FRITILLAKIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



FPJTILLARIA 



of "Stink Lilies." They are easily 

 increased by means of offsets. 



several garden varieties with fancy 

 names. 



FIG. 150. Pritillaria imperialis, seed-pods. (J. 



P. involucrata. A species from 

 the Maritime Alps about 1 ft. high, 

 having whorls of narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves and wine - purple flowers 

 slightly tessellated. 



P. Karelin! (Rhinopetalum Kare- 

 lini). An Asiatic species about 6 ins. 

 high, with broad stem - clasping 

 leaves, and terminal racemes of 

 nodding bell-shaped flowers about 

 1 in. deep, produced late in autumn 

 or in spring according to the time of 

 planting. The blossoms are pale 

 purple with deeper purple spots and 

 veins, and a greenish-yellow nectary- 

 hollow at the base of each segment. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 6406.) 



P. lanceolata. A native of N.W. 

 America, 1 to 1^ ft. high, with lance- 

 shaped leaves in whorls, and sombre 

 wine-purple coloured flowers. 



P. latlfolia. A variable Caucasian 

 Fritillary about 1 ft. high, with 

 drooping flowers varying in colour 

 through various shades of purple, 

 black, lilac, and yellow. There are 



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FIG. 151. Fritaiaria lanceolata. 



The best known is F. lutea, 6 to 

 12 ins. high, with alternate linear 

 lance-shaped leaves, and solitary 

 drooping yellow flowers more or 

 less tinged with purple, produced in 

 April and May (Bot. Mag. tt. 1207, 

 1538; Belg. Hort. i. 49; Red. Lit. 

 i. 57). 



P. macrandra. A native of the 

 Island of Syra, with oblong lance- 

 shaped fleshy leaves, and purple 

 flowers covered with a glaucous 

 bloom outside, but yellow and 

 blotched with green within. 



P. Meleagris (Snake's Head). This 

 distinct and pretty species grows 

 wild in parts of England in moist 

 meadows. It is 12 to 18 ins. high, 

 with flat linear leaves 6 to 8 ins. 

 long, and usually solitary drooping 

 flowers Ij ins. deep in April and May, 



