346 84. lEiDACME. — 85. amaetiliiiace^, 



4. Teichone'ma Ker. 



1. T. Cohcm'nm (R.) ; scape 1-flowered uanally solitary sltghtljc 

 nodding, 1. filiform, compressed farrowed recurved, spath ex- 

 ceeding tlie tabe of the cor., style falling short of the stam., 

 stigmas bifid.— -B. B. 2549-. M. ytl. 354. T. Bulhoeodmm Smv — 

 A small plant not more than 4 in. high, ■with a corm. Slw gleen- 

 ish without, pale with purple strips and yeUow at the base 

 within. — Sandy places. Dawlish Warren, Devon. Jersey and 

 Guernsey. P. III.— IV. E, 



5. Cko'cus Linn. 

 * Scapes emielcped in a tubular sheath. 



1. C. ver'nus (WiUd.) ; 1. and fl. at the same time, spath 

 simple, throat of the cor. fringed with hairs, stigma shortly 3-fid, 

 lobes erect wedgeshaped jagged at the end, corm clothed with 

 slender netted fibres. — .B. £. 344. — Fl. 1 — 2, violet-purple. — 

 Near Nottingham ; and Mendham, SuS. P. III. E. 



[C. sativus (L,). — E. S, 343. — ^Formerly cnltivated, not natu- 

 ralized. Saffron.'] 



2. C. nudifldrus (Sm.) ; I. succeeding the fl,, spath simple, 

 stig7na in 3 deeply laciniate divisions erect, corm with a mem- 

 branous coat. — E. B. 491. E. B. S. 2752. — L. linear, appearing 

 in March. Fl. solitary, purple. Stigmas only a little higher 

 than the anthers, or rising considerably above them. — Meadows, 

 P. IX. E. 



** Scapes naked. 



[C. bi/ldrus (Mill.) ; 1. and fl. at the same time, spath double, 

 stiff-ma longer than the stam. erect deeply trifid, divisions trun- 

 cate and sUghtly notched at the end, corm with a membranous 

 coat. — E. B. S. 2645. — Fl. pale lilac with yellow and purple 

 stripes. — On the site of an old garden at Barton, Sufi". Not 

 indigenous. P. HI.] 



[ C. aureus (Sibth.) ; 1. and fl. together, spath simple, stigma 

 shorter than the stam. shortly ^-fid, segments truncate or slightly 

 notched at the end, corm coated with compact fibres. — E. B. 8. 

 2646.— Fl. yellow.— With the preceding. P. III.] 



Order LXXXV. AMARYLLIDACE^. 



Stam. 6. Anth. bursting inwards. Raphidiferous. Other- 

 wise like IRIDACEJE. 



1. Narcissus. Perianth tubular below; limb 6-parted, 



