FRITILLARIA 



FRITILLARIA 



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lanceolate Ivs., the upper ones opposite: fls. purple. 



F. aurea. Lvs. 10-12, lower in 3's, linear, somewhat 



glaucous and fleshy: fls. solitary, bright yellow. 



10. pallidifldra, Schrenk. Height 6-15 in. : Ivs. many, 



large and broad, glaucous-blue: fls. 1-6, yellow, hand- 

 somely tessellated in- 

 side. Siberia. B.M. 

 6725 (green, with a few 

 dark purple spots) . 

 Gt. 6:328. R.H. 1880, 

 p. 215. G.C. II. 19: 

 573. Gn.W. 23:397. 



11. meleagroides, 

 Patrin. (F. minor, 

 Ledeb.). Height 1-2 

 ft.: st. very slender, 

 mostly 1-fld. : Ivs. 3-6, 

 narrowly linear: fls. 

 dark purple, spotted 

 green; anthers a third 

 "the length of the fila- 

 ments. W. Siberia. 

 B.M. 3280. 



12. pyrenaica, Linn. 

 Height 1-1H ft., 

 mostly 1-fld.: Ivs. 6-10, 

 linear, glaucous: fls. 

 dark purple, spotted 

 green ; anthers two- 

 fifths the length of the 

 filaments. Pyrenees. 

 B.M. 664, not 952 or 

 1216. 



13. oranensis, Baker. 

 Height 1-1 Yi ft.: lower 

 Ivs. lanceolate; upper 

 Ivs. linear : fls. dark pur- 

 ple, obscurely check- 

 ered green. Mt. Oran. 



1582. Common Snake's-Head or 

 Checkered Lily (Fritillaria melea- 



gris). 



Faithfully redrawn from Dealer's 

 Hortus Eystettensis, published in 

 1613. (Incorrect as to stamens and 

 some other characters.) 



G.C. II. 13:341. 



14. Elwesii, Boiss. 

 Lvs. 5-6: fls. green, 

 flushed purple on back 

 and tips, not checkered. 

 Lycia. B. M. 6321 

 Gn. 65, p. 307. Gn.W. 



(erroneously, as F. acmopetala) . 

 21:445. 



15. tulipifolia, Bieb. Height 2-8 in.: st. 1-fld.: Ivs. 

 3-4, elliptic, concave, nerveless, 1^2-2^2 m - long: fls. 

 solitary, inside rusty brown-purple, not checkered, 

 outside dark glaucous-blue, streaked with the same 

 purple. Caucasus. B.M. 5969. One of the choicest 

 and daintiest kinds. Very distinct. Foliage glaucous 

 blue: fls. resembling a tulip in shape, and with a chalky 

 look outside. 



16. armena, Boiss. Height 6-12 in.: st. 1-fld.: Ivs. 

 4-5, lower lanceolate, upper linear: fls. between funnel- 

 and bell-shaped, dark purple, not checkered. Armenia. 

 B.M. 6365. J.H. III. 35:83. Var. fusco-mtea, Hort., 

 tawny yellow. 



17. pudica, Spreng. St. 2-10 in.: Ivs. 3-8, lower ones 

 strap-shaped, often opposite (while in F. tulipifolia 

 and F. armena they are alternate), upper ones linear: 

 fl. usually solitary, pale or dark yellow, rarely purple, 

 never checkered; segms. oblong-spatulate and obtuse, 

 more or less spreading. N. W. Amer. Gn. 13:598; 61, p. 

 337. R.H. 1895, p. 229. G.C. III. 19:403. J.H. III. 

 32:295. Mn. 4:49. The stamens (as in Nos. 14 and 

 15) are nearly as long as the perianth. "Deep orange- 

 yellow, fragrant." Van Tubergen. 



18. Sewerzowi, Regel. Height 1-1 ^ ft.: lowest Ivs. 

 lorate-lanceolate, 1 in. wide, often opposite, upper Ivs. 

 lanceolate, 6-7-nerved, 3-4 in. long: pedicels 3-6 lines 

 long; fls. 6-10, green, not checkered, but with a few 



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purple spots outside; filaments purple; anthers green. 

 Turkestan. Gt. 760. B.M. 6371. J.H. III. 30:319. 

 G.C. III. 1:457. Gn. 69, p. 133. 



19. persica, Linn. Robust, 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. 40-60, 

 glaucous, linear, 4-6 in. long, 6-9 lines wide: raceme 

 10-50-fld.; fls. small bell-shaped, slightly odorous, lilac- 

 purple, sometimes chalky outside and lined with purple 

 but never checkered; stamens a trifle shorter than the 

 perianth. Orient. Fls. end of April or beginning of May. 

 B.M. 1537. Var. minor, Sims, B.M. 962 (excluding 

 synonymy), has smaller fls. and anthers barely exserted. 



20. libanotica, Baker. Closely resembling No. 19, but 

 with 6-30 strongly odorous fls., pale lilac, with darker 

 vertical veins; stamens a third shorter than the peri- 

 anth; anthers purplish. Palestine, rocky and shady 

 parts of Mt. Lebanon. 



21. plurifldra, Torr. PINK FRITILLARY. Height 6-12 

 in.: Ivs. few, mostly at the base, oblong-lanceolate, 

 about 4 in. long: raceme 4-12-fld.; fls. rosy purple, not 

 checkered, the glands not evident; stigma shortly 

 3-lobed. Calif. G.C. III. 21:231. Blooms early. F. 

 Purdyi, Eastw., differs in the fl. being white beauti- 

 fully tinged purple. Humboldt Co., Calif. 



22. lanceolata, Pursh. Sts. 1-3 ft. : Ivs. 4-10, lanceo- 

 late, whorled on the upper part of st. (or sometimes 

 scattered), ovate-lanceolate, 1-4 in. long: fls. 1-4, 

 bowl-shaped, dark purple mottled greenish yellow, 

 somewhat variable in color; segms. ovate to oblong, 

 concave, with large' gland. Calif. Var. gracilis, Wats. 

 Fls. very small with narrow and more acuminate segms., 

 deep purple or almost black. Var. floribunda, Benth. 

 (F. miitica, Lindl.). Fls. 3 to many, dark purple or 

 greenish and conspicuously spotted or checkered, the 

 segms. crisped or erose. The bulbs of F. lanceolata 

 live one year; the scales are few or none, and the bulb 

 is covered with 



rice-like bulblets 

 (whence the 

 name "rice-root 

 lily"). 



23. parvifldra, 

 Torr. St. 5-20- 

 fld. : Ivs. about 9, 

 mostly whorled, 

 linear: fls. pur- 

 ple, suffused 

 green, not check- 

 ered, on short 

 and strongly re- 

 curved pedicels; 

 segms. with 

 shallow nectar- 

 ies. Sierra Ne- 

 vadas in Calif . 



24. atropur- 

 pftrea, Nutt. St. 

 1-6-fld., lower 

 and more slender 

 than in No. 23: 

 Ivs. 12-20, scat- 

 tered or imper- 

 fectly whorled : 

 fls. dark purple 

 obscurely check- 

 ered with green, 

 on slender pedi- 

 cels. Wyo. and 

 Utah, to the 

 Sierras and the 

 Columbia River. 



25. coccinea, 

 Greene. SCAR- 

 LET FRITILLARY. 1533. The Crown Imperial. Fritillaria 

 St. 1 4 -fid., Imperialis. 



