Pl.end.ph. 13. COLCHICACEiE. 109. Colchicum. 173 
Meadows ; perennial ; flowering in August and Septem- 
ber, fruiting in the following May and June. 
Leaves obtuse, 9 inches long, 2 inner narrower; flowers 
purple, 3-sided. 
0. album. Flowers white. 
Colchicum Anglicum album, Ger. em. 127. 
y. serotinum. Flowers late, whitish green, long, abortive. 
Bulb violently emetic and purgative in the spring, less so 
in autumn : reputed a specific in gout, but requires caution 
in its exhibition. 
Fam. IX. 14. LILIACEiE. Jussieu. 
Perigonium petaloid, free, 6-sepaled, regular; stamens 6, 
opposite to the lobes of the perigonium ; anthers versatile ; 
ovary 1 , free ; style 0 ; stigmata 3 ; capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; 
partitions on the middle of the valves ; seeds many, flat, in 
a horizontal double series, affixed to the central margin 
of the partitions; spermodermis double ; testa crustaceous, 
black, brittle ; tegmen membranaceous ; corculum included, 
toward the hilum; perisperm rather cartilaginous. — Herb 
bulbose ; leaves radical or cauline, sheathing or sessile, 
ribbed; ribs parallel, simple; flowers naked, terminal, soli- 
tary, or racemose. 
Perigonium not nectariferous at the base Tulipa. 110. 
Perigonium nectariferous . Fritillaria. 111. 
I. 110. TULIPA. Gesner. Tulip . 
Perigonium bellshape, 6-parted; lobes not nectariferous 
at bottom ; stigmata sessile, thick ; capsule oblong, 3-sided; 
corculum one- third the length of the perisperm. — Bulb ovate, 
truncated, emitting the young bulbille on a long peduncle; 
stem solitary, leafy below the middle, sometimes bent down 
before flowering ; leaves 3 or 4, tubular and sheathing at 
bottom ; flowers solitary, upright or drooping, yellow or 
variegated ; bractece 0. 
Tulipa sylvestris . Wild tulip . 
Stem 1-flowered, smooth; flower somewhat drooping; 
lobes lanceolate, pointed, bearded, at the tip ; stamens hairy 
at bottom. 
Tulipa Bononiensis, Ger. em. 138. 
Tulipa sylvatica, Lin. S . P. 438. 
Tulipa Turicia, Roth. Cat. Bot. 1,45. 
Italian tulip , or Dalmatian cap , 
