146 MELANTIIACEAE a. grav. (Bulbocodium.) 



Ovarium triloculare; ovula in loculis creberrima, angulo in- 

 teriori inserta, pluriseriata, funiculo longiusculo affixa, in- 

 vcrsa, funiculo semiadnata (hemianatropa *)). Stylus 1, tri- 

 fidus 5 laciniis planiusculis, apice rotundato-truncatis ibique 

 papilloso-stigmatosis. Capsula trilocularis, tripartibilis, apice 

 introrsum debiscens. Semina .... Tuber densus, subova- 

 tus, hinc planiusculus et prp receptione sobolis canalicu- 

 lato-excavatus, inde convexus ibiaue supra basim, obfbras 

 radicales delapsas, area subrotunda fusca notatus, utroque 

 latere^ planiusculo supra basim^ convexo infra apicern, sub 

 tunica (vagina apJiylla) metnbranacea exsucca castanea 

 nitente sobolejn emittens, auae tuberem pristinum exsugens 

 et consumens, ulterius in tuberem novellum tra?isformat/n\ 

 Hae soboles^ basi radicantes^ sub simplici vagina aphylla 

 caulem offerunt abbreviatum tuberoso - incrassatum tetra- 

 (3-4:-)phy?ljiim continuatum in scapum vel peduncitlum fo- 

 liis involutum apice trijiorum (bi-trifiorum). Folia cauli 

 diversa altitudine affixa, inferne vaginantia^ vaginis in~ 

 tegris^ anguste lanceolata^ obtusa^ succulento-membranacea, 

 striata; duo intermedia (mterdum 1 vel 3?) in axilla va- 

 ginarum gemmulam agunt seque?ite anno in sobolem mox 

 descriptis simillimam excrescentem. Flores 3, pedicelluti^ 

 intermedius brevius pedicellatus, effetus^ interdum plane 

 obliteratus?) lilacini. (Charact. gen. secundum B. ver- 

 num cult.) 



1. B. VERNUM Linn. Spec. 422. Retz. Obs. 2. /. 1. Curf. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 153. Redoute, Lil. t. 197. Willd. Spec. 2. 62. VilL 

 Delph. 2. 245. t. 2. Cand. Gall. 3. 197. Gaud. Helv. 1. 476. 

 Roth. Germ. 1. 2. 16 Roem. et Schult. Syst. 7. 1134. Nees ab 

 JEsenb. Gen. 6. /. 8. (mediocris.) Bunge in Delect. sem. Hort. 

 Dorpat. 1837. p. 11. Koch. Synops. 723. Bulbo globoso; fo- 

 liis ternis, lineari-Ianceolatis, demum arcuatis; perigonii lacinia- 

 rum internarum limbo basi acute auriculato ; stylo profunde 

 trifido, perigonium demum subaequante ; capsula acuta. Bunge. 

 Colchicum vernum Gawl. in Bot. Mag. fol. 1028. Colchicum 

 Bulbocodium Gawl. in Bot. Reg. fol. 541. B. hastulatum Fri- 

 walds&ky in Jierb. Lsiicaeano. (forma humilis , dentibus ad basim 

 laminarum magis productis^ linearibus.) — Europa meridionalis 

 transalpina; Helvetia, Hungaria, Rumelia (Friwaldszky). 2J- — 

 Flores e violaceo dilute purpurei (Gaud.), interdum tetrandri. 



2. B. rjjTHENictjM Bunge in Delect. sem., quae 1837. in 



c ) Ovula anatropa ? Endl. 



