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FRITILLARIA 



FKITILLARIA 



greenish yellow ; has a hroadly bell-shaped, smaller fl., 7-9. latifolia, Wi 



which is even earlier and has smaller glands. and F. aurea, Sri. • 



4. verticill4ta,Willd.(/'.;e»™H»,«,Fisch.). This and as representing 1 1 



No. 5 are distinguished from Nos 6-10 by the greater fo'ia representiiiL- 



height of the former and their Ivs. curled at the tips without yellow ; / 



into tendrils. Height 1 1; ft. : stems often 1-, sometimes es.sentially yellow, 



2-5-fld.: Hs. white or vcllow, never checkered or spotted. sharply defined, 



ies F. IMea, Wilier, 

 uames may be taken 

 pesof color: I", lati- 

 rk purple and green 



othe 



being 



874, Crown Imperial— Kruillaria Imperialis. 



Altai Mts. B.M. SOB.'i.-ln the type the Ivs. are numer- 

 ous, 20-40 ; anthers barely half aslongas thefllaiiuiits : 

 style no longer than the ovary, but in var. Thimbergii 

 (jP. Thhnbergii, Miq.l the upper Ivs. are often s|i:irsc : 

 anthers as long as the filaments ; style IK-'- limes as 

 long as the ovary. 0.0.11.13:532. It is doubtful if the 

 yellow-tid. form is cult. 



5. Walujdwi, Kegel. Probably belongs here, as its Ivs. 

 have tendrils. It is the only kind that is silver-white 

 outside and crimson-brown spotted white or yellow in- 

 side. Turkestan. Gn. 52:11.-!;. 



C. Kuth6nlca,Wickst. Height 1-2 ft.: stem 1-3-fld. : Ivs. 

 6-20: fls. livid purple, obscurely checkered. Caucasus. 



:!.< r marks smaller and i 



colors of the brightest ; /'. 



an intermediate form, essentially yellow, but 



greenish, and with the purple checker-marks duller in 



color and not so sharply defined and regular. In this 



sense the pictures mav be referred to the types as fol- 



853 and 1207 to /'. latifolia; B.M. 1538 to 



r lufea, BM 7J74, R H 1878, p. 287, On. 42:867, J.H. 



Ill 28 357, and probably Gt 840, Fig. 1 (not seen by the 



author) to J* auiea J^ Ja/ifeija represents the extreme 



\w<lth of hs , and F aurea is said to differ in having 



the lower h s often whorled All these grow }4-l ft. 



hi^h One of the most anciently cultivated of allFritil- 



laries is / liitea which is found promiscuously 



mingled with the v.\der leaved form, both wild and cult. 



At present the m jst popular of the three is probably 



F auiui which began a iien era of prosperity about 



1894 with Its remtroduction by Leichtlin. All flourish 



m the ( uuasns rf eion The Dutch bulh-growers ad- 



i r isi 10 \ arietits of F. latifolia. 



10 pallidifldra, Schrenk. Allied to 1 and 

 2 but with more numerous, broader Ivs., 



and larger fls Height 6-15 in.: Ivs. 8-25: 

 Hs 1-6 Siberia B.M. 6725 (green, with a 

 f.w dark purple spots I. Gt. 1857:209. R.H. 

 IssO p 21o GC II. 19:573.-"Paleyellow." 

 I 1 T,(l ,,, n 



11 meleagroldes, Patrim. (F. minor, 

 I i 1 I II if,htl-2ft.: stem very slender, 

 Ti sth 1 til Ivs 3-6, narrowly linear: fls. 

 (lark purple, spotted green; anthers a third 

 the length of the filaments. W. Siberia. 

 B.M. 3280. 



12. Pyreniica, Linn. Height 1-1 K 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. 004, not 9.52 or 1216. 



13. Oran6nsis, Baker. Height 1-1% ft.: 

 lowt-r hs. huicf'olatc: upper Ivs. linear: fls. 

 ihirk piirplf, oiiscurely checkered green. 

 .Ml. (Iran. G.C. II. ]:!:.341. 



U. filwesii, Boiss. Lvs. .'"1-6: fls. green. 

 Hushed purple on back and tips, not check- 

 ered. Lvcia. B.^I. 6321, erroneously, as /'. 

 'ilu. 



15. tulipiJdIia, Bieb. One of the choicest 

 and daintiest kinds. Very distinct. Foliage 

 glaucous blue: fls. resembling a tulip in 

 shape, and with a chalky look outside. 

 Hei«ht2-8in.: stem 1-fld.: Ivs. 3-4, elliptic, 



< i-ave, nerveless, lJ^-2Kin. long: fls. 



solitary, inside rusty brown-purple, not 

 checkered , outside dark glaucous blue, 

 streaked with the same purple. Caucasus. 

 B.M. 5909. 



16. ArmSna, Boiss. Height 6-12 in.: stem 

 l-fld.: Ivs. 4-5, lower lanceolate, upper lin- 

 ear: fls. between funnel- and bell-shaped, 

 dark purple, not checkered. Armenia. B.M. 

 6365. .T.H. 111.35:83. Var. flisco-liitea, Hort.. 

 tawny yellow. 



17. pOdica, Spreng. Lvs.3-6, loweronesstrap-shaped, 

 often opposite (while in F. tulipifolia and Armetia they 

 lire alternate I, upper ones linear: fls. pale or dark yel- 

 linv, rarely purple, never checkered. N. W. Amer. Gn. 

 i:i;i:i:i. R.H. 1895, p. 229. 0.0.111.19:403. J.H. III. 

 .CiL'll.'.. Jin. 4:49. -The stamens (as in Nos. 14 and 15) 

 are nearlv as long as the perianth. "Deep orange yel- 

 low, fragrant." fa 11 Tubergen. 



18. Sew§rzowi, Kegel. Height 1-1!-^ ft.: lowest lvs. 

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

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

 long: fls. C-10, green, not checkered, but with a few 

 purple spots outside; filaments purple; anthers green. 



