Bulbocodium versicolor, (Ker-Gawler) Sprengel Merendera, Ramond

2. B. versicolor (Ker-Gawler) Sprengel , Syst. Veg. 2: 40 (1825)

( B. ruthenicum Bunge ).

Like 1 but corm 1-1-5 cm in diameter; leaves O-5-O-8(-l) cm wide; flowers 2-5-3 cm; perianth-segments with a pair of obtuse auricles at base of limb. Dry grassland. S. part of U.S.S.R., extending very locally westwards to E. Hungary and C. Italy. Hu It Ju Rm Rs (C, W, E).

18. Merenderà Ramond 2

Perennial herbs. Corm with thick, black membranous tunic. Leaves all basal. Lower part of leaves and flowers covered by a membranous cylindrical sheath. Flowers solitary or in fascicles, terminal, subsessile, pinkish-purple. Perianth-segments free, with a long, narrow claw and shorter, wider, narrowly elliptical to narrowly obovate limb. Stamens inserted at the base of the limb. Styles free. Capsule oblong, septicidal with 3 apiculate valves.

Literature: As for Colchicum . 1 Anthers not more than 5 mm, L 4 as long as filaments

2 Limb of perianth-segments with 2 basal appendages; plant with underground stolons 3. sobolifera 2 Limb of perianth-segments without basal appendages; plant without stolons.

3 Anthers 1-5—2-5(—3) mm, violet 1. attica 3 Anthers 3-4-5(-5) mm, yellow 2. androcymbioides 1 Anthers more than 5 mm, usually longer than filaments

4 Leaves more than 3 mm wide, usually appearing after the flowers; anthers (5-5-)8-12(-17) mm 4. pyrenaica 4 Leaves not more than 3 mm wide, appearing at about the same time as the flowers; anthers 5-5—8(—10) mm

5. filifolia

1. M. attica (Spruner ex Tommasini) Boiss. & Spruner in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1(5): 67 (1844)

( M. rhodopaea Velen. ).

Corm 15-20(-30)x 10-15(-25) mm, without stolons. Leaves up to 17 cm x 3—5(—8) mm, appearing with the flowers; margin scabrid. Flowers (l-)2-3(-5). Limb of perianth-segments (12—)15—25(—45) X2-4 mm, obtuse, expanded at base. Anthers 1-5-3 mm, i~ i as long as filaments, violet, dorsifixed, versatile. Capsule 12-20 mm, oblong, shortly pedicellate, with styles and claws of perianth-segments long-persistent. Seeds 2-2-2 x 1-6- 1-8 mm, oblong, with a more or less triangular beak. Autumnflowering. Dry places. S. Bulgaria, S. Greece. Bu Gr.

2. M. androcymbioides Valdés , Lagascalia 7: 161 (1978).

Like 1 but leaves 6-12 mm wide, with a wide, cartilaginous, scabrid margin; flowers 1-2; limb of perianth-segments 1-5-2 mm wide; anthers 3^4-5(—5) mm, yellow, not versatile. Spring-flowering. Dry places. • S. W. Spain (Serrania de Ronda). Hs.

3. M. sobolifera C. A. Meyer in Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1: 34 (1835).

Corm 7-15x5-10 mm, with underground stolons. Leaves up to 15 cm x 3—6(—8) mm, appearing with the flowers, sulcate; margin smooth. Flowers 1-2. Limb of perianth-segments 20-40 x 2-5-5(-8) mm, obtuse, the base sagittate with 2 descending linear appendages. Anthers 1-5- 3-5 mm, 1-^- as long as filaments, violet, dorsifixed, versatile. Capsule 15-20 mm, oblong. Seeds subglobose. Spring-flowering. 2n = 54. E. & C. parts of Balkan peninsula; E. Romania. Bu?Gr Ju Rm Tu.

4. M. pyrenaica (Pourret) P. Fourn. , Quatre Fl. Fr. 157 (1935)

( M. montana Lange , M. bulbocodium Ramond ).

Corm 20-25(-30) x 15-20(-30) mm. Leaves up to 22 cmx(3-5-)4-8 (-10) mm, usually appearing after the flowers, plicate. Flowers solitary, rarely 2. Limb of perianth-segments (25-)30-45(-65) x (3-)4-6-5(-ll) mm, obtuse, rarely emarginate. Anthers (5-5-)8- 12(—17) mm, longer than filaments, yellow, basifixed. Capsule (10-)15-20(-25) mm, oblong. Seeds c. 2x1-5 mm, globosepyriform, apiculate. Autumn-flowering. 2n = 60, 54 + 0-6B. Dry places. • Iberian peninsula, C. Pyrenees. Ga Hs Lu.

5. M. filifolia Camb. , Enum. Pl. Balear. 147 (1827).

Corm 15-20 x 10-15(-20) mm. Leaves up to 15 cm x(l-)l-5-2-5(-3) mm, longer than fruiting pedicel, appearing at about the same time as the flowers, flat. Flowers solitary. Perianth-segments (20-)25-40 x (2-)2-5-5(-8) mm, obtuse. Anthers (5-5-)6-8(-10) mm, longer than to somewhat shorter than filaments, yellow, basifixed. Capsule 8-12 mm, oblong. Seeds 1-2—1-5(—1-7> x 1-2- 1-5 mm, globose, slightly apiculate. Autumn-flowering. 2n = 54. Sandy soils. S. W. Europe. BI Ga Hs Lu.