EPTME'DIUM COL'CHTCUM. 
YELLOW BAP.REN-WORT. 
Class. 
TETRA N 1)RIA . 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
BERBERIDACEJE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Japan ? 
1 foot. 
April. 
Perennial. 
in 1846. 
No. 1102. 
The name, Epimedium, which distinguishes this 
genus, was in use amongst the ancient Greeks, but 
is of uncertain derivation. As regards the specific 
name, Colchicum, there does not appear to be any 
satisfactory reason for its connection with this spe- 
cies, unless it be taken from Colchis, as the name 
of its native country. 
This plant was received into Great Britain from 
the continent, and at present, its history as far as 
we have been able to ascertain, is imperfect. Tts 
name, as now adopted, appears in the catalogue of 
plants issued in 1846, by L. Jacob Makoy, of Liege, 
from whom the plant was, we believe, procured. 
Two other Epimediums were obtained from the 
same person, which were portions of a very rich 
collection introduced from Japan, by Dr. Siebold, 
to the Botanic Garden at the university of Ghent, 
and it is probable that the present species is from 
the same source. It is an exceedingly curious 
plant, and is the most showy of these new acquisi- 
tions. It is desirable for cultivation amongst alpine 
plants, with which of course it would share a slight 
winter protection. 
