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than the scape. — Woods and thickets. P. V. English Blue-bell, 



E. S. I. 



11. Mus'cAKi Tourn. Grape Hyacintli. 



1. M. neglectum (Guss.) ; fl. obovoid-oblong noddina crowded 

 upper ones nearly sessile abortive, 1. linear channelled flaccid 

 recurved at the end. — Syacinthiis Sm., S. B. 1931. — Scape 1 

 ft. high. n. dark blue, scented. Apparently not M. race- 

 mosum of Mill, nor of Willd. ; but its capsule is emarginate. 

 The cultivated plant is M. botryoides, and has globose flowers. — 

 Sandy fields. Plentiful near Cavenham and Pakei)hani, Suft'olk. 

 Hedge banks near Cambridge. P. IV. V. E. 



Order LXXXVII. COLCHICACE.^. 



Perianth inferior, 6 — 7-parted. Stam. 6, on the receptacle or 

 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 8-celled 

 septieidal capsule. — See Q. F. G. Monocot. ii. — Should perhaps 

 be confined to Colchicum, and Tqfieldia combined with Narthe' 

 cium in a separate order, NartheciacecB, as is done by llart- 

 mann. 



1. Colchicum. Perianth funnelshaped, tube long; limb 

 6-parted, petal-like. Styles long. Caps. 3, connected 

 throughout, 1-celled, opening at the inner edge, many- 

 seeded. — Tuberous. 



2. ToFiELDiA. Perianth 6-leaved. Styles short. Caps. 3, 

 connected to above the middle, 1-celled, opening at the 

 inner edge, many-seeded. — A creeping rhizome. 



1. CoLcinciria: Linn. Meadow Saffi-on. 



1. C. autmnnSe (L.); 1. flat lanceolate erect — H. B. 133. — 

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

 broad, dai-k green smooth, vernal. Fl. several, bright purple, 

 radical, with very long tubes, autumnal ; the germen remaimuji 

 imder ground but rising in the spring with the leaves. — Mea- 

 dows. P. IX. X. E. ^^. 



2. Tofield'ia Ends. Scottish Asphodel. 



L T. pahts'tris (Huds.) ; pedicels with a 3-lobed bract at the 

 base but none at the top. — T. borealis Wahl. St. 78. 8. — St. 

 •4 — S in. high. L. swordshaped, about 2 in. long, in 2-ranked 

 radical tufts. Fl. in a short dense spike, at first sessile, after- 

 wards slightly stalked. Mountain bogs. P. Vll. E. S. 



