HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. FridUaiia. 1:39 



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

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

 moreland. Iluds. With. 



Perennial. June. 



Bulbs slender, j)ale, forming dense tufts. Leaves Sindjlowcr-stalks 

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

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

 without bulbs. Bracteas 2, ovate, short. FL erect, of an ele- 

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

 awl-shaped, concealed within the flower. Genu, roundish^ with 

 a very short style. 



188. FllITILLARIA. Fritillary. 



Linn. Gen.KSA. Juss. 48. i^^. Br. 3 GO. Tourn. t. 201. Lam. t. 245. 

 Gcertn. t. \7 . 



Nat. Orel. Coronaricc. Linn. 10. Lilia. Jiiss. 14.- N, 189 

 the same. 



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

 of 6 elliptic-oblong, parallel yctals. 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. Anth. oblong, quadrangu- 

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

 obtuse, triangular. Style vertical, 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 an- 

 other in 2 rows; their outer margin rounded. 



Boot a lobed or scaly bulb. Stem un branched, leafy. Leaves 

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

 terminal, pendulous. Capsule erect. 



1. F. Aleleagris. Common Fritillary. Chequered 



Daffodil. Snake's-head. 

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



single-flowered. Nectary linear. Points of the petals 



inflexed. 

 K. Melcagris. Linn. Sp. BIAM. U'illd.r.2.9\ . Fl. lir.'AGO. Lnol. 



Bat. V. 9. t. 622. Curt. Lond.fasc. 3. /. 20. FL Dan. t. 972. Jacq. 



Austr. app. t. 32. Redout. Liliac. t 222. li'ikstroem in Stoc/th. 



Trans, for 1821. 3:):). 

 V. n. I23:>. Halt. Hist. r. 2. li.'i. 

 F. prnecox purpurea variegata. Bauh. Vin. d I. liudb. FJys. v. 2. 



113. f. I. 



