(* * 227 .) 
TOFIELDIA*. 
Linnean Class and Order. Hexa'ndria "f, Irigy'n I a. 
Natural Order. Melantha'cea?, Dr. R. Brawn . — I.ind Syn. 
p. 264. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst of Bot. p. 272. — Loud. Hort. Bril. p. 
539. — Colchtca'ce e, De Cand. FI. Fr. v. iii. p. 192. — Rich, by 
Macgilliv. p. 401. — Aspiiodeli, Juss. Gen. P!. p. 51. — Sm. Gr. of 
Bot. p. 74. — Palmares; sect. Liliacina:; type, Colchicacea?; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 391, 418, 425, & 434. — Coiionari^e, 
Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx ( involucre, Hook.,/ (fig. 1.) inferior, small, 
of 1 sepal, membranous, 3-cleft, permanent. Corolla ( Perianth , 
Hook, and Lindl.y (fig. 2.) of 6, oblong, concave, equal, spreading, 
permanent petals, many times longer than the calyx. Filaments 
(see figs. 2 & 3.) 6, awl-shaped, simple, smooth, the length of the 
petals, and opposite to them. Anthers incumbent, roundish-heart- 
shaped. Germens (see figs. 2, 3, & 4.) 3, superior, converging, 
pointed. Styles 3, very short, vertical, distant. Stigmas (seef. 4.) 
capitate. Capsules ( 'f ollicles , Li rid 1 . ^ (see figs. 4 & 5.) 3 or 6, 
united at the base, each of 1 cell, and 2 valves, bursting chiefly at 
the inner edge. Seeds (tig. 6.) numerous, elliptic-oblong, angular, 
attached to the inner margin of the valves at each side. 
The minute, 3-cleft calyx ; the corolla of 6 petals ; the smooth 
filaments ; and the 3 or 6 capsules united at their base, each many- 
seeded; will distinguish this from other genera in the same class 
and order. 
One species British. 
TOFIE'LDIA PALU'STRIS. Marsh Tofieldia, Scottish As- 
phodel. 
Spec. Char. Spike egg-shaped, or oblong, blunt. Stem smooth, 
thread-shaped, nearly leaHess. Petals inversely egg-shaped, blunt 
Germeps roundish. 
F.ngb’Bot. t. 536.— Hook. FI. Lond. UOO.-IIuds. FI. Ang.(2nd ed )p. 157.— 
Sm. FI. Brit v. i. p. 397, excluding all the synonyms but the 2nd, & Sth. — 
Pers. Syn. PI. v. i. p. 399. — Sm. Engl. FI. v.ii. p. 198. — VVilh. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 
459. — Gray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. p. 172.— Lind. Syn. p.264. — Hook. Br. FI. p. 170. — 
Hook. FI. Scot. p. 114. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durh. p.24. — Tofieldia 
borealis. Wahlenb. FI. Lapp. p. 89. — Anthericum calyculdtum, Linn. Sp. PL 
p. 447.; FI. Lapp. (2nd ed.) p. 106. t. 10. f. 3. — Light!'. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 181. 
t. 8. f. 2. — Helonias borealis, Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. i. p. 274, synonyms greatly 
confused. — Phalangium Scoticum palustre minimum, iridis folio, Ray’s Syn. 
p. 375. 
Localities. — In boggy places, on the mountains of the North of England; 
of Scotland; and, Sir J. E. Smith says, of Ireland; but it is not noticed in the 
new Flora Hibernica of Mr. Mackay. — Durham; Near \V iddy Bank on 
Teesdale Forest: N.J. Winch, Esq. — Yorkshire; On Cronkley Fell, at 2(X)0 
feet elevation : R. Bowman, in N. If. G. Above .Middleton in Teesdale: Mr. 
Brunton. — SCOTLAND. Near Berwick: Ray. Dr. Johnston, in his ex- 
cellent Flora of Berwick, says, “ We have sought for it in vain, and, perhaps, 
by the * Bervico in Scotia’ North Berwick may be intended." — About Loch 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Bractea. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Bractea, Calyx, Sta- 
mens, and Germen.— Fig. 4. The three combined Capsules. — Fig. 5. The same, 
with one of them divided transversely. — Fig. 6. A Seed. — All, more or less, 
magnified. 
* So named by Mr. Hudson after Mr. Tomlld, an eminent Botanist of 
Doncaster. t See Galunthus nivalis, folio 33, note f. 
