612 FRITILLARIA 



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

 which is even earlier and has smaller glands. 



4. verticillMa, Willd. (F.Uueiinthu. Fiseh.). Thisand 

 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 U.? ft. : stems often 1-, sometimes 

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



color 



FKITILLARIA 



7-9. latiiblia, Willd., and its allies F. liitea. Miller, 

 and F. aiirea, 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 ; /'. aurea, at the other extreme, being 

 essentially yellow, the checker marks smaller and more 

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

 hitea an intermediate form, essentially yellow, but 

 greenish, aiirl with the purple checker-marks duller in 

 '■■'i'f-Ti.-l and regular. In this 



■ 1 to the types 



fol- 



lows : B. -A 1 : : ! , I / '/7.,/;a; B.M. l.^SS to 

 F.luten : V .<:':' - - i L'^7, On. 42:807. J.H. 



III.28::i.".7 1 lit:,!,!', (,; - .., liL'. 1 I not seen bv the 



author) toi''. (i«)r</. F.l.n,! r. [i .,i, is tlie extreme 



width of Ivs., and J'', aiic. ■■ i ■ ■■■!■ in having 



the lower Ivs. often whorl.-] n'.w '.;-! ft. 



high. Oneof the most anci. ,,•!-, , uli , , ,,,, ,| ,,f allFritil- 

 laries is F. liitea, which is found promiscuously 

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

 At pr'sent the most popular of the three is probably 

 y-'. o "(■.((, which began a new era of prosperity about 

 IsWwith its reintroduction by Leichtlin. All flourish 

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

 vertise 10 varieties of F. lati folia. 



10. pallidifldra, Schrenk. Allied to 1 and 

 12, 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 

 few dark purple spots). Gt. 1837:209. R.H. 

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



Tuheni.n. 



11. meleagroides, Patriin. (F. minor, 

 Li-.k-h. I. Height 1-2 ft.: stem very slender, 

 mostly 1-rtd.: 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 K ft., 

 TuM^tly l-fld.: lvs.6-10, linear, glaucous: fls. 



I irk jiurple, spotted green; anthers two- 

 riifis the length of the filaments. Pyrenees. 

 l:.-M. Iir.4, not 952 or 1216. 



13. Oran^nsis, Baker. Height 1-1}^ ft.: 

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

 <lark purple, obscurely checkered green. 

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



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

 flushed purple on back and tips, not check- 

 ered. Lycia. B.M. 6.321, erroneously, as /". 



^ franco" 

 J^ shape. 



Height 2- 

 oncave, 

 olitary, 



874. Crown Imperial— Fritillaria Imperialis. 



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

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

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

 (F. Thiinbergii, Miq.) the upper lvs. are often sparse : 

 anthers as long as the filaments ; style lK-2 times as 

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

 yellow-fld. 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 vellow in- 

 side. Turkestan. Gn. 52:1137. 



6. Eutli6nica,Wickst. Height 1-2 ft. : steml-3-fld.: lvs. 

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



tulipifdlia, Bieb. One of the choicest 



;iest kinds. Very distinct. Foliage 



blue: fls. resembling a tulip in 



ad with a chalky look outside. 



•8 in. : stem l-fld. : lvs. 3-4, elliptic, 



nerveless, l^-2Kin. long: fls. 



inside rusty brown-purple, not 



kered, outside dark glaucous blue, 



freaked with the same purple. Caucasus. 



J.M. 5909. 



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

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

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

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

 6363. .J.H. 111.35:83. Var. ftisco-ltltea, Hort., 

 tawny yellow. 



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

 often opposite (while in F. tulipiMia and Armeiia 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." I'an Tiihergev. 



18. SewSrzowi, Regel. Height 1-VA 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. 6-10, green, not checkered, but with a few 

 purple spots outside; filaments purple; anthers green. 



