FRITILLARIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



FRITILLARIA 



from Kamtschatca, Siberia, etc., about 

 9 ins. high, with lance-shaped leaves, 

 the lower ones being whorled, the 

 upper ones opposite or solitary. The 

 bell-shaped drooping flowers appear in 

 May and June, and are deep blackish- 

 red, becoming paler towards the 

 base, the segments being spotted 

 with deep purple. 



This grows best in moist peat and 

 sandy loam, and requires sheltered 

 nooks in the rockery. The bulbs are 

 eaten by the natives in a wild state. 

 (Gartenfl. t. 173.) 



P. chitralensis. A rare species 

 from the Chitral, 6 to 18 ins. high, 

 with lance-shaped greyish leaves and 

 yellow-green bell-shaped flowers dis- 

 tinctly veined with a deeper green. 



P. citrina. A pretty species with 

 drooping bell-shaped flowers borne 

 in pairs in April and May ; greenish- 

 yellow with a glaucous bloom on the 



Fio. 146. Fritillaria citrina. 



P. contorta. A species with a bulb 

 like that of F. Meleagns, and with 

 stalkless fleshy narrow leaves about 

 6 ins. long. Flowers white, drooping, 

 about 2 ins. long, tinged with green 

 at the base. The perianth is remark- 

 able for having the segments united 

 except in the upper third, in that 

 respect resembling the perianth of 



the genus Sandersonia. (Gard. 

 Chron. 1886, xxv. 681.) 



P. dasyphylla. A native of Asia 

 Minor, about 6 ins. high, having 

 thickish fleshy leaves, and drooping 

 open funnel-shaped purple flowers with 

 a yellow interior (Bot. Mag. t. 6321). 



P. delphinensis. A pretty species 

 from the Alps of Dauphiny, 6 to 12 

 ins. high, having linear or oblanceolate 

 leaves, and solitary, vinous-purple, 

 yellow spotted, drooping flowers. The 

 variety Burneti has plum-coloured 

 flowers about 2 ins. deep, chequered 

 with greenish-yellow ; Moggridgei is a 

 very handsome variety from the 

 Maritime Alps, where it flourishes 

 at an elevation of 5000 to 7000 ft. 

 It has large cylindrical yellow flowers, 

 drooping like bells, and chequered 

 or tessellated inside with brownish- 



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Fio. 147. Fritillaria discolor. 



P. discolor. This plant grows 

 about a foot high, and has broad lance- 



