606 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
was introduced in 1605. The others now in cultivation have all been 
introduced within the nineteenth century; including F. lutea, from the 
Caucasus, 1812; F. tenella, from the Maritime Alps, 1867; F. recwrva, 
from California, 1870; F. tulipifolia, from the Caucasus, 1872; F. 
Hookeri, from Sikkim, 1878; and F. pallidiflora, from Siberia, 1880. 
FRITILLARIA ARMENA (Armenian). Stem 6 inches high. 
Leaves lance-shaped. Flowers solitary, yellow. Introduced 
from Asia Minor, 1878. 
F. Hooxert (Hooker’s). Stem 6 inches high. Leaves slender, 8 
inches long. Flowers about an inch long, pale lilac, in a raceme; 
July. 
F. IMPERIALIS (imperial). The Crown Imperial. Stem 3 feet high. 
Leaves lance-shaped in a series of whorls, about midway up the stem, 
which is also terminated by a tuft of leaves above the flowers. Flowers 
drooping, varying from yellow to crimson, in a whorl beneath the 
terminal leaves; April. There is a double var. flore pleno; var. purpurea, 
with purplish flowers; var. variegata, with yellow-bordered leaves; and 
several florists’ varieties. 
F. LuTEA (yellow). Stem 6 to 12 inches high. Leaves slender, 
lance-shaped, alternate. Flowers solitary, drooping, yellow, tinged with 
purple; April and May. 
F. MELEAGRIS (Guinea-fowl). Snake’s Head; Common Fritillary. 
Stem 1 foot high. Leaves alternate, long and slender. Flowers solitary, 
rarely twin, 14 inch long, pale and dark purple in a small eheckered 
pattern; April. Plate 283. There are white (var. alba) and double- 
flowered (var. flore pleno) varieties. 
F. PALLIDIFLORA (pale -flowered). Stem 9 inches high. Toares 
glaucous, large. Flowers pale yellow, the interior checkered; May. 
F. persica (Persian). Stem 3 feet high. Leaves lance-shaped. 
Flowers faintly scented, small, deep violet-blue or dull purple, in 
racemes; April and May. 
F. pupica (chaste). Stem 6 to 9 inches high. Leaves very slender, 
glaucous, alternate. Flowers dark yellow, usually solitary, occasionally 
twin; May. Native of North-West America. 
E. PYRENAICA (Pyrenean). Stem 14 foot high. Flowers large, 
plum-coloured, yellow within, netted with brown; Fane. 
F. RECURVA (recurved). Stem 2 feet high. . Leaves lance-shaped. 
Flowers large, bright scarlet, the perianth-segments curved back ; solitary 
in the axils; stem one- to nine-flowered; May. 
F. TULIPIFOLIA (Tulip-leaved). ace slender. Lower leaves reduced 
to sheaths; upper ones elliptic, lance-shaped, concave. Flowers solitary, 
Principal Species, 
