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HEXANDRIA TRIGYNJA. 
Class VI. 
851. COL'CHICUM. W. 
Wll autumnale W. 
/3 album 
4978 arenarium W. en. 
49/9 byzantinum B. M. 
4080 variegatum L. 
4981 umbrosum Fi$c?i, 
4982 versicolor Ker. 
4983 montanum L. 
852. HELO'NIAS. L. 
4984 lutea B. M. 
4985bullata W. 
4986 lae'ta B. M. 
4987 glaberrima B. M. 
4988 bracteata B. M. 
4989 tenax Ph. 
4990 angustifolia M«c/<. 
4991 gram'mea B. M. 
853. NOLI'NA. Mich. 
4992 georgiana M 
854. APONOGE'TON. 
4993 monostachyon W. 
4994 distachyon W. 
4995 angustifolium W. 
855. SABAL. P. S. 
4996 Adansoni B. M. 
856. RU'MEX. W. 
4997 Patientia W. 
4998 sanguineus W. 
4999crispus W. 
5000 Britannica W. 
5001 persicarioides JF. 
5002 ffigyptiacus IV. 
5003dentatus W. 
5004 maritiraus W. 
5005 palustris Sm. 
5006 divaricatus W. 
5007 acutus W. 
5008 obtusifolius W. 
5009p61cher W. 
5010 confertus W. 
5011 nemorosus Sch7: 
5012 condylodes 
5013 brasiliensis Lk. 
Meadow-Saffron. 
common 
A 
m 
s.o 
Pu 
wh ite-flowered 
A 
m 
s.o 
W 
sand 
A 
or 
J 
s.o 
Pu 
broad-leaved 
A 
or 
s.o 
Pu 
chequer-flower 
A 
or 
au.o 
Pu 
Crim 
A 
or 
i 
au.o 
Pk 
changeable 
A 
or 
\ 
au 
Pu 
mountain 
A 
or 
au 
Pu 
Helonias. 
Melanthace 
spiked-flower. 
A 
or 
2 
jl.au 
Y 
spear-leaved 
A 
or 
1 
ap.my 
Pu 
channel-leaved 
A 
or 
,* 
jn 
W 
smooth 
A 
or 
1 
my.jn 
Y 
large-bracted 
A 
or 
if 
my.jn 
G 
tough-leaved 
A 
or 
W 
narrow- leaved 
/\ 
or 
my.jn 
W 
panicled 
A 
or 
2 
my.jn 
W 
NOLINA. 
Melanthace 
Georgian 
A 
or 
2i 
jl.au 
W 
W. Aponogeton. 
Flmiales. 
simple-spiked 
(23 
cu 
i 
au.o 
Pk 
broad-leaved 
lAJ 
cu 
my.jl 
W 
narrow-leaved 
lAI 
cu 
s 
ap.s 
w 
Sabal. 
Palma:. 
Adanson's 
£ 123 or 
6 jn.au 
Dock. 
Polygo 
lece 
Patience 
A 
cul 
4 jn.jl 
G 
bloody-veined 
* A 
cul 
3 jn.jl 
G 
curled 
% A 
m 
2 jn.jl 
G 
Virginian 
* A 
m 
2 jn.jl 
G 
Persicaria-like 
o 
cu 
2 jn.jl 
G 
Egyptian 
o 
cu 
U jn.jl 
G 
dentated 
o 
cu 
1 jl.au 
G 
golden 
t A 
w 
1 jl.au 
G 
yellow-marsh 
* A 
w 
2 jl.au 
G 
spreading 
sharp 
O 
* A 
w 
dy 
2 jl.au 
2 jn.jl 
G 
G 
broad-leaved 
t A 
w 
3 jn.au 
G 
Fiddle 
* A 
w 
2 jn.au 
G 
close-headed 
* A 
cu 
4 jn.jl 
G 
wood 
% A 
cu 
2 jl 
G 
whole-colored 
O 
cu 
3 jl 
G 
Brazilian 
:k A 
cu 
li my 
G 
Melanthacece. Sp. 7. 
Britain mead, 
Britain mead 
Hungary 1816. 
Levant 1629. 
Greece 1629, 
Crimea 1819. 
Crimea 1820. 
S. Europe ... 
ce. Sp. 8. 
