FRITILLAEIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



FRITILLARIA 



F. Thunbergi. A Chinese and 

 Japanese species closely related to 

 F. verticillata. It has narrow lance- 

 shaped leaves ending in a tendril or 

 curl. The drooping broadly bell- 

 shaped flowers are produced in the 

 axils of the leaves, and are creamy- 

 yellow striped with green. 



FIG. 159. Fritillaria Thunlergi. (J.) 



P. tulipifolia. An elegant little 

 Caucasian Fritillary with more or 

 less elliptic concave leaves, and violet- 

 blue flowers, with a glaucous bloom 

 on the outer surface (Bot. Mag. t. 



F. Tuntasia. A species 8 to 10 ins. 

 high, with grey-green leaves and 

 intensely dark maroon bell-shaped 

 flowers about 1 in. across. Native 

 of Greece. 



F. verticillata (F. leucantha). A 

 distinct-looking species from the Altai 

 Mountains, with pale green or slightly 

 glaucous leaves arranged so close on 

 the stem as to give the appearance 



of being in whorls or circles. The 

 flowers appear in May, and are white, 

 tinged with green at the base, and 

 spotted with purple on the inner sur- 

 face. (Bot. Mag. t. 3083.) 



F. Walujewi. A native of Turke- 

 stan, about 1 ft. high, with linear 

 leaves tapering into a tendril, and 

 large solitary silvery - grey flowers 

 washed with purple-brown, blood-red 

 within and spotted with white 

 (Gartenfl. t. 993). 



FIG. 160. F rltillaria Walv.jeu-1. (J.) 



F. Whittalli. This is a distinct 

 species, having blue-green leaves and 

 large tubular flowers drooping in 

 pairs, green in colour, and more or 

 less distinctly chequered with purple 

 (Gard. Chron. 1893, xiii. 506). 



F. zagrica. A species from the 

 Kashand Mountains in Persia, closely 

 related to F. armena and F. tulipi- 

 folia. Flowers dark purple, un- 

 chequered, with a thick "bloom" 



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