89. MELAHTHACE^. 
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Tribe. IV. HemerocalUdece. 
10. Esdym'ioji Dumort. Blue-bell. 
1. E. 'iwn-scrih'tum (Garcke) ; 1. linear, raceme nodding, fi. 
bellshaped cylindrical, tip of the sep. revolute, bracts 2. — E. B. 
377. Scilla festalis (Salisb.). Agraphi s (hin^.) — Scape about 
a foot high. Fl.blue, rarely white. Stam.united to the perianth 
haKway up. L. shorter than the scape. — Woods and thickets. 
P. V. English Blue-bell. E. S. I. 
11. Mus'cARi Mill. Grape-Hyacinth. 
1. M. racemosum (DC); 11. ovoid nodding crowded upper 
ones nearly sessile abortive, 1. linear channelled Maccid 
recurved at the end. — E. B. 1931. — Scape 1 ft. high. Fl. dark 
blue, scented. Caps, emarginate. Not J/, neglectum (Guss.), 
as supposed in ed. 6. The cultivated plant, M. hotryoides, has 
globose flowers. — Sandy fields. Plentiful near Cavenham and 
Pakenham, Suffolk. About Gogmagog Hills, Cambridge. 
P. IV. V. E. 
Order LXXXIX. MELANTHACE.E. 
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- 
celled follicles, or more or less combined into a 3-celled 
capsule. 
1. CoLCHicuM. Perianth funnelshaped, tube long; limb 
6-parted, petal-like. Styles long. Caps. 3, connected 
throughout, opening at t"he inner edge, many-seeded. — 
Tuberous. 
2. ToFiELDiA. Perianth 6-leaved. Styles short. Caps. 3, 
connected to above the middle, 1-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. CoL CHicuii Linn. Meadow-SafFron. 
1. C. autumndle (L.) ; 1. flat lanceolate erect. — E. B. 133. — 
Eoot-stock large, tuberous. L. a foot long and often an inch 
