326 87. COLCHICACES. 
Tribe IV. Hemerocallidee. 
10. Enpym1on Dumort. 
1. E. nutans (Dum.) ; 1. linear, raceme nodding, fl. bellshaped 
cylindrical, apex of the sep. revolute, bracts 2.—Scilla Sm., E. B. 
377. Agraphis Link.—Scape about a foot high. FI. blue, rarely 
white. Stam. united to the perianth half-way up. _L. shorter 
than the scape.—Woods and thickets. P.V. nglish Blue-bell. 
11. Muscari Tourn. Grape Hyacinth. 
1. M. racemosum (Mill.); fl. ovate nodding crowded upper 
ones nearly sessile abortive, 1. linear flaccid recurved.—Hyacin- 
thus Sm., E. B.1931.—Seape 1 ft. high. Fl. dark blue.—Sandy 
fields. Plentiful near Pakenham, Suffolk. P. 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, | of 3 cells, or 3 of 1 cell more or less connected. 
Ovules numerous. Styles 1—3. Fr. bursting inwards of 3 se- 
parate 1-celled follicles, or more or less combined into a 3-celled 
septicidal capsule.—See G. F. G. Monocot. u1. 
1. Cotcuicum. Perianth funnelshaped with a very long tube ; 
limb 6-parted, petaloid. Caps. 3, connected throughout, 
l-celled, opening at the inner edge, many-seeded. 
2. ToFIELDIA. Perianth 6-leaved. Caps. 3, connected to 
above the middle, 1-celled, opening at the inner edge, many- 
seeded. 
1. Contcutcum Linn. Meadow Saffron. 
1. C. autumnale (L.); 1. flat lanceolate erect.—E. B. 133.— 
Root large, tuberous. L. a foot long and often an inch broad, 
dark green, smooth. Fl. several, bright purple, radical, with 
very long tubes, the germen remaining under ground and appear- 
ing in the spring with the leaves—Meadows. P. IX. X. 
2. Torretpia Huds. 
1. T. palustris (Huds.); pedicels naked at the top but with a 
3-lobed bract at the base.—E. B. 536 (not good). 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 with @ bract at the base 
of the stalk but none under the perianth. This is the true plant of 
Hudson.—Mountain bogs. P. VII. 
