368 90. jimcACE^. 



3. Nahthbcitjm:. Perianth 6-parted. Style undivided. Caps. 

 3-celled, loculicidal, many-seeded ; seed with a long fili- 

 form appendage at each end ; placenta basal. 



1. CoL'cHicTrM Linn. Meadow-SafEron. 



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

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

 broad, dark green, smooth, vernal. Fl. bright purple, radical, 

 with very long- tubes, autumnal; germen remaining under 

 ground in winter, rises in spring with the leaves. Rarely 

 greenish spring fl. are found. — Meadows. P. IX. X. E. S. 



2. ToEiBi'DiA Huds. Scottish Asphodel. 



1. T. pahts'tria (Huds.) ; pedicels with a 3-lohed bract at the 

 base but none at the top. — E. B. 536. T. borealis Wahl. St. 

 78. 8. — St. 4 — 8 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. Mountain bogs. P. VII. 



E. S. 



3. Narihe'cium Huds. Bog-Asphodel. 



1. N. ossif'ragum, (Huds.) ; 1. swordshaped, pedicels with 1 

 bract at their base and another above their middle, perianth- 

 segm. linear-oblong exceeding stam. and much falling short of 

 caps.— ^. B. 536. St. 78. 3. R. x. 421.— St. 6—8 in. high, 

 slightly leafy, decumbpnt and rooting below. L. mostly in 

 radical 2-ranli:ed tufts, half the height of the stem. Fl. bright 

 yellow.— Turfy bogs. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



Order XC. JUNCACE^. 



Perianth of 6 glume-like scarious segments. Stam. usually 

 6, on the base of the segments ; or 3, opposite to the outer 

 series. Anth. 2-c6lled, attached by base. Ovary 1 — 3-celled, 

 superior. Ovules 1, 3, or many in each cell. Style 1, stigmas 

 3. Fr. capsular, 3-valved, loculicidal. Embryo subcylindrical, 

 very minute, within firm albumen, near the hile. — No raphides. 



1. JuNcus. Perianth glume-like, 6-leaved. Filaments gla- 

 brous. Style undivided. Stigmas 3, filiform. Caps. 3- 

 celkd, 3-valved. Seeds attached to the inner edge of the 

 dissepiments. — L. mostly not flat. 



2. Luzui.A, Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved, with dissepiments. 

 Seeds 3, at the base of the capsule. Otherwise like Junats. 

 — L. flat, grass-like. 



