LILTACE.E. 



851 



adnate to the surface, with a minute 

 bract under the flower. Berries red. 



In woods and bushy places, in west 

 central and southern Europe, extending 

 eastward to the Caucasus and north- 

 ward to Belgium, but not into Germany. 

 Abundant in some of the southern coun- 

 ties of England, but not truly wild in 

 northern England, Scotland, or Ireland. 

 Fl. spring. 



Fig. 1022. 



VII. FRITILLARY. FBITILLAMA. 



Bulbous herbs, with a leafy stem, and one or more rather