HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Fritillaria. 139 



By Fast castle, on the borders of Berwickshire, observed by Dr. 

 Parsons of Oxford ; also in Argylshire. LightfooL In West- 

 moreland. Huds. With. 



Perennial. June. 



Bulbs slender, pale, forming dense tuftr,. Leaves andjloiver-stalks 

 about a span high, cylindrical, hollow, glaucous and smooth ; 

 the former sheathing at the base. Umbel dense, hemispherical, 

 without bulbs. Brae teas 2, ovate, short. Fl. erect, of an ele- 

 gant purplish rose-colour. Petals acute, nearly upright. Stam. 

 awl-shaped, concealed within the flower. Germ, roundish, with 

 a very short style. 



188. FRITILLARIA. Fritillary. 



Linn.Gen.\64. Juss. 48. Fl.Br.360. Tourn.t. 201. Lam.t.245. 



Gartn. t.\7. 

 Nat. O I'd. Coronariijc, Linn. 10. Lilia. Juss. 1 4. 2V. 189 



the same. 

 Cal. none. Cor. inferior, bell-shaped, spreading at the base, 

 of 6 elliptic-oblong, parallel petals. Nectary a cavity just 

 above the base of each petal, at the inside. Filam. awl- 

 shaped, attached to the bottom of each petal, close to the 

 style, shorter than the corolla. Aiith. oblong, quadrangu- 

 lar, attached by the back, erect. Germ, superior, oblong, 

 obtuse, triangular. Style verticalj longer than the sta- 

 mens, simple. Stigmas 3, oblong, spreading, downy on 

 the upper side. Caps, oblong, obtuse, with 3 lobes, 3 cells, 

 and 3 valves, connected by network, with central parti- 

 tions. Seeds very numerous, flat, crowded one above 

 another in 2 rows ; their outer margin rounded. 

 Root a lobed or scaly bulb. Stem unbranched, leafy. Leaves 

 linear-oblong, entire, smooth, sessile. Fl. one or more, 

 terminal, pendulous. Capsule erect. 



1. F. Meleagris. Common Fritillary. Chequered 

 Daffodil. Snake's-head. 



All the leaves alternate, linear-lanceolate, pointed. Stem 



single-flowered. Nectary linear. Points of the petals 



inflexed. 

 F. Meleagris. Linn. Sp.PZ. 436. Willd.v.2.9\. Fl.Br.360. Engl. 



Bot. V. 9. t. 622. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. t. 20. Fl. Dan. t.972. J acq. 



Austr. app. t. 32. Redout. Liliac, t. 222. Wikstroem in Stockh. 



Trans, for 1821.355. 

 F. n. 1235. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 115. 

 F. prsecox purpurea variegata. Baiih. Pin. 64. Rudb, Elys, v. 2. 



1J3./.1. 



