85. COI.CHICACE.E. 
mi 
Tribo 111. Hemerocallidece. 
9. A(;RAi>ms Link. 
1. A. nutans (Link); 1. linear, raceme nodding, 11. bellsliaped 
cylindrical, a])e.\ of the sep. revolnte, bracts 2. — E. B. 'All , R. 1. 
f. 1 125. Scilla Sm. Ilyacintbns Hook . — Scape about a foot high. 
FI. blue, rarely white. Stain, united to the [lerianth half-way 
np. L. shorter than the scape. Not agreeing with either of the 
genera to which it is usually referred, therefore better separated 
from them. — Woods and tbiekets. P. V. Enylish Blue-bell. 
10. Muscari Tourn. Grape Hyacinth. 
tl. M. racemosum (Mill.); 11. ovate nodding crowded upper 
ones nearly sessile abortive, 1. linear flaccid recurved. — Hyacin- 
thiis Sm., E. B. 1931. — Scape about a foot high. FI. dark blue. 
— Sandy flelds. Very plentiful near Pakenham, SulFolk. P. V. 
E. S. 
Order LXXXV. COLCIIICACE.E. 
Perianth inferior, 6 — 7-parted. Stain. 6, inserted into the re- 
cejitacle or on the ]ierianth. Anth. bursting outwards. Ovaries 
superior, 1 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 
septieidal capsule. 
1. CoLCHicuM. Perianth funiielsliaped with a very long tube ; 
limb fl-parted, petaloid. Caps. 3, connected throughout, 
1-celled, opening at the inner edge, many-seeded. — G. F.G. 
iMonocot. ii. 34. 
2. Tofieldia. Perianth 6-leaved. Anth. bursting longitu- 
dinally. Caps. 3, connected to above the middle, 1-celled, 
opening at the inner edge, many-seeded. — G. F. G. Monocot. 
ii. 31. 
1. CoLCHicuM Meadow Saffron. 
1. C. autimnale (L.); 1. flat lanceolate erect. — E. B. 133. — 
Root large, tuberous. L. a foot long and often an inch broad, 
dark green, smooth. FI. several, bright purple, radical, with 
very long tubes, the germeu remaining under ground and appear- 
ing in the spring with the leaves. — Meadows. P. IX. X. 
2. Tofieldia Hvds. 
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 
