Tas. 7500. 
FRITILLARIA nonrtis., 
Native of Armenia. 
Nat. Ord. Littacra.—Tribe Tunirez. 
Genus Frititiaria, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook, f, Gen. Piant. vol, iii. p. 817.) 
Fritittaria (Monocodon) nobilis bulbo globoso, tunicis paucis parvis ovatis, 
caule unifloro brevissimo, nodis foliiferis sepissime 2, foliis erectis in- 
ferioribus oppositis lanceolatis superioribus 3 linearibus, perianthio magno 
campanulato cernuo breviter pedunculato, segmentis oblongis extus con- 
coloribus glaucescentibus rubro-brunneis intus flavo-viridibus maculis 
copiosis rubro-brunneis praditis supra basin foveolatis, foveolé parva 
oblonga, staminibus perianthio duplo brevioribus filamentis glabris 
antheris lineari-oblongis, ovario oblongo-cylindrico, stylo ovario longiore 
apice tricuspidato, fructu oblongo ad basin attenuato. 
This pretty little Fritillaria is remarkable for its dwarf 
habit and large dark claret-coloured flowers copiously 
spotted on the inside. It was discovered by Sintenis in 
1890 in the pine-woods of Koessedagh in Turkish Armenia, 
and was imported in plenty in a living state and distri- 
buted by Herr Max Leichtlin, from whom the bulbs from 
which the plants here drawn, which were raised in the 
Royal Gardens, Kew, in the spring of 1896, were received. 
It has been regarded as a variety both of the Caucasian 
F. latifolia, Willd., and the Persian F. Kotschyana, Herb., 
but in my opinion is quite distinct from both of them. 
Descr.—Bulb small, globose, with few small ovate, 
white, fleshy tunics. Stem terete, erect, one-flowered, not 
reaching a height of more than three or four inches above 
the soil, with two leaf-bearing nodes. Leaves erect ; lower 
opposite, lanceolate, about two inches long; upper usually 
three in a whorl, linear. Flower drooping, shortly 
peduncled. Perianth broadly campanulate, an inch and a 
half long ; Segments oblong, obtuse, dark plain claret- 
brown, with a glaucous tinge outside, inside copiously 
Spotted with the same colour on a ground of greenish- 
yellow. Stamens half ag long as the perianth; filaments 
OcToBER Ist, 1896, 
