Tas. 7080. 
FRITILLARIA sucnarica. 
Native of Central Asia. 
Nat. Ord. Lit1acea.—Tribe Tuteez. 
Genus Fririttania, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 817.) 
Faitiiarta (Rhinopetalum) bucharica; bulbo globoso squamis paucis car- 
nosis ovatis, caule tereti ad apicem foliato, foliis pluribus sessilibus lan- 
ceolatis alternis, racemo laxo plurifloro, pedicel'is ascendentibus flore 
subaquilongis, bracteis magnis foliaceis linearibus vel lanceolatis, peri- 
anthio campanulato albo-viridulo segmentis oblongis, nectario basali 
magno lineari viridulo, staminibus perianthio duplo brevioribus, antheris 
oblongis, filamentis puberulis, ovario apice 6-cornuto, stylo cylindrico. 
ovariv wquilongo, stigmate capitato. 
F. bucharica, Regel Deser. Plant. Nov. fasc. ix. t. 3; Gartenfl. vol. xxxiii. 
p- 321, t. 1171. 
This is another of the many interesting hardy bulbous 
plants which have been brought into cultivation by the 
recent Russian explorers in Central Asia. It was discovered 
by Albert Regel in Eastern Bokhara, at elevations of 4000 to 
4000 feet, and belongs to the small sub-genus Rhinopetalum, 
which is distinguished from the true Fritillaries by its 
pale untessellated flowers, entire style, and deeply im- 
pressed nectarial foveoles, which sometimes project on the 
back of the segments of the perianth, so as to resemble a 
rudimentary horn. The other species of the same sub- 
genus are I’, Karelini (Plate 6406) and F. Sewerzowi (Plate 
6371). Our drawing was made from a plant which was 
flowered by Mr. Elwes at Cirencester last April. 
Drscr. Bulb globose, formed of ‘several fleshy ovate 
white scales. Stem terete, about a foot long. Leaves 
many, sessile, alternate, lanceolate, three or four inches 
long. Inflorescence a lax many-flowered raceme ; pedicels 
ascending, about as long as the flowers; bracts large, 
foliaceous, linear or lanceolate. Perianth greenish-white, 
campanulate, under an inch long, not at all tessellated ; 
segments oblong, with a large deeply impressed greenish 
linear nectarial foveole. Stamens half as long as the 
Octoser Ist, 1889. 
