upper segment of the perianth is decidedly deeper than those 
of the other five segments, which gives the flower a slight 
irregularity ; but the plant is so completely a Fritillary in all 
other points, that when I monographed the genus I kept it up 
as a section only. The specimen from which our plate was 
drawn was communicated by Mr. G. Maw, with whom it 
flowered early in the month of October of last year. 
Descr. Bulb globose, about an inch in diameter, composed 
of very few thick scales. Stem not more than four or six 
inches long, of which the lowest one and a half or two inches 
are below the surface of the soil, the upper part scabrous, as 
are the axis of the raceme and the margins of the leaves and 
bracts. Leaves four or six to the stem below the in- 
florescence, ascending, rather fleshy, glaucous, the two lowest 
the largest, lanceolate, alternate or opposite, the others 
smaller, linear, always alternate. Flowers from two to twelve 
in a close raceme, cernuous, on short, ascending pedicels, 
which are bracteated by linear leaves, of which there is a pair 
to the lower flowers. Perianth campanulate, under an inch 
long, pale purple, with darker veins and a few darker spots ; 
segments oblong, obtuse, unguiculate, subequal, spreading 
from the middle when the flower is expanded, the claw of 
each furnished with a distinct yellowish-green foveole, that of 
the upper segment deeper than the others, so as to forma 
sort of rounded spur a twelfth or an eighth of an inch long. 
Stamens about half as long as the perianth segments ; fila- 
ments scabrous, subulate, narrowed to the tip; anthers small, 
sub-globose or linear-oblong, basifixed. Pist/ about as long 
as the stamens; style entire, twice as long as the oblong 
ovary. Capsule broader (about an inch in diameter) than 
long, umbilicate at the apex, truncate at the base, with a 
distinct neck. Seeds brown, discoid, packed tightly in two 
rows in each of the cells.—J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, A flower cut in half, so as to show the spur of the upper segment; 
2, pedicel, with its pair of bracts; 3, ovary, with style and stigma; 4, a single 
stamen; 5, an anther, shedding pollen :—all magnified. 
