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 Fritillaria persica. (*.) Largest 



PERSIAN FRITILLARY, 



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Hexandria Monogynia. 

 Generic Character. Fritillaria. Ja/. Imperialis. Jujf. 



Cat. o. G?r. infera, nutans f. cernua, hexapetalo-partita, im- 

 bncato-campanulata, laciniis re&iufculis, intus prope bafin fovea 

 oblonga f. rotunda impreffis. Fil. eorum bafi infita. Anth. ob- 

 longas, refto-appenfas, introrfas. Stylus fubclavatus, obtufe tri- 

 queter. SHgtn. 3, introrfura canaliculata, rarius unicum. Cap/. 

 conacea, oblonga, rotundate fexfulco-trigona f. profunde hexa- 

 gona angulis acutis, 3-loc :, 3-valv :, valvis medio feptigeris. 

 ^.numerofa, horizontal ia, duplici ordine cumulata, plana, 

 umbilicum verfus anguftata, tefta fubfungofo-cruftacea in mar- 

 ginem comprefla. G. 



Obs. Bulbus nudusy tutticato-fquamofus, ex laminis amplh elliptich 

 equato-compaftusy ftmpkx f. collaterali-geminus ; caulis teres /implex ; 

 toha cuntta caulina, liliacea, fej/ilia, pauca at que Jubalterna ad numerofa 

 a tque multifaria, rarius verticillata ; inflor. longius ac robuftius pedunculata, 

 Jjorfm^ foliaceo-brafleata, a numerofa racemofa diffita vel in vertic ilium 

 orafteis cornofe arre£iis jpiraliter cantrafla, ad unifioram terminalem. G. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



FRITILLARIA per/tea,- (bulbus ftmpkx ;) caule ftriao; foljis 

 numerofis, multifariis, lanceolato-oblongis, obliquatis, 

 glaucis, imis 2 oppofitis f. 3 — 4 verticil latis ; racemo nu- 

 merate), laxo, undique fparfo, pyramidatim elongato; 

 corollae labro re&o, patulo; laciniis ellipticis, antice 

 rotundatis, extimis anguftioribus ; foveolis parabolicis ; 

 ftaminibus corollam fuba^quantibus ; anthera ovato-oblonga 

 filamentis pluries breviore; gerraine prifmatico ftylum 

 viridem conformem vix graciliorem <equante; fligmate 

 fimplici, puberulo. G. 



^ITILLARIA perfica. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1. 43^ *™& 

 S P> PL 2. 90. JJl. a Redout^ tab. 67. Hort. Kew. 1. 43 2 « 

 e d. 2. 2. 244 ,• (exclufa in pojlremo loco var. <y, qua diverja^ 

 obliqua nempe N> 8*7 J 



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