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ANDROCYMBIUM
(
G
,
La
)
Men-in-a- boat(
Wf
) Cup and Saucer(
Le
) Patrysblom
Family:
COLCHICACEAE
Now COLCHICUM. aner, andrus, = man, of a man. cymba, = a boat, skif; (the boat of Charon which transported the dead); -ium, = ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(
LS
,
ld
,
BL
)
Androcymbium eucomoides
Location: (
F
,
K
)
Now Colchicum eucomoides
(
ga
)