Prats XXXVI. 
FRITILLARIA ryvonvcrata, All. 
Natural Order LiniAcez. 
Gen. Caar.—Perianth of six deciduous divisions, having at their 
bases nectariferous depressions. Style 3-cleft. Seeds flat. 
Spec. Cxar.—Divisions of perianth oblong. Anthers apiculate. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, opposite below, forming a whorl of three 
above. 
ii. 180. 
Hasirat.—Mulaciers Mountain and Col di Tenda. May. 
Remarks.—The species of which the genus Fritillaria is composed 
seem to be remarkably subject to variation. Fritillaria montana, Hopp., 
is most closely related to the present plant, but it is believed to be dis- 
tinguished by its only having leaves in pairs, being without the whorls 
from which this species is named.* As far as I can learn, F. involu- 
crata is peculiar to the Maritime Alps. 
EXPLANATION OF Pirate XXXVI.—Fig. 1, two divisions of the 
perianth of the natural size. Fig. 2, a stamen, magnified. Fig. 3, the 
style, magnified. 
* F. messanensis, Rafin. (‘Précis des Découvertes,’ p. 44), is also very near to F. 
involucrata; and there are dried specimens at Kew, some of which have the whorl of 
three leaves above, but the lower leaves are alternate. 
Fritillaria involuerata, All. Auct. p. 34; Gren. et Godr. Fl. de Fr. 
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