THE MONOCOTYLEDONES 



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loculicidally or rarely septicidally. Erythronium (Fig. 1936), 

 Fritillaria, Tiilipa (Fig. 1937), Lloydia, Gagea, Lilium. 



Fig. IQ36. — Eiythroniuin tuolumnense. 

 Two-flowered inflorescence. 



The genus Fritillaria contains some fifty species distributed in 

 north temperate regions. F. meleagris (Fritillary or Snake's 



Fig. 1937. — Titlipa. Flower of one of the 

 garden hybrids. 



