222 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



5 Inner ones, as is usual, cliannelled, with an involute 

 margin; germ and stigma ve. y dark brown, longer than 

 the stamina. Flo\\evs commonly in 5's. Fiowering in 

 June. Hab. In moist situations, on the margins of small 

 streams and vallies, abundant, from Fort Mandan to the 

 mountains. 5. phikulelphi cum. 6. canadenst. 7. caroli- 

 vianum. Xevy nearly allied to L. superhiun. I have only 

 seen it in ihe mountains of North Carolina, and with the 

 stem 1-fiowered; by cultivation, 1 am well assured, that it 

 produces many flowers on the stem in proliferous stages, 

 and is tlien apparently L. svperhitm. 8. superbum. 



Of this beautiful genus there are 3 species in the south 

 of Europe, one of which extends to Siberia, 2 in the Le- 

 vant, 1 in Kamschatka, 6 in Japan and 2 in China, of which 

 the L. tignnnm is the most splendid of the genus, and has 

 been, with others, cultivated by the Chinese from time 

 immemorial. It is now also introduced into the garden of 

 Mr. Landreth, near Piiiladelphia. 



(^25. FRITILLARIA. L. (Checquered Lily.) 

 Corolla 6-petalled, campanulate with a necta- 

 riferous cavity above tlie claws. Stamina tlie 

 lengtii of the corolla. Capsule superior. Seeds 

 ilat. 



Roots bulbous, bulbs solid, generally two, one upon 

 the other; fiovvers terminal, solitary, naked, or alternated 

 in a loose raceme, white or purplish, and sometimes 

 checquered. 



Species. 1. F. lanceolata. Pursh. 2. *alba. Glau- 

 cescent; leaves somewhat remote, all alterni,te, oblong- 

 linear, oblique and sessile, nearl} flat and obtuse, under 

 side substriated; flowevs axillary and terminal, 1 to 3, 

 rather large and white. Hab. In vallies and declivities, 

 from Fort .Mandan to the mountains; flowt-ring in April. 

 Obs. Koot small, bulb subsquamose as in JJlinm! Stems 

 sohtaiy, about a foot high; leaves near 2 inches long, 

 about 2 lines wide. Flowers sometimes in a raceme of 

 5. Capsule subturbinate, with 3 acute angles, tridentate 

 below. Seeds large, triangular, flat, and pale coloured. 



Two of the species of tliis small genus incliidii.g F.im- 

 periahs, are indigenous to Persia, 1 to the Pyrenees and 

 Kufesia, 1 to the Levant, the F. latifuUa to Caucasus, F. 

 JMelagris to the south of Europe, and F. zerticiliata to 

 Siberia. 



