804 LiLiACE^. (lily family.) 



15. FRITlLrJLARIA, L. Fritillakia. 



Perigonium decicluous, divisions G, obovate to oblong-spathulate, 

 furnished with a nectaaiferous pit at or above basG. Stamens G, peri- 

 gynous, sliorter than perigonium, anthers fixed near base. Ovary ses- 

 sile, o-celled. Style filiform, more or less jDarted into 8 stigmas, or 

 undivided. Capsule obovate or cylindrical, usually short-stalked, 

 obtusely or acutely hexagonal; seeds numerous, discoid — Bulbous, 

 caulescent herbs, flowers campanulate or obconical. 



"''■ Bulbs small. Flowers terminal, solitary or few. 



t Style trifd. Perigonium cam2Mnulate. 



1. F. aemopetala, Boiss. % .6; steml-2-flowered, leafy for its 

 upper two-thirds. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, the uppermost 

 tapering. Flower .04 long, nodding, cylindrical-campanulate, divisions 

 oblong-oblanceolate, abruptly contracted into a more or less recurved 

 muci'Oj with an ovate-oblong nectary at somewhat gibbous base. 

 brownish-red with yellowish margins, yellow within, red-tesselated 

 below; filaments papillose, once and a half as long as anther; style tri- 

 fid beyond middle; capsule .035 long, oblong-club-shaped - Spring — 

 Subalpine regions of Lebanon, Amanus, and northward. 



Var. iiiermis, Post. Divisions of perigonium obtuse, papillose at 

 tip. Perhaps this is F. Olivicri, Baker. 



2. F. erassifolia, Boiss. et Huet. If .1 to .25 ; stem 1-2-flowered, 

 5-6-leaved above middle. Leaves fleshy, oblong-lanceolate .015 to .02 

 broad, to linear-lanceolate .005 broad, all acute. Flower campanulate, 

 .02 to .025 long, nodding, brownish-yellow, with red, longitudinal lines, 

 and mottled with red at inner face ; divisions oblong-elliptical, obtuse, 

 furnished with a small, ovate nectary above base ; filaments nearly twice 

 as long as anthers ; style trifid for one-third of its length, capsule globu- 

 lar-top-shaped, .015 long and broad, obtusely angled — Spring — Alpine' 

 Lebanon; Suq-Wadi-Baf ada ; Aintab. 



Var. IIcrinoiii§, Boiss. Flower smaller, deeper colored — Top 

 of Hermon. 



1 1 Style mtire or obsoletely trilobed. Perigonium obconical.. 



3. F. Tiridiflora, Post. 2£ (Bulletin Ilerbier Boissier, IIL, 164). 

 .2; stem 1-2-flowered, leafy from middle. JjiQQNes, opposite or scattered, 

 oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, lower .07 long .013 broad, upper 

 shorter and narrower, all rather obtuse, the upper three usually forming 

 an involucre. Flower .025 to .03 long, obconical-cylhidrical, rounded at 

 base; peduncle nodding, one-half to one-third as long as flower; 

 divisions of perigonium oblong, gree?i, parallel-nerved ; stamens half as 

 long as perigonium, filaments papillose, twice as long as anther ; style 

 undivided, 3-grooved, about as long as ovary; stigma short-3-lobed — 

 April — Stony, inundated fields in the Kurd Dagh. 



* * Bulb large, scaly. Inflorescence racemed. Style simple. 



4. F, Liibaiiotica, Boiss. 21 1, glaucous; stem thick. Leaves 

 crowded, ternately whorled, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, .01 to .025 

 broad, acute, oblique. Raceme .15 to .3 long, 10-25-flowered ; pedun- 

 cles nodding, once and a half as long as flower; perigonium obconical, 

 .014 long,^ lilac-yellow, with deeper colored veins, divisions obovate, 

 obtuse, with an ovate nectary at base ; filaments papillose, 4-5 times as 



