NATURAL ORDER LILACE. 
Tribe—TuLIPEs. 
PuateE XXV.—Frittilaria delphinensis. Grenier? Grenier 
and Godron. Not given by Woods. 
Generic.—Style trifid. Seeds flat. Perianth of six deciduous divi- 
sions, having nectariferous depressions. 
Sprciric.—Style becoming gradually wider from the base up, generally 
deeply trifid. In the description of Frittilaria delphinensis given by 
Grenier and Godron, the divisions of the style are said to be very short. 
Stigmas papillose, channeled. Ovary longer than broad. Divisions of 
Perianth yellow, sparingly chequered with reddish-brown ; the exterior 
oblong, small, the interior broadly oboval, much larger. Grenier and 
Godron give “purple-brown, rarely yellow,” as the colour of the divi- 
sions. Flower nearly as broad as long. Leaves generally four or five, 
upright, lanceolate, clustered together near the flower. 
EXPLANATION OF PLatE XXV.—I believe this to be the first coloured 
plate of Frittilaria delphinensis. Fig. 1 is of a very deeply cleft style, 
drawn from a specimen in which this feature was especially marked. 
Fig. 2, three of the stamens which were not removed when the 
divisions of the perianth were taken away, with the ovary and style, 
the summit of which is less divided. Fig. 3, an outer and inner 
division of the perianth of the natural size. 
_ Remarxs.—I have little doubt that the plant here figured is indeed 
Frittilaria delphinensis of Grenier, though in some respects my speci- 
mens did not answer to his description. In all the flowers which I 
have examined the yellow colour predominates, and the style is deeply 
divided, whereas Grenier found them generally of a purple-brown 
colour, with styles but slightly divided. It must be remembered 
that he describes plants from very different and distant habitats, as 
-may be seen by the following list of stations :—“ Hautes alpes du 
Dauphiné, environs de Gap, Glaise, Séuse, etc. ; Arche, Monte-Viso, 
Lautaret, Lusette en Luz, dans la Dréme.’”’ It is also to be noticed 
that he gives August as its time of flowering. It is probable, therefore, 
that the different climate and season under which my specimens were 
found growing is sufficient to account for some variation. Frittilaria 
