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flowers in a terminal raceme. Perianth bell-shaped, with distinct segments 
as in Tulipa, but the 3 inner segments have near their base a nectariferous 
cavity. Stamens inserted at the very base of the perianth, the anthers 
attached a little above their base. Capsule as in Zulipa. 
An elegant genus, chiefly North American and Asiatic, with 2 or 3 
species extending into Europe. 
EF. Meleagris, Linn. (fig. 1035). Common Fritillary, Snake’s-head. 
—Stem a foot high or rather more, with 3 or 4 linear or somewhat Jan- 
ceolate leaves, and a single terminal drooping flower, usually of a dull red, 
marked inside with more highly coloured, chequered lines and spots; the 
segments oblong, narrowed at both ends, about 134 inches long, the cavity of 
the inner ones oblong or linear, 
In moist meadows, and pastures, and occasionally in woods, all across 
central Europe, from France and southern Scandinavia to the Caucasus, re- 
placed in southern Europe by a closely allied species or variety. Occurs in 
several parts of England, but perhaps truly wild only in some of the 
_ southern and eastern counties, and not in Scotland or Ireland. Fl. spring. 
It varies occasionally with white or yellowish flowers. 
' VIII. TULIPA. TULIP. 
Bulbous herbs, with a leafy stem, and a single terminal flower (or very 
rarely two), usually large and erect when fully out. Perianth bell-shaped ; 
the segments free from the base, without any depression in the centre. 
Stamens free from the perianth ; the anthers erect, attached by their base. 
Capsule 3-celled, with several flattish horizontal seeds in each cell, their 
testa pale and thin. 
A splendid genus, chiefly south European and west Asiatic, including the 
Tulips of our gardens, which are most of them varieties of 7’. Gesneriana. 
1. ©. sylvestris, Linn. (fig. 1036). Wild Tulip.—Stem about a foot 
high, with 1, 2, or rarely 3 linear-lanceolate leaves, and a single terminal 
yellow flower, drooping in the bud, nearly erect when fully out, and with 
a faint fragrant smell. Perianth-segments narrowed at the base and at 
the top, about 13 inches long, the inner ones rather broader than the outer. 
Stamens about half as long, with a tuft of hairs at the base of the 
filaments. 
In fields, pastures, and waste places, in central and southern Europe, 
extenaing eastward to the Caucasus and northward to Holland. Indi- 
genous in some of the eastern and southern counties of England, intro- 
duced in some others, /l, spring. 
IX. LLOYDIA, LLOYDIA. 
A single species, with most of the technical characters of Zulipa, but 
with the small spreading perianth of the following genera. 
1. L. serotina, Reichenb. (fig. 1037). Mountain Lloydia.—Bulb 
~small, with 2 or 3 almost filiform leaves, 3 or 4 inches long, and a slender 
stem, about the same height, bearing 2 or 3 short narrow leaves and a 
_ single terminal white flower. Perianth-segments about 4 or 5 lines long, 
spreading, broadly oblong, marked inside with 3 longitudinal reddish lines, 
