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P. Par ad. 132. ftellaris autumnalis minor., C. 47. The 
I.efier Autumnal Star Hyacinth. On Black-heathy by 
the fide of the road to Eltham : Mr Martin. From 
a whitifh bulb rife three or four very narrow leaves, 
fcarce five inches long : The ftalk is Gender, not 
a palm high ; and from the middle to the top befet 
with fmaii blue ftar-falliioned Gowers. It begins to 
flower, before the leaves come forth, about the be- 
ginning of September. | 
CoLCHicuM, Meadow Saffron. From the root ! 
rifes a monopetalous tubulous L.illy^ flower, nar- i 
row at the bottom, widening gradually into fix i 
fegments : The ftyle comes from the bottom ; 
of the flower, ends in very fmaii capillaments, ' 
and turns to an oblong triangular fruit, divi- : 
ded into three cells, filled with roundifli feeds. 
It has a double root; one of which is fiefliy, 
the other fibrous, and both are covered with the ; 
fame membranous flein. We have but one fpe- ^ 
cies of this plant, viz. 
Colchicum communey R.‘373, C. 67. Colchicum 
Anglicum purpureum ^ Anglkum album y P. Par ad. ' 
127. Meadow Satfron. Its flowers come ’ 
before the leaves, on a very tender whitifh flalk, 
about fix inches long ; they are of a purplifh white 
colour, with yellow chives. 
Crocus, Saffron. It has narrow graffy leaves, di- 
vided in the middle by white lines, and wrapp’d : 
in membranous flieaths : It has a monopetalous i 
Lilly-flower ; the lower part fifhulous, and the 
upper widening into fix fegments : The ffyle 
rifes out of the bottom of the flower, and is 
divided into three-headed and crefted capilla- 
ments : The empalement turns to an oblong 
triangular fruit, opens into three cells, filled i 
with roundifli feeds : It has a double tuberous 
root ; the fmaller Hands upon the greater, which 
is carneous and fibrous ; and both are wrapp’d 
up 
