410 LILIACEAZ, [Lilium. 



base in front, versatile, bursting inwards. Ovary 6-grooved ; style terete, 

 stigma obtuse ; cells many-ovuled. Capsule erect and seeds as in Fritil- 

 laria. — Distrib. Temp. N. regions ; species 40. — Etym. unknown. 



L. Mar'tagon, L. ; leaves petioled obovate-lanceolate whorled, upper 



linear, flowers erect racemose. Purple Martagon Lily. 



Copses, Mifkleham, Surrey, naturalized ; fl. Aug.-Sept. — Bulb large, scales 

 white. Stem 2-3 ft., terete. Leaves 3-8 in., chiefly in a few whorls of 6-8, 

 subacute. Flowers 1^ in. diam., drooping, odorous at night ; bracts |-1 in., 

 green, linear-lanceolate ; pedicels 1-5 in., stout, curved ; perianth-segments 

 oblong, pale purple or white, with dark raised papillae ; nectary with thick 

 raised borders. Anthers red-brown. Capsule 1 in. — Distrib. Europe from 

 Mid. France southd. and eastd. 



11. PRITILLA'RIA, L. 



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

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

 campanulate : segments free, caducous, tip 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 inwards ; cells many-ovuled. 

 Capsule erect, oblong, 3-gonous, loculicidally 3-valved above, margins of 

 valves ciliate. Seeds many, 2-seriate, horizontal, vertically compressed, 

 margined or winged, testa spongy pale ; embryo terete, radicle next to 

 the hilum. — Distrib. N. temp, regions ; species 50. — Etym. fritillus, a 

 dice-box, from the chequered petals. 



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

 Moist meadows, rare, from Norfolk and Stafford to Somerset and Hants ; (a 

 denizeu, Wats.) ; fl. May. — Bulb small, of 2-3 turgid scales. Leaves 6-8 in., 

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

 2, 1| in., segments narrow-oblong, tesselated with dull purple, rarely almost 

 colourless; nectary narrow. Anthers % in., yellow. Seeds close-packed. — 

 Distrib. Europe (excl. Greece, Turkey), W, Asia. 



12. TU'LIPA, L. 



Bulbs of thick convolute scales. Leaves radical and cauline, lower 

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

 panulate; segments free, tips recurved, nectary 0. Stamens hypogynous, 

 filaments 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, N. and W. Asia ; species 

 50. — Etym. Tulipan, a turban, in Persian. 



T. sylves'tris, L. ; flowers bright yellow, perianth-segments elliptic- 

 lanceolate. Wild Tulip. 



