Colchicum callicymbium, Stearn & Stefanov Colchicum macrophyllum, B. L. Burtt

20. C. callicymbium Stearn & Stefanov , Jour. Bot. (London) 72: 343 (1934).

Corm 3-4 x 3-3-5 cm, subglobose; tunic dark brown, subcoriaceous, with a long neck. Leaves 3-5, 25-40 cm x 10- 50 mm, developing after anthesis, linear or narrowly linear. Flowers 2-4; perianth-segments up to 35x8-13 mm, purplishlilac, slightly darker at base, oblanceolate to narrowly elliptical, obtuse. Filaments up to 12 mm; anthers 4-5-6 mm, black; pollen yellow. Styles straight, curved at the apex; stigmas longdecurrent. Capsule 20-30 mm, narrowly ovoid. Flowering September. • S.W. Bulgaria. Bu?Gr.

Described from garden-grown specimens originating from S.W. Bulgaria and possibly also from E. Greece; it has never been seen in the wild.

21. C. macrophyllum B. L. Burtt , Kew Bull. 5: 433 (1951).

Corm 5-6 x 4-5 cm; tunic dark brown, coriaceous, with a long neck. Leaves 3-4, up to 35 cm x 140 mm, developing after anthesis, strongly plicate, ovate to elliptic-ovate, acute to acuminate, glabrous. Flowers 1-4, infundibuliform; perianth-segments up to 45 x 22 mm, tessellated, lilac-purple, often paler or white at the base, oblong-elliptical, acute. Filaments up to 20 mm; anthers 8-10 mm, purple; pollen green. Styles shortly curved at apex; stigmas decurrent. Capsule up to 50 mm, ovoid. Flowering September to October. Kriti. Cr. (Anatolia.)