612 



FRITILLARIA 



greenish yellow ; has a broadly bell-shaped, smaller tl., 

 which is even earlier and has smaller glands. 



4. verticilUta, Willd. ( F. 1 eur a ntl) a .F'lsch.). This and 

 No. 5 are distine:uished from Nos G-10 by the greater 

 height of the former and their Ivs. curled at the tips 

 into tendrils. Height 1'.; ft. : stems often 1-, sometimes 

 2 5-fld. : fls. white or yelfow, never checkered or spotted. 



874. Crown Imperial— Fritillaria Imperialis. 



Altai Mts. B.M. 308::!. — In the type the Ivs. are numer- 

 ous, 20-40 ; anthers barely half as long as the tilaments: 

 style no longer than the ovary, but in var. Thunbergii 

 (F. TJinnhenjil, Miq.) the upper Ivs. are often sparse ; 

 anthers as long as tlie filaments ; style ^%-Z times as 

 long as the ovary. G.(j. II. ]:J:532. It is doubtful if the 

 yeilow-fld. form is cult. 



5. Waluj^wi, Kegel. Probably belongs here, as its Ivs. 

 have tendrils. It is the only kind that is Hilver-white 

 outside and crimson-brown spotted white or yellow in- 

 side. Turkestan. Gn. .'j2.11.'i/. 



C. Huth6iiica,Wickst. Heighn-2ft. : stem l-;t-fld. : Ivs. 

 6-20: Ms. livid purple, obscurely checkered. Caucasus. 



FIHTILLARIA 



7-0. latifolia, Willd., and its allies F. lutea, Mi 

 and F. aiirea, WchotC. These three names may be t; 

 as representing: the 3 well-marked type.s of color: F. 

 folia representing the extreme of dark purple and g 

 without yellow ; F. aurra, at the other extreme, b 

 essentially yellow, the checker marks smaller and i 

 sharply defined, and the colors of the brightest 

 Infea an intermediate form, essentially yellow, 

 greenish, and with the purple checker-marks dulh 

 color and not so sharply defined and regular. In 

 sense the pictures may be referred to the types as 

 lows : B.M. 8o3 and 1207 to F. lailfolla; B.M. 15: 

 F. lutea; B.M. 7374, R.H. 1S78, p. 287, Gn. 42:807,, 

 TIL 28:3r)7, and probably Gt. 840, Fig. 1 (not seen bi 

 author) to F. aiirea. F. latifolia represents the exti 

 width of Ivs., and F. aurea is said to differ in ha" 

 the lower Ivs. often M'horled. All these grow }^- 

 high. One of the most anciently cultivated of allF. 

 aries is F. lutea, which is found promiscuo 

 mingled with the wider-leaved form, both wild and < 

 At present the most popular of the three is proh 

 F. aurea, which began a new era of prosperity a 

 1894 with its reintroduction by Leichtlin. All flov 

 in the T'aucasns region. The Dutch bulb-grower; 

 vertise 10 varieties of F. latifolia. 



10. pallidifldra, Schrenk. Allied to 1 

 12, but with more numerous, broader 

 and larger fls. Height 6-15 in.: Ivs. ^ 

 Hs. 1-6. Siberia. B.M. 6725 (green, w 

 few dark purple spots). Gt. 1857:209. 1 

 1880, p. 215. G.C. II. 19:573. -"Paleyell 

 \'<i ii Tubergen. 



11. meleagroides, Patrim. {F. tiu 

 Ledeb. ) . Height 1-2 ft. : stem very slet 

 mostly 1-lid. : Ivs. .3-6, narrowly linear: 

 dark purple, spotted green; anthers a1 

 the length of the filaments. ^Y. Sih 

 B.M. 3280. 



12. Pyrenaiea, Linn. Height 1-1^2 

 mostly 1 -fid. : Ivs. 6-10, linear, glaucous 

 dark pur].de, spotted green ; anthers 

 fifths the length of the filaments. Pyrei 

 B.M. 664, not 952 or 1216. 



13. Oran^nsis, Baker. Height 1-1}^ 

 lower Ivs. lanceolate: upper Ivs. linear 

 dark purple, obscurely checkered gi 

 Mt. Gran. G.C. II. 1:!:3,1L 



14. filwesii, Boiss. Lvs. 5-0: fls. gi 

 flushed purple on back and tips, not cl 

 ered. Lycia. B.M. 6321, erroneously, r 

 a<-iHopetala . 



15. tulipiiblia, Bieb. One of the cho 

 and daintiest kinds. Very distinct. Fo 

 glaucous blue: fls. resembling a tuli 

 shapje, and with a chalky look out 

 Height 2-8 in. : stem 1-fld. : Ivs. 3-4, elli 

 concave, nerveless, lV2-2x'2in. long: 

 solitary, inside rusty brown-purple, 

 checkered, outside dark glaucous 

 streaked with the same purple. Cauc! 

 B.M. 5969. 



16. Arm^na, Boiss. Height 6-12 in. : 

 1-fid. : lvs. 4-5, lower lanceolate, uppe 

 ear: fls. between funnel- and bell-shi 

 dark purple, not checkered. Armenia. 

 6365. J.H. 111.35:83. Var. fusco-ltltea, P 

 tawny yellow. 



17. pudica, Spreng. Lvs. 3-6, lower ones strap-shi 

 often opposite (while in F. fidiplfolia and Annma 

 are alternate), upper ones linear: fls. pale or darl> 

 low, rarely purple, never checkered. N. W. Amer. 

 I3:13;i. R.H. 1895, p. 229. G.C. HI. 10:403. J.H 

 32:295. Mn. 4:49. — The stamens (as in Nos. 14 an 

 are nearly as long as the perianth. "Deep orangt 

 low, fragrant." I'aii Tubergen . 



18. Sew6rzowi, Prgel. Height 1-1^^^ ft. : lowes 

 lorate-lauceolale, 1 in. wide, often opposite, uppe] 

 lanceolate, 6-7-nerved, 3-4 in. long: pedicels 3-6 

 long: fls. 6-10, green, not checkered, but with i 

 purple spots outside; filaments purple; anthers g 



