath. 



1. *C. vernus Willd. (purple Spring C.) ; stigma within the 

 flower erect cut Into 3 jagged wedge-shaped lobes, cormus clothed 

 with slender anastomosing fibres. E. B. t. 344. C. satlvus 



Meadows and fields. Plentiful about Nottingham. 



%. 3. 



ft 



2. C. mi7iimus Eed. {least purple C.) ; spatha double, stigmas 

 erect longer than the stamens included in the solitary flower, 

 leaves linear filiform, cormus with a membranous coat. C. pra3- 

 cox Haw. in E. B. S^ t. 9fi4.'; ~ - 



.) 



C. retlculatus E. FL vol. iv. 



Mi 



In Sir H. Bunbury's park at Barton, Suffolk. U. 3. 



3. 



(golden C.) 



than the stigma, segments of the corolla oblong incurvo- patent, 

 cormus coated with compact fibres. E. B. S. t. 2646. 



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