Fritillaria.] clvi. liwaoeje. (J. D. Hffqker.) 353 



segments elliptic ovate acute, bearded above the nectary. Lilium oxypeta- 

 lum, Baker in Joum. Limn. Soe. xiv. 234; Elwes Monog. HI. t. 4, left-hand 

 fig. ? F. triceps, Klotzsch Bot. Beis. Pr. Wald. 63, t. 93. 



Western Himalaya ; Kunawar, iJoyie ; Kumaon, alt. 12,500 ft., Straohey &■ 

 Winterbottom ; Garwhal and W. Nepal, alt. 10-11,000 ft., Buthie. 



Bull 2 in. long ; scales few, subequal, lanceolate, acuminate, outer membranous, 

 inner fleshy. Stem 12-18 in., stout. Leaves li-3 by f in. Flowers purple. 

 Segments li-2 in., long. Style shorter than the ovary, stigma capitate, 3-lobed. 

 Capsule 1 in., broadly oblong. — The flowers of F. triceps are described as white. 



2. P. Stracheyl, Hook. f. ; leaves narrowly Hnear, flowers solitary, 

 perianth-segments elliptic-ovate acute bearded above the nectary. JP. 

 oxypetala, Mook. Bot. Mag. t. 4731 ; Lemavre Jard. Flev/r. t. 422. 



Tempeeate Himalaya ; Kumaon, Strachey (Hort. Kew) ; West Nepal, alt. 

 12-13,000 ft., Duthie ; Sikkim, alt. 9-10,000 ft., /. D. H. 



Bull) as in F. oxypetala, but much smaller. Stem 6-12 in., slender. Leaves 4-6 

 by i-i in. ; radical linear-lanceolate, long-petioled, obtuse. Flowers pale purple 

 speckled within below the middle ; segments 1 in. long. Style aa long as the 

 ovary. 



3. r. Gardneriana, Wall. Cat, 5080; leaves narrowly linear, 

 dowers solitary, perianth-segments obovate-spathulate obtuse naked above 

 the nectary. Baker in Joum. lAnn. Soc. xiv. 265. 



Tbmperati; Himalaya ; Central Nepal, Wallich; Western Nepal, alt. 

 12-13,000 ft., Duthie. 



Bulbs as in F. Straoheyi. Stem slender. Leaves 2-6 by J-J in. Flowers more 

 infundibular than in the preceding species, with narrower segments, which are 

 obtuse and only % in. long. Style rather lunger than the ovary. 



** Flowers few or many. Perianth broadly cam/panulate. Stigma 

 trifid, lobes spreading truncate. 



4. P. Roylei, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 860 ; leaves whorled or opposite linear- 

 lanceolate acuminate straight, flowers solitary or few nodding tessellate, 

 nectary broad naked. Baker in Jowm, lAnn. Soc. xiv. 257. F. verticillata, 

 Wall. Cat. 5079 B, 0, D (not of Willd.) ; Soyle III. 387, t. 92, f. 2. F. 

 Gulielmi-Waldemarii, Klotssch Bot. Reis. Pr. Wald. 53, t. 92. 



Western Temperate Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 8-12,000 ft. 

 Western Tibet, Thomson. 



Bulb depressed, scales membranous. Stem 1-2 ft., naked below. Leaves 2-4 by 

 i~H in., opposite or 3-6 in a whorl, subereot. Flowers lJ-2in.long, campanulate, 

 yellow green, tessellated with dull purple, siegments ^-f in. broad. Stamens half 

 the length of the perianth. Capsule, obovoid, obtusely angled. 



5. P. cirrliosa, Don Prodn: 51 ; lower leaves opposite, upper 

 whorled uppermost with oirrhose tips, flowers 1-2 tessellate, nectary 

 broad naked. Kunth Frvum. iv. 253 ; Baker in Joum. Limn. Soc. xiv. 257. 

 F. verticillata, Wall. Cat. 6079 A {not of Willd.). 



Cbntral and Eastern Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 11-16,000 ft:, 

 J.D.'S. 



Very nearly allied to F. Eoylei, and perhaps, as Wallich believed, a variety of 

 that, plant, the leaves are however larger and narrower and the uppermost have 

 cirrhose tips, 



6. P. Imperialls, Linn. Sp. PI. 303 ; leaves crowded lanceolate lower 



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