Fritillaria.] CLVI. LILIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) 353 
segments elliptic ovate acute, bearded above the nectary. Lilium oxypeta- 
lum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 234; Elwes Monog. Iil. t. 4, left-hand 
fig. PF. triceps, Klotzsch Bot. Reis. Pr. Wald. 53, t. 93. 
WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kunawar, Royle; Kumaon, alt. 12,500 ft., Strachey 5 
Winterbottom ; Garwhal and W. Nepal, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Duthie. 
, Bulb 2 in. long ; scales few, subequal, lanceolate, acuminate, outer membranous, 
Inner fleshy. Stem 12-18 in., stout. Leaves 14-3 by $ in. Flowers purple. 
Segments 14-2 in., long. Style shorter than the ovary, stigma capitate, 3-lobed. 
Capsule 1 in., broadly oblong.— The flowers of F, triceps are described as white. 
2. F. Stracheyi, Hook. f.; leaves narrowly linear, flowers solitary, 
Perlanth-segments elliptic-ovate acute bearded above the nectary. F. 
oxypetala, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4731; Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 422. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Kumaon, Strachey (Hort. Kew); West Nepal, alt. 
12-13,000 ft., Duthie; Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Bulb as in F, oxypetala, but much smaller. Stem 6-12 in., slender. Leaves 4-6 
Y 1-1 in.; radical linear-lanceolate, long-petioled, obtuse. Flowers pale purple 
ée ` within below the middle; segments 1 in. long. Style as long as the 
3 F. Gardneriana, Wall. Cat. 5080; leaves narrowly linear, 
lowers solitary, perianth-segments obovate-spathulate obtuse naked above 
*nectary, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 265. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; Central Nepal, Wallich; Western Nepal, alt. 
2-13,000 ft, Duthie, 
, „Bulbs as in F, Stracheyi. Stem slender. Leaves 2-6 by 4-4 in. Flowers more 
nfundibular than in the preceding species, with narrower segments, which are 
Te and only 3 in. long. Style rather longer than the ovary. 
Ze Flowers few or many. Perianth broadly campanulate. Stigma 
rfid, lobes spreading truncate. 
la XE. Roylei, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 860; leaves whorled or opposite linear- 
we ëlo acuminate straight, flowers solitary or few nodding tessellate, 
may broad naked. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 257. F. verticillata, 
s Cat. 5079 B, C, D. (not of Willd.); Royle Ill. 387, t. 92, f. 2. F. 
melmi-Waldemarii, Klotzsch Bot. Reis. Pr. Wald. 52, t. 92. 
Md EMPRBATR HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 
ET omson. 
i "ha depressed, scales ‘membranous. Stem 1-2 ft., naked below. Leaves 2-4 by 
yell A Opposite or 3-6 in a whorl, suberect. Flowers 1 4-2 in. long, campanulate, 
the le green, tessellated with dull purple, segments j-$ in. broad. Stamens ha 
ngth of the perianth. Capsule, obovoid, obtusely angled. 
"ioni cirrhosa, Don Prodr. 51; lower leaves opposite, upper 
broad n y Ppermost with cirrhose tips, flowers 1-2 tessellate, nectary 
. Ye nr ed. Kunth Enum. iv. 253; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. . 
Ce ët, Wall. Cat. 5079 A (not of Willd.). 
Lp ‘ae and EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 11-16,000 ft., 
V : : i ; 
that ty nearly allied to 77 Roylei, and perhaps, as Wallich believed, a variety of 
inhoa Sch e leaves are however larger and narrower and the uppermost have 
WI imperialis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 303; leaves crowded lanceolate lower 
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