Propagation is by the formation of new corms from the parent corm, and by seeds.0 | 0 |
The corm of the meadow-saffron attains its full size in June or early in July.0 | 0 |
A smaller corm is then formed from the old one, close to its root; and this in September and October produces the crocus-like flowers.0 | 0 |
The young corm, at first about the diameter of the flower-stalk, grows continuously, till in the following July it attains the size of a small apricot.0 | 0 |
The parent corm remains attached to the new one, and keeps its form and size till April in the third year of its existence, after which it decays.0 | 0 |
In some cases a single corm produces several new plants during its second spring by giving rise to immature corms.0 | 0 |
For medical purposes the corm should be collected in the early summer and, after the outer coat has been removed, should be sliced and dried at a temperature of 130° to 150° F.0 | 0 |
The British Pharmacopoeia contains (i) an extract of the fresh corm, having doses of 4 to i grain, and (2) the Vinum Colchici, made by treating the dried corm with sherry and given in doses of 10 to 30 minims. This latter is the preparation still most generally used, though the presence of veratrine both in the corm and the seeds renders the use of colchicine itself theoretically preferable.0 | 0 |
The plants have a rhizome or corm, and the fruit is a capsule.0 | 0 |
Colchicum illustrates the corm-development which is rare in Liliaceae though common in the allied order Iridaceae; a corm is formed by swelling at the base of the axis (figs.0 | 0 |
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