N. Amet. 1759. 
N. Amer. 1758. 
N. Amer. 1770. 
N. Amer. 1811. 
N. Amer. 1811. 
N. Amer. 1811. 
N. Amer. 1823. 
N. Amer. 1812. 
ce. Sp. 1. 
Georgia 
Sp. 3. 
E. Indies 1803. 
C. G. H. 1788. 
C. G. H. 1788. 
1. 
Florida 1810. 
Sp. 37—79. 
Italy 1573. 
England sha.pl. 
Britain rubble. 
N. Amer. ... 
N. Amer. 1773. 
Egypt 1734. 
Egypt 1732. 
Britain salt ma. 
England mar. 
Italy 1793. 
Britain wat.pl. 
Britain rubble. 
Britain gra.pa. 
1796. 
Germany ... 
Caucasus 
Brazil 1822. 
O s.p Eng. hot. 133 
O s.p 
O sp 
O s.p 
O p.l 
O p.l 
O p.l 
O p.l 
R s.p 
R s.p 
R sp 
R s.p 
R s.p 
R s.p 
R s.p 
R s.p 
PI. rar. h. 2.t.l79 
Bot. mag. 1122 
Bot. mag. 1028 
Bot. reg. 541 
Bot. reg. 571 
All. p. 1. 1. 74. f.2 
Bot. mag. 1062 
Bot. mag. 747 
Bot. mag. 803 
Bot. mag. 1680 
Bot. mag. 1703 
Ph. amer. 1. t. 9 
Bot. mag. 1599 
1812. R s.p PI. ma. t.342.f.l 
Bot. rep. 406 
Bot. mag. 1293 
Bot. mag. 1268 
O pi 
O p.l 
O p.l 
S s.l Bot. mag. 1434 
S CO 
S CO 
S CO 
R CO 
R CO 
S CO 
R CO 
R CO 
R CO 
R CO 
R CO 
S CO 
R CO 
Eng. bot. 1533 
Eng. bot. 1998 
Till. pis. t.37. f.l 
Di.el.t.l58.f.l91 
Eng. bot. 725 
Eng. bot. 1932 
Til. pis. t. 37. f. 2 
Eng. bot. 724 
Eng. bot. 1999 
Eng. bot. 1576 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
851. Colchicum. From Colchis, saith Dioscorides, where this plant grows in abundance ; but it is probable 
that the term Colchicum was applied to all poisonous plants, among which this certainly held no inconsiderable 
place. The economy of this plant in regard to its bulbs, flowers, and seeds, is singular, and may be classed 
with other anomalies found in Crocus, &c. The bulb, which in C. autumnale is about the shape and size of 
that of a tulip, is formed in the following manner : — 
From the permanent, striated, dilated tuber of the old root, sinuated on one side, and clothed with the coats 
of the preceding root-leaves, a new plant springs, which is tuberous at the base, throws out fibres at bottom 
like other bulbs, and is received into the bosom of the former tuber, which embraces it half round. This has 
an outer radical spathe, which is cylindric and tubulai, cloven at top on one side, and half under ground. 
From two to six flowers half emerge from this spathe without leaves. In the mean time the fruits, much later 
than the flowers, sit on the stem rising out of the spathe. As the plant advances the new tuber increases, the 
old one, deprived of its nutriment, perishes, and at the same time the former pushes forth from its base the 
germ of a succeeding plant. There are commonly two lateral germs from the same tuber ; one lower, just de- 
scribed, bearing the flower and seed ; the other superior, caulescent like the former, but more slender, and 
scarcely floriferous. 
The flowers, which arise with long slender tubes from the root, die off in the end of October, without 
leaving any external appearance of seeds. These lie buried all the winter within the bulb; in spring they 
grow up on a fruit-stalk, and are ripe about the time of hay-harvest. May not the very great length of the 
styles account in some measure for the delay in the ripening of the seeds ? As this plant blossoms late in the 
year, and probably would not have time to ripen its seeds before winter. Providence has contrived its structure 
such, that it may be performed at a depth within the earth, out of the reach of the usual effects of frost ; and 
as seeds buried at such a depth are known not to vegetate, a no less admirable provision is made to raise them 
above the surface when they are perfected, and to sow them at a proper season. 
