460 HEXANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Colchicum. 
of Breadalbane. Mr. Brown. Near Widdy Bank, on Teesdale Forest. 
Durham : also atCronkley Fell, Yorkshire. Mr. Winch. E.) 
P. July—Sept.* * * § 
TRIGLO'CHIN.f Cal. three-leaved : Petals concave : Style 
none : Caps, opening at the base, (with three valves. E.) 
T. palus'tre. Capsule three-celled, nearly strap-shaped ; (tapering 
at the base: root fibrous. Sm. E.) 
(Hook. FI. Loud. 98'— E. Bot. 366. E.)— FI. Dan. 490— Leers. 12. 5 — Trag. 
679—H. Ox. viii. 2. 18— J. B. ii. 308. 2—Ger. 18. 1—C. B. Th. 81— 
Ger.Em.29. 1 —Park. 1279. 10. 
Stamens , three within the leaves of the calyx, and three within the petals. 
Hollef. The pointed valves of the capsule (separating, not opening, 
E.) at the bottom, give it the appearance of the head of a three-barbed 
arrow. Flowers in a long, slender, terminating spike, greenish, small, 
pedunculated. (Leaves all radical, a span in length, erect, flexuose, 
fleshy, linear, semi-cylindrical, above slightly carinated, below sheath¬ 
ing. Scape not unfrequently a foot high, erect, flexuose, between round 
and compressed. Hook. Roth denies the existence of a carolla in this 
genus, and thinks that what are here called petals, are merely parts of a 
calyx of six leaves. E.) 
Marsh Arrow-grass. (Welsh: Saethhenig y gors. E.) Wet meadows 
and pastures, not uncommon. (Bootle, near Liverpool. Dr. Bostock. 
Torquay, Devon. Rev. Pike Jones. Turbaries, in Anglesey. Welsh Bot. 
Above the village of Great Alne, Warwickshire; in boggy ground, Feck- 
enham, Warwickshire. Purton. E.) Near Tam worth. 
P. July—Aug.J 
T. marit'imum. Capsule six-celled, egg-shaped. 
{Hook. FI. Lond. 99. E.)— FI. Dan. 306—E. Bot. 255— Ger. 12. 2—C. 
B. Th. 32—Park. 1278. 9—H. Ox. viii. 2. 19 —J. B. ii. -508. 1. 
Leaves slender, semi-cylindrical. Spike from four to twelve inches long: 
greenish. (The capsules do not separate from the base, and continue 
suspended by their upper part, as in T. palustre. Hook.) (Resembling 
the former species, but larger, the leaves broader and more fleshy. Cap¬ 
sule shorter. E.) 
Sea-side Arrow-grass. (Welsh : Saethhenig y morfa. Meadows and 
salt marshes, near the sea. Near Yarmouth. Mr. Woodward. Salt 
marshes near Ingestrie, Staffordshire. Dr. Stokes- Bog at the source of 
the Yar, in the Isle of Wight. Salt marshes about Lymington. (Abbey 
Holm, Cumberland. Hutchinson. In Anglesey. Welsh. Bot. Knot-shole, 
and Bootle, near Liverpool. Dr. Bostock. Guillon Links; and about 
Queensferry. Dr. Greville. E.) P. May—Aug.§ 
COUCHICUM.il Calyx none : Bloss. with six divisions, tube 
* (Sphceria Tofieldia is parasitic on its leases. E.) 
+ (From rthree, and ykw^iv, the head of an arrow : alluding to the pointed valves of 
the capsule. E.) 
f Cows are extremely fond of it; (probably attracted by its saline flavour. E.) 
Horses, sheep, goats, and swine eat it. 
§ More strongly impregnated with salt, and acceptable to horses, cows, sheep, goats, and 
swine. ■ 
|| (From Colchis , on the Euxine sea, where this plant is said to flourish abundantly. E.) 
