222 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYKIA. 



3 inner ones, as is usual, channelled, with an iwvolute 

 margin; gtrm and stigma very dark brown, longer than 

 the stamina. Flowers commonly in 5's. Flowering in 

 Juiie. Hab. In moist situations, on the margins of small 

 streams and vallies, abundant, from Fort Mandan to the 

 mountains. 5. philadelphicum. 6. ca7iadenst. 7. caroli- 

 nlanvm. Very nearly allied to L. superbum. I have only 

 seen it in the mountains of North Carolina, and with the 

 stem 1-flowered; by cultivation, I am well assured, that it 

 produces many flowers on the stem in proliferous stages, 

 and is then apparently L. siiperbum. 8. superbum. 



Of this beautiful genus there are 3 species in the south 

 of Europe, one of which extends to Siberia, 2 in the Le- 

 vant, 1 in Kamschatka, 6 in Japan and 2 in China, of which 

 the Jj. tigrinum is the most splendid of the genus, and has 

 been, with others, cultivated by the Chinese from time 

 immemorial. It is now also introduced into the garden of 

 Mr. Landreth, near Philadelphia. 



525. FRITILLARIA. i. (Checquered Lily.) 

 Corolla 6-petalled, campjinulate with a nccta- 

 riferous cavity above the claws. Stamina the 

 length of the corolla. Capsule superior. Seeds 

 flat. 



Roots bulbous, bulbs solid, generally two, one upon 

 the other; flowers terminal, solitary, naked, or alternated 

 in a loose raceme, white or purplish, and sometimes 

 checquered. 



Species. 1. F. lanceolata. Pursh. 2- *alba. Giau- 

 cescent; leaves somewhat remote, all altern:.te, oblong- 

 linear, oblique and sessile, nearly flat and obtuse, under 

 side substriated; flowers axillary and terminal, 1 to 3, 

 - rather large and white. Hab. in vallies and declivities, 

 from Fort Mandan to the mountains; flowering in April. 

 C)bs. Root small, bulb subsquamose as in Lilhim! Stems 

 solitar}', about a foot higli; leaves near 2 inches long, 

 about 2 lines wide. Flowers sometimes in a raceme of 

 5. Capsule subturbinate, with 3 acute angles, tridentate 

 below. Seeds large, triangular, fiat, and pale coloured. 



Two of the species of this small genus including F.hn- 

 perialis, are indigenous to Persia, 1 to the Pyrenees and 

 Russia, 1 to the Levant, the F. latifoUa to Caucasus, F^ 

 Melagris to the south of Europe, and jF. vertkilluta tc 

 Siberia. 



