Tas. 6264. 
FRITILLARIA recurva. 
Native of California. 
Nat. Ord. Lin1acex.—Tribe-Tvutirez. 
Genus Fririiania, Linn. (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xiv. p. 251). 
Fritiiaria (Liliorhiza) recurva; bulbo magno squamoso, caule glabro erecto 
semipedali ad bipedali, foliis 6-12 prope medium caulis impositis sessilibus 
linearibus inferioribus verticillatis, superioribus sparsis, floribus 2-8 laxe 
racemosis cernuis vel superioribus ascendentibus, pedicellis flore brevioribus, 
bracteis linearibus foliaceis, perianthii infundibulari-campanulati coccineo- 
lutei segmentis oblongo-oblanceolatis subacutis subequalibus prope basin 
foveola obscura anguste oblonga preeditis, ovario clayato, stylo ovario duplo 
longiore apice stigmatoso obscure tricuspidato. 
F. recurva, Benth. Pl. Hartweg., p. 840; Woodin Proc. Acad. Phil. 1868, p. 167 ; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. xiv. p. 272. : 
In colour this is the finest of all the Fritillaries, the red being 
as bright as that of a lily, and intermixed, especially in the 
inside of the flower, with bright yellow.’ It is a native of 
California, and belongs to the small group of Fritillaries with 
lily-like bulbs. It was first described by Mr. Bentham from 
specimens gathered in 1848 by Hartweg on the mountains 
of Sacramento, and has since been collected by Fremont, 
Jeffrey, and many others. We first received specimens, 
cultivated in Europe from Max Leichtlin, Esq., in 1870. 
Our stock at Kew was received in 1875 from Mr. Sargent, of 
the Botanic Gardens at Harvard. Thespecimens drawn were 
grown in a pot, and are unusually small. In England it 
flowers early in May, or at the latter part of April. : 
Descr. Bulb globose, squamose, sending out copious 
radicular fibres all round the base. ans ee prey 
purple mottled with green, varying from g foot to & teet in 
height. Leaves 6 to 12, laced: all ita the middle of the 
stem; the lower ones in whorls of 3 or 4 each, the upper 
ones scattered ; all linear, sessile, ascending, glabrous, green, 
2-4in. long. Flowers 2 to 8 in a terminal raceme, drooping 
or the upper ascending. Pedicels shorter, than the flowers, 
each subtended by a single bract, which is like an ordinary 
leaf in shape and texture, but smaller. Perianth 1-14 in. 
