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FRITILLARIA 



FKITILLARIA 



greenish yellow ; has a broadly bell-shaped, smaller fl., 

 which is even earlier and has smaller glands. 



4. verticillata, Willd. (F. leucdntha,Fisch.). This and 

 No. 5 are distinguished from Nos 6-10 by the greater 

 height of the former and their Ivs. curled at the tips 

 into tendrils. Height 1% ft. : stems often 1-, sometimes 

 2-5-fld. : fls. white or yellow, never checkered or spotted. 



874. Crown Imperial Fritillaria Imperialis. 



Altai Mts. B.M. 3083. In the type the Ivs. are numer- 

 ous, 20-40 ; anthers barely half as long as the filaments : 

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

 (F. Thunbergii, Miq.) the upper Ivs. are often sparse : 

 anthers as long as the filaments ; style l%-2 times as 

 long as the ovary. G.C. II. 13:532. It is doubtful if the 

 yellow-fid, form is cult. 



5. Waluj^wi, Regel. 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. 52,113V. 



6. Ruth6nica,Wickst. Height 1-2 ft. : stem 1-3-fld. : Ivs. 

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



7-9. latifolia, Willd., and its allies F. lutea, Miller, 

 and F. aurea, Schott. These three names may be taken 

 as representing the 3 well-marked types of color: F. lati- 

 folia representing the extreme of dark purple and green 

 without yellow ; F. aurea, at the other extreme, being 

 essentially yellow, the checker marks smaller and more 

 sharply defined, and the colors of the brightest ; F. 

 lutea 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 may be referred to the types as fol- 

 lows : B.M. 853 and 1207 to F. latifolia; B.M. 1538 to 

 F. lutea ; B.M. 7374, R.H. 1878, p. 287, Gn. 42:867, J.H. 

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

 author) to F. aiirea. F. latifolia represents the extreme 

 width of Ivs., and F. aurea is said to differ in having 

 the lower Ivs. often whorled. All these grow 3^-1 ft. 

 high. One of the most anciently cultivated of allFritil- 

 laries is F. lutea, which is found promiscuously 

 mingled with the wider-leaved form, both wild and cult. 

 At present the most popular of the three is probably 

 F. aurea, which began a new era of prosperity about 

 1894 with its ^introduction by Leichtlin. All flourish 

 in the Caucasus region. The Dutch bulb-growers ad- 

 vertise 10 varieties of F. latifolia. 



10. pallidifldra, Schrenk. Allied to 1 and 

 12, but with more numerous, broader Ivs., 

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

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

 few dark purple spots). Gt. 1857:209, R.H. 

 1880, p. 215. G.C. II. 19:573.-Pale yellow." 

 Van Tubergen. 



11. meleagroides, Patrim. (F. minor, 

 Ledeb.). Height 1-2 ft. : stem very slender, 

 mostly 1-fld.: Ivs. 3-6, narrowly linear: fls. 

 dark purple, spotted green; anthers a third 

 the length of the filaments. W. Siberia. 

 B.M. 3280. 



12. Pyrenaica, Linn. Height 1-1% ft., 

 mostly 1-fld. : Ivs. 6-10, linear, glaucoxis : fls. 

 dark purple, spotted green ; anthers two- 

 fifths the length of the filaments. Pyrenees. 

 B.M. 664, not 952 or 1216. 



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

 lower Ivs. lanceolate: upper Ivs. linear: fls. 

 dark purple, obscurely checkered green. 

 Mt. Oran. G.C. II. 13:341. 



14. ISlwesii, Boiss. Lvs. 5-6: fls. green, 

 Hushed purple on back and tips, not check- 

 ered. Lycia. B.M. 6321, erroneously, as F. 

 acmopetala. 



15. tulipifolia, 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. 

 Height 2-8 in. : stem 1-fld. : Ivs. 3-4, elliptic, 

 concave, nerveless, !%-2%in. long: fls. 

 solitary, inside rusty brown-purple, not 

 checkered, outside dark glaucous blue, 

 streaked with the same purple. Caucasus. 

 B.M. 5969. 



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

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

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

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

 6365. J.H. 111.35:83. Var. fusco-lutea, Hort., 

 tawny yellow. 



17. pudica, Spreng. Lvs. 3-6, lower ones strap-shaped, 

 often opposite (while in F. tulipifolia and Armena they 

 are alternate), upper ones linear: fls. pale or dark yel- 

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

 13:133. 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 yel- 

 low, 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 

 purple spots outside; filaments purple; anthers green. 



