89. MELANTHACEJE. 359 



as supposed in ed. 6. The cultivated plant, M. hotryoides, has 

 globose flowers. — Sandy fields. Plentiful near Cavenham and 

 Pakenham, Suffolk. Ahout Gogmagog HUls, Cambridge. 

 P. IV. V. E. 



Order LXXXIX. MELANTHACEiE. 



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

 perianth. Anth. attached below their middle. Ovaries supe- 

 rior, 1 of 3 cells, or 3 of 1 cell more or less connected. Ovules 

 many. Styles 1 — 3. Fr. bursting inwards, of 3 separate 1- 

 ceUed follicles, or more or less combined into a 8-celled 

 capsule. 



1. CoLCHicuM. Perianth funnelshaped, tube long; limb 

 6-paited, petal-like. Styles long. Gaps. 3, connected 

 throughout, opening at the inner edge, many-seeded. — 

 Tuberous. 



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

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

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



3. Naethecium. Perianth 6-parted. Style undivided. Caps. 

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

 form appendage at each end ; placenta basal. 



1. Cot'cHicuM Linn. Meadow-Saffron, 



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

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

 broad, dark green, smooth, vernal. Fl. several, bright piirple, 

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

 xmder ground but rising in the spring with the leaves. Mea- 

 dows. P. IX. X. E. S 



2. ToprEL'DiA Hvds. Scottish Asphodel. 



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

 base but none at the top. — 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, after- 

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



3. Narthb'cium Huds. Bog-Asphodel. 



1. JV". ossifragum (Huds.) ; 1. swordshaped, pedicels with 1 

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

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

 caps.— -E. B. 535. St. 78. 3. R. x. 421.— St 6—8 in. high, 

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



