Fritillaria.] CLVI. LILIACB^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 353 



segments elliptic ovate acute, bearded above the nectary. Lilium oxypeta- 

 lum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 234 ; Elwes Monog. Lil. t. 4, left-hand 

 fig. ? F. triceps, Klotzsch Sot. Reis. Pr. Wald. 53, t. 93. 



WESTEEN HIMALAYA ; Kunawar, Royle ; Kumaon, alt. 12,500 ft., Strachey fy 

 Winterbottom ; Garwhal and W. Nepal, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Duthie. 



Bulb 2 in. long ; scales few, subequal, lanceolate, acuminate, outer membranous, 

 inner fleshy. Stem 12-18 in., stout. Leaves 1J-3 by f in. Flowers purple. 

 Segments l-2 in., long. Style shorter than the ovary, stigma capitate, 3-lobed. 

 Capsule 1 in., broadly oblong. The flowers of F. triceps are described as white. 



2. F. Stracheyi, Hook. f. ; leaves narrowly linear, flowers solitary, 

 perianth-segments elliptic-ovate acute bearded above the nectary. F. 

 oxypetala, Hook. Sot. Mag. t. 4731 ; Lemaire Jard. Fleur. t. 422. 



TEMPEEATE HIMALAYA; Kumaon, Strachey (Hort. Kew) ; West Nepal, alt. 

 12-13,000 ft., Duthie ; Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ft., /. D. H. 



Bulb as in F. oxypetala, but much smaller. Stem 6-12 in., slender. Leaves 4-6 

 by i-i in. ; radical linear-lanceolate, long-petioled, obtuse. Flowers pale purple 

 speckled within below the middle ; segments 1 in. long. Style as long as the 

 ovary. 



3. F. G-ardneriana, Wall. Cat. 5080; leaves narrowly linear, 

 flowers solitary, perianth-segments obovate-spathulate obtuse naked above 

 the nectary. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 265. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Central Nepal, Wallich; Western Nepal, alt. 

 12-13,000 ft., Duthie. 



Bulbs as in F. Stracheyi. Stem slender. Leaves 2-6 by | i in. Flowers more 

 infundibular than in the preceding species, with narrower segments, which are 

 obtuse and only f in. long. Style rather longer than the ovary. 



** Flowers few or many. Perianth broadly campanulate. Stigma 

 trifid, lobes spreading truncate. 



4. T. Roylei, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 860 ; leaves whorled or opposite linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate straight, flowers solitary or few nodding tessellate, 

 nectary broad naked. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 257. F. verticillata, 

 Wall. Cat. 5079 B, C, D (not of Willd.) ; Boyle III. 387, t. 92, f. 2. F. 

 Gulielmi-Waldemarii, Klotzsch Sot. Reis. Pr. Wald. 52, t. 92. 



WESTEEN TEMPEEATE HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 

 WESTEEN TIBET, Thomson. 



Bulb depressed, scales membranous. Stem 1-2 ft., naked below. Leaves 2-4 by 

 -li in., opposite or 3-6 in a whorl, suberect. Flowers lj-2in. luug,,campanulate, 

 yellow green, tessellated with dull purple, segments - in. broad. Stamens half 

 the length of the perianth. Capsule, obovoid, obtusely angled. 



5. P. cirrhosa, Don Prodr. 51 ; lower leaves opposite, upper 

 whorled uppermost with cirrhose tips, flowers 1-2 tessellate, nectary 

 broad naked. Kunth Enum. iv. 253 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 257. 

 F. verticillata, Wall. Cat. 5079 A (not of Willd.}. 



CENTEAL and EASTEEN HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich -, Sikkirn, alt. 11-16,000 ft., 

 J. D. H. 



Very nearly allied to F. Eoylei, and perhaps, as Wallich believed, a variety of 

 that plant, the leaves are however larger and narrower and the uppermost have 

 cirrhose tips. 



6. F. imperialis, Linn. Sp. PL 303 ; leaves crowded lanceolate lower 

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