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OimcHBaeMoe mhoio rii>me pacTemie npencTaBjiaer 
MeCOMHeHHO HOBLlfl BHA, XOpOUIO OTJIHBHMblft OT BG6X, 
Ho cero BpeMeHH onucaHHbix. IIpHHaAneacHOCTb -ero k 
pony Colchicum, oAHano, nonroe upeMH HBjiajiacb n^a 
Mena coMHHTejibnoii, tbk Kan no pany npnaHaKOB otj 
npHthmacajica k poAy Merendera. TaK, ycTponcTBO jiyKO- 
bhuh h cnoco6 OTxoacneHMH CTedjia ne otjihhhmh ot 
M erendera Raddeana Rgl, onncaHHofr hb MecTHocTefi, 
HeAajieKO jieacamHx ot MecTa ponnHbi Hamero pacTeHnn. 
XapaKTep Tpydan BeHaiiKa, aerKO paapusaeMOfi Ha mecTb 
Aoaett vme npw caMOM He6ojn>moM ycHJiHH, Tajeace c6jih- 
vKaeT name pacTCHne' c poAOM Merendera. Texi He MeHee 
Tpy6Ka BeHHHKa . cymecTByeT n norony othccth name 
pacTemie Kyna-nn6o RpoMe pona Colchicum h e bobmojkho. 
Haynaa cncTeMaTincy pona Colchicum, mh HaxoAHM, 
ato cymecTByeT pan Bimos (C. Boissieri Orph. kb Tpe* 
nan, C. .procurrens Baker kb OKp. CMHpHbi, HaKOHeu, 
Ham 0. armenum). no ycTpoftcTfiy nonaeMHbix opraHOB 
HarioMmiaiomne neKOToptie Bnnti pona Merendera (M. 
sobolifera C. A. M., M. Raddeana Rgl), ho no ycrpoft- 
ctbv uBOTKa OTHOcamneca necoMHeHHO k pony Colchicum; 
Taane rhah y Boissier (Flora orientalis) BtineneHH b 
ocodyio ceKniiK) Blastodes. Orphanides nniTanca BbinejiHTb 
onHcamiHfi iim h OTHocamiriica ciona bha C. Boissieri b 
oco6wii pon Colchicopsis, ho iiaaBatme oto npuBonuTca 
Ophanides’oM nmm> b nncne cpihohhmob naHHoro pacTe- 
Hiia Ha neaaTHon aTHKente repdapna h Hume b jmre- 
pArype ne BCTpeaaeTca. 
B. A. FEDTSCHENKO. 
Colchicum armenum. 
A new species from Turkish armenia. 
The autor gives a description of Colchicum armenum, 
a remarquable new species intermediare between Colchi¬ 
cum and Merendera. 
