Piate 2219. 
FRITILLARIA LOPHOPHORA, Bur. et Franch. 
Litiacez. Tribe Torires. 
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Squamoso, foliis medium versus caulis plus minus confertis alternis 
ovali- v. lanceolato-oblongis superioribus acuminatis inferioribus 
thio magno (2-4 poll. diam.) cernuo 
1 - Bj | 1 , Hae Bs s¥ ¥. 
chiefly made near Tachienlu, alt. 9,000-13,500 feet ; Pratt (Nos. 261, 
568), Szechuen, between Batang and Litang, M. Bonvalot and Prince 
Henry of Orleans ; Yun-nan, M. Delavay. 
Bulbi squame 14-2 poll. longw. Caulis }-1}-pedalis. Folia majora 
4-5 poll. longa, 3-1 poll. lata (forma minor 2 poll. longa, 4-5 lin. lata). 
Perianthii segmenta 13-3 poll. longa. 
Intermediate between Fritillaria, to which MM. Bureau and 
Franchet refer it (as the type of a new section of the genus, § Lopho- 
Phora) and Lilium. The flowers are described as yellow, often spotted 
ith red.—D, Oxtver. 
Fig. 1. Stamens, back and front view. 2. Pistil. Enlarged, 
