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XCir. LILIACE^. 



iFritill 



ana. 



X 



two on each stem. — ^^Tame : from tolihun^ the Persian name for 

 a turhan^ whose gay colours are similar to those of the tulip 

 {Theis?) 



1. T, sylvestris L. (loild Tulip) ; stem 1 -flowered somewhat 

 drooping, leaves of the perianth ovate-acuminate bearded at 

 the extremity, stamens hairy at the base, stigma obtuse. E. B, 

 t. 63. 



Chalk-pits in Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, and Middlesex; 

 meadows near Doncaster, Yorkshire. In Scotland, near Hamihon 

 and Brechin ; and in an old quarry at Bennie Craig, near Linlithgow ; 

 Petreavie, Otterstone, and Pitcidlo Castle, Fifeshire. 1/.. 4. — Flowers 

 yellow, fra<:^rant<. Anthers and pollen yellow. Leaves linear-lanceolate. 

 The wild Tulip increases by throwing out a lone; stout fibre from its 

 root, at the extremity of which a hulb appears. Thus a new individual 

 Is planted at a considerable distance from the parent. 



14. Fkitillauia Linn. Fritillary. 



depression near the base. 

 above the base in front. 

 S-celled, 3-valved, oblong. 



Capsule 



Perianth campanulate, of 6 pieces, each with a nectariferous 



Anthers attached to the filament 

 Style 3-cleft at the apex. 

 Seeds flat.— Name apparently from 

 fritillus^ a dice-hox^ the chequered colours in the flower resem- 

 bling the board upon which the dice are thrown. 



1. F. Meledgris L. (common F. or Snake' s-head)-^ stem sin- 

 gle-flowered, leaves alternate linear-lanceolate, points of the 

 perianth inflexed, nectary linear. E. B. t. 622. 



Meadows and pastures, principally in the east and south of Eng- 

 land. If.. 4. — Varies with white flowers. Specific name derived 

 from the Numidia Meleagris, or Pintado^ whose plumage is chequered 

 in a somewhat similar manner. 



{Lilium Martagon L. has been established in some parts of the 

 country, and figured in E. B. S. t. 2799, and L. Pyrenaicum has 

 been observed in hedges near Mollond, North Devon; but neither 

 have any right to be admitted into our Flora.) 



Ord. XCV. MELANTHACE^ R. Brown. 



Perianth petalold, 6-partite or tubular by the cohesion of the 

 claws of the segments, which are often rolled imvard before ex- 

 pansion. Stamens 6, perigynous. Anthers attached below the 

 middle, at first turned outwards, but sometimes afterwards in- 

 wards by resupination. Ovary free, with 3 cells and many 



Stijle partly or entirely divided into 3. Stigmas un- 



Integument of the 



Alhumen 



seeds. 



divided, Capstdes separable into 3 valves. 



seeds neither black nor crustaceous, but membranous. 



firm, fleshy. — Root sometimes bidbous. Leaves sheathing at the 





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