526 THE LILT EAMILT. 



An elegant genus, chiefly North American and Asiatic, with 2 or 3 species 

 extending into Europe. 



1. Common Pritillary. Pritillaria ^eleagris, Linn. . 



(Eng. Bot. t. 632. Snake' s-head.) 



Stem a foot high or rather more, with 3 or 4 linear or somewhat lan- 

 ceolate leaves, and a single termmal drooping flower, usually of a dull red, 

 marked inside with more highly coloured, chequered Hues and spots ; the 

 segments oblong, narrowed at both ends, about 1| inches long, the cavity 

 of the inner ones oblong or linear. 



In moist meadows, and pastures, and occasionally in woods, all across 

 central Europe, from France and southern Scandinavia to the Caucasus, re- 

 placed in southern Europe by a closely allied species or variety. Occurs in 

 several parts of England, but perhaps truly wild only in some of the south- 

 ern and eastern counties, and not in Scotland or Ireland. Fl. spring. It 

 varies occasionally with white or yellowish flowers. 



VII. TULIP. TULIPA. 



Bulbous herbs, with a leafy stem, and a single terminal flower (or very 

 rarely two), usually large and erect when fully out. Perianth bell-shaped; 

 the segments free from the base, without any depression in the centre. 

 Stamens free from the perianth; the anthers erect, attached by their base. 

 Capside 3-celled, with several flattish horizontal seeds in each cell, their testa 

 pale and thin. 



A splendid genus, chiefly south European and west Asiatic, mcluding the 

 Tulips of our gardens, which are most of them varieties of the T. Gesiieriana. 



1. TVild Tulip. Tulipa sylvestris, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 63.) 



Stem about a foot high, with 1, 2, or rarely 8 linear-lanceolate leaves, and 

 a smgle terminal yellow flower, drooping in the bud, nearly erect when fully 

 out, and with a faint fragi-ant smell. Perianth-segments narrowed at the 

 base and at the top, about li inches long, the mner ones rather broader 

 than the outer. Stamens about half as long, with a tuft of hairs at the base 

 of the filaments. 



In fields, pastures, and waste places, in central and southern Europe, 

 extending eastward to the Caucasus and northward to southern Scandinavia. 

 Believed to be truly indigenous in some of the eastern counties of England, 

 and occurs, as an introduced plant, in some other localities in England and 

 Scotland. Fl. spring. 



Till. X.X.OVDIA. LLOYDIA. 



A single species, with most of the technical characters of a Tulip, but 

 with the small spreading perianth of the following genera. 



1. raountain Iiloydia. Iiloydia serotiua, Keichenb. 

 {Anthericum, Eng. Bot. t. 793.) 

 B ulb small, with 2 or 3 almost fiUform leaves, 3 or 4 inches long, and a 



