FKITILLAEIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



FKITILLAEIA 



of "Stink Lilies." They are easily several garden varieties with fancy 

 increased by means of offsets. names. 



Fig. liO.—FrUillaria imperialis, seed-pods. (J.) 



P. involuorata. — A species from 

 the Maritime Alps about 1 ft. high, 

 having whorls of narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves and wine - purple flowers 

 slightly tessellated. 



p. Karelin! {Rhinopetolum Rare- 

 lini). — An Asiatic species about 6 ins. 

 high, with broad stem - clasping 

 leaves, and terminal racemes of 

 nodding bell-shaped flowers about 

 1 in. deep, produced late in autumn 

 or in spring according to the time of 

 planting. The blossoms are pale 

 purple with deeper purple spots and 

 veins, and a greenish-yellow nectary- 

 hollow at the base of each segment. 

 (,Bot. Mag. t. 6406.) 



P. lanceolata. — A native of N.W. 

 America, 1 to 1^ ft. high, with lance- 

 shaped leaves in whorls, and sombre 

 wine-purple coloured flowers. 



P. latlfolla. — A variable Caucasian 

 Fritillary about 1 ft. high, with 

 drooping flowers varying in colour 

 through various shades of purple, 

 black, lilac, and yellow. There are 



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Fig. 151. — Fritillaria lanceolata. 



The best known is F. lutea, 6 to 

 12 ins. high, with alternate huear 

 lance-shaped leaves, and solitary 

 drooping yeUow flowers more or 

 less tinged with purple, produced in 

 April and May (B'ot. Mag. tt. 1207, 

 1538; Belg. HoH. i. 49; Red. Lil. 

 i. 57). 



P. macrandra.— A native of the 

 Island of Syra, with oblong lance- 

 shaped fleshy leaves, and purple 

 flowers covered with a glaucous 

 bloom outside, but yellow and 

 blotched vidth green within. 



P. Meleagrls (Snake's Head).—1h]s 

 distinct and pretty species grows 

 wild in parts of England in moist 

 meadows. It is 12 to 18 ins. high, 

 with flat linear leaves 6 to 8 ins. 

 long, and usually solitary drooping 

 flowers 1^ ins. deep in April and May, 



