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Order LXXXVII. COLCHICACE^. 
Perianth inferior, 6 — 7 -parted. Stam. 6, on the receptacle or 
periimth. Anth. attached below their middle, bursting outwards. 
Ovaries superior, 1 of 3 cells, or 3 of 1 cell more or less connected. 
Ovules many. Styles 1 — 3. Fr. bursting inwards, of 3 sepa- 
rate 1-celled follicles, or more or less combined into a 3-celled 
septicidal capsule. — See G. F. G. Monocot. ii. 
1. CoLcmcuM. Perianth funnelshaped, tube long ; limb 
6-parted, petal-like. Styles long. Caps. 3, connected 
throughout, 1-ceUed, opening at the imier edge, many- 
seeded. 
2. ToFiELDi.\. Perianth 6-leaved. Styles short. Caps. 3, 
connected to above the middle, 1-celled, opening at the 
inner edge, many-seeded. 
1. Col'chictjSI Linn. Meadow Saflfron. 
1. C. atdummile (L.) ; 1. flat lanceolate erect. — E. B. 133. — 
Root large, tuberous. L. a foot long and often an inch broad, 
dark gi-een, smooth. Fl. several, bright purple, radical, with 
very long tubes ; the germen remaining under groimd but rising 
in the spring with the leaves. — Meadows. P. IX. X. E. S. 
2. Tofield'ia Huds. Scottish Asphodel. 
1. T. palm'tris (Huds.) : pedicels with a 3-lobed bract at the 
base but none at the top. — E. B. 536 (not good). T. boreal is 
Wahl. St. 78. 8. — St. 4 — 8 in. high. L. swordshaped, about 
2 in. long, in 2-ranked radical tufts. Fl. in a short dense spike, 
at first sessile, afterwards slightly stalked. The true plant of 
Hudson. — Mountain bogs. P. YIl. E. S. 
Order LXXXYHI. ERIOCAULACE^. 
Fl. capitate, unisexual. Perianth very delicate, 2 — 6-parted. 
Stam. 2 — 6, if in 2 rows the inner row most developed. Anth. 
2-celled. Ovary superior, 2 — 3-ceUed. Oviiles solitary, pen- 
dulous. Dehiscence of caps, loculicidal. Seeds coated with 
wings or rows of hairs. Embryo lenticular, on the outside of 
faiinaceous albiunen, at the end remote from the hile. 
1. Eriocaulok. fl in a compact scaly head. Barren fl. in 
the centre. Perianth 4 — 6-tid, the inner segments united 
nearly to their top. Stam. 4—6. — ^Fertile fl. in the cir- 
cumference. Perianth deeply 4-parted. Stigmas 2 — 3. 
Caps. 2 — 3-lobed, 2 — 3-celled ; cells l-aeeded. 
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