Order III. 
HEXANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
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4977 Leaves flat lanceolate erect 
4978 Leaves linear channelled erect. Styles shorter than flower 
4979 Leaves 5 ovate-oblong very broad. Flowers very numerous 
44)80 Leaves wavy spreading 
4081 Two or many-flowered, Sepals linear oblong obtuse. Leaves small oval grassy-green 
4082 Leaves 4 glaucous spiral. Flowers small very dwarf. Style one 
4983 Leaves appearing with flower linear much spreading 
4984 Scape leafy. Leaves oblong lanceolate. Flowers dioecious 
4985 Leaves lanceolate ensiform nerved, Bractes linear-lanceolate 
4986 Scape leafy. Raceme oblong, Bractes short oblong, Leaves smooth lanceolate linear 
4987 Leaves channelled nerved. Segments of flower broad ovate witli a transverse nectary at base 
4988 Root horizontal. Leaves lane, erect, Bractes longer than flower. Nectaries distinct 
4989 Scape leafy. Raceme showy lax, Bractes membranous, Leaves subulate setaceous very long 
4990 Raceme oblong lax. Leaves very long and narrow. Caps, oblong 
4991 Leaves grassy. Panicle loose. Segments of flower ovate acute 
4992 Leaves very long narrow dry, Flowers racemose 
4993 Leaves oval, Spike one cylindrical 
4994 Spike bifid. Leaves linear oblong floating, Bractes entire 
4995 Spike bifid. Leaves linear lane, erect, Bractes bipartite 
4096 The only species 
4997 Valves 
4998 Valves 
4999 Valves 
5000 Valves 
5001 Valves 
5002 Valves 
5003 Valves 
5004 Valves 
5005 Valves 
5006 Valves 
5007 Valves 
5008 Valves 
5009 Valves 
5C10 Valves 
5011 Valves 
5012 Valves 
5013 Valves 
§ ] . Hermaphrodite. Valves marked with a grain. 
cordate entire : one grained. Leaves ovate lanceolate 
entire : one grained, Leaves cordate lanceolate 
entire all grained. Leaves lanceolate wavy acute 
ovate entire veinless all grained. Fruit-stalks pendulous. Leaves lanceolate 
toothed all grained. Leaves lanceolate 
trifid setaceous : one grained 
toothed all grained. Leaves lanceolate 
toothed grained. Leaves linear 
lanceolate grained toothed at base. Leaves linear lane. Whorls distant 
toothed all grained, Leaves cordate- oblong obtuse pubescent 
toothed all grained, Leaves cordate-oblong acuminate 
toothed all grained, Leaves cordate oblong obtuse crenate 
toothed : one grained. Radical leaves panduriform 
rounded cordate repand : one grained. Leaves cordate oblong wavy at edge 
oblong obtuse entire : one grained. Leaves lanceolate 
entire lanceol. one grained. Leaves cordate lanceolate 
entire lanceolate acute grained. Upper leaves linear-lanceolate 
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and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
There are a few varieties of common Colchicum cultivated by florists ; viz. the white, striped-flowered, 
stuped-leaved, broad-leaved, many-flowered, and double-flowered. No cattle are said to eat it; though it is 
into^hay meadows of the Italian Alps, and the leaves must certainly be frequently made 
C. autumnale, as a medicine, has been known since the days of Hippocrates. It possesses diuretic, purga- 
tive, and narcotic properties : and on the continent, where it was recommended to notice by Baron Stoerck, 
It is a tavorite remedy m dropsy, particularly hydrothorax, and in humoral asthma. But as it does not differ 
m Its mode of action trom squill, and is more uncertain in its operation, it has not been much used in that 
complaint in this country. In gout and rheumatism, however, its eflficacy has been fully ascertained : and 
m allaying the pain it may be almost said to possess a specific property. It operates on the bowels chiefly, 
All u"^'"^^^' diminishing the action of the arterial system. {Thomson's Mat. Med. 257.) 
All the species are ornamental as border-flowers, and may be blown in water-glasses. 
I f ^f'^^^^^- Derived from Ixa?, a marsh. Some of the species grow in bogs in N. America. These 
' CKQ delight m a moist situation and peat soil : they increase slowly by dividing at the root or by seeds. 
bW. Noltna. Named after an American botanist of French extraction, called P. C. Nolin. This plant is 
«r A requires protection during winter. 
8.>4. Aponogeton. A name of the same meaning as Potamogeton (see that genus), of which it is probably 
an mconiplete anagram. These plants are bulbous aquatics, and grow freely in loam and peat plunged in a 
s^J" of water. They are very pretty ornaments of the aquarium. 
«rc A name employed by Adanson. It is supposed to have no meaning. 
mimcx. A name given by the Latins to a root of thorn. 
K. patientia (so called from the slowness of its operation as a medicine) and sanguineus, were formerly 
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