LLOYDIA.] LILIACEAL 385 



sistent, free, spreading, equal, yellow or white, with a transverse nectari- 

 ferous cavity. Stamens 6, on the base of the segments, filaments filiform ; 

 anthers oblong, basifixed. Ovary 3-gonous ; style filiform, stigma obtuse ; 

 cells many-ovuled. Capsule 3-quetrous, loculicidally 3-valved at the 

 top. Seeds many, horizontal, 3-quetrous, testa black rugose ; embryo 

 minute, next the hilum. DISTRIB. Switzerland, Austria, France, Caucasus, 

 Siberia, Himalaya, N. America. ETYM. Edward Lloyd, an antiquary 

 of last century, who discovered it in Wales. 



1. I*, seroti'na, Reich.; leaves 3-gonous incurved. 

 Rocky ledges of the Snowdon range, very rare ; fl. June. Sheaths of bulb 



very many and loose. Leaves 6-10 in., cauline snorter. Stem 2-8 in., terete. 



Perianth-segments | in., white (in England), obovate-oblong, veined with 



purple. Seeds red-brown till quite ripe. Flowers in the Himalaya vary 



from white to primrose-yellow or deeper. 



14. PRITILLA'RIA, L. 



Bulbs often clustered ; scales few, thick. Stem leafy, 1- or more- 

 flowered. Leaves sessile, not sheathing. Flower drooping ; perianth 

 campanulate ; segments free, caducous, tips not recurved, nectariferous 

 gland basal. Stamens on the very base of the segments, filaments subulate ; 

 anthers oblong or linear, fixed above the base in front. Ovary long, 3- 

 gonous ; style 3-grooved, stigmas 3-glandular on the inner surface ; 

 cells many-ovuled. Capsule erect, oblong, 3-gonous, loculicidally 3-valved 

 above, margins of valves ciliate. Seeds many, 2-seriate, horizontal, verti- 

 cally compressed, margined or winged, testa spongy pale ; embryo terete, ' 

 radicle next the hilum. DISTRIB. N. temp, regions ; species 30. ETYM. 

 fritillus, a dice-box, from the chequered petals. 



1. F. Melea'gris, L.; leaves linear flat subacute. Snake's Head. 

 Moist meadows, rare, from Norfolk and Bedford to Sussex and Hants ; a deni- 

 zen, Watson; fl. May. Bulb small, of 2-3 turgid scales. Leaves 6-8 in. , 

 |-^ in. broad, cauline few, short. Stem. 10-18 in. Flower solitary, rarely 2, 

 In in., segments narrow-oblong, tesselated with dull purple, rarely almost 

 colourless; sectary narrow. Anthers in., yellow. Seeds close-packed. 

 DJSTUIB. Europe to W. Asia. 



14*. TU'LIPA,L. 



Bulb of few thick convolute scales. Leaves radical and cauline, lower 

 sheathing. Flowers usually solitary, erect or inclined ; perianth cam- 



S>anulate, segments free, tips recurved, nectary 0. Stamens hypogynous, 

 laments short subulate glabrous or hairy below ; anthers fixed by the 

 base, mobile, linear, bursting inwards. Ovary 3-gonous ; stigma sessile 

 with 3 radiating lobes; cells many-ovuled. Capsule erect, coriaceous, and 

 seeds as in Fritillaria. DISTRIB. Europe, and N. and W". Asia ; species 

 20. ETYM. Tulipan, a turban, in Persian. 



T. SYLVES'TRIS, L. ; perianth-segments elliptic-lanceolate. Wild Tulip. 



Chalk pits, &c. possibly wild in Norfolk and Suffolk ; naturalized in pastures 



and copses elsewhere ; fl. April-May. JBulb smaU, ovoid, stoloniferous ; 



scales chesnut-brown. Leaves few, 6-10 in., linear, -1 in. broad, glaucous. 



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