(* 20 * 2 .) 
TRICHONE'JVI A*. 
Linnean Class and Order. TuiA^nRiAf, Monocv'nia. 
Natural Order. I ri'deas +, Dr. R. Brown. — Lindl. Syn. p. 254 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 260. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 40$. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 537. — Irides,Juss. Gen. PI. p. 57. — Sm.Gram. 
of Bot p. 76. — Evsatje, Linn. — Ker, in Annals of Botany, vol. i. 
p. 219. — Musales ; sect. Narcissinai: ; type, Iridaceas ; subty. 
Crocid/E ; Burn. Outl of Bot. v. i. pp. 437, 441, 450, & 451. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1 .a & b.) an inferior spatha or shealh § , 
more than half the length of the corolla, of 2 spear-shaped, entire, 
permanent valves. Corolla ( Perianthium ||^ (fig. 2.) superior, tube 
very short, funnel-shaped ; limb regular, in 6, deep, equal segments, 
somewhat spreading. Filaments (figs. 3 & 4, a. a.) 3, from the 
mouth of the tube, upright, much shorter than the limb, minutely 
hairy. Anthers (figs. 3 & 4, b. b.) large, oblong, converging. Style 
(fig. 3, c.) longer than the stamens. Stigmas (fig. 3, d.) 3, equal, 
spreading, very slender, deeply cloven. Capsule (fig. 5.) roundish, 
3-celled, and 3-valved. Seeds (fig. 6.) globose. 
The coralla of 6, deep, equal segments, the tube shorter than 
the limb; the downy filaments ; and the very slender, deeply di- 
vided stigmas ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same 
class and order. 
One species British. 
TRICHONE'M.V BULBOCO'DIUM. Channel-leaved Tricho- 
nema. Small Wild-saffron. 
Spec. Char. Leaves linear-filiform, longer than the scapes. 
Spatha longer than the tube, segments of the limb acute, striated. 
Krr, in Annals of Itoiany, v. i. p. 223. — Alton’s Hoitus Kewensis, (2nd ed.) 
y . i. p. 83. — Sm. Eng. FI. v. i. p. '18. — Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. i. p. 149. — Lindl. 
Syn. p.255. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 18. — Trichonema parvifiorum, Gray’s Nat. 
Air. v. ii. p. 195. — Ixia Bulbocodium, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 51 . — Engl. Bot. t.2549. — 
Jacq. Icon. liar. v. ii. t. 271. — Redout. Liliac. t. 88. — Sibth. FI. Graeca, v. i. p. 
26. t. 36. — Crocus vernus, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 152. f. 1,2. 
Localities. — In dry hilly situations ; very rare. — “ It grows wild, in great 
abundance, among turf, in a dry sandy soil, on the warren (a sandy tract) be- 
tween Dawlish and Lxmouth, Devonshire. The exact spot is on the left of the 
old road from Exeter to Dawlish, before you ascend the hill to Mount Pleasant, 
and almost in front of the small cottages there; it extends, at intervals, to the 
ferry. My fiiend, W.G. Trevelyan, F.sq. of VVallington, Northumberland, 
and myself, found it there, on March 24, 1834, in full flower; its ribbed corolla, 
of a purplish blue colour, is strikingly beautiful. It has never before been found 
wild in England:” John Miifohd, Esq. in Loudon's Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. vii. 
p.272. — H. B a it n r.r r , Esq has observed it in the same place since. — On grassy 
hillocks in the island of Guernsey: Mr. Gosselin, in Engl. Botany. 
Perennial. — Flowers in March and April. 
Root solid, somewhat egg-shaped, small, with torn membranous 
coats. Leaves several, from 3 to 6 inches long, thread-shaped. 
Fig. 1 . The Sphatha, a the outer valve ; b. the inner ditto. — Fig. 2. The Co- 
rolla. — Fig. 3. The Stamens and Pistil ; a. the filaments; b. the anther; c. the 
style , and ft. the stigmas.— Fig. 4. A separate Stamen ; n. the filament ; b. the 
anther. — Fig. 5. The opened Capsule. — Fig. 6. A Seed. 
* From thrix, Gr. a hair ; and nema, Gr. a filament. 
t See f. 56, n. f. 1 See f. 82, a. $ Sec f. 83, n. ;. || See f. 33, n. {. 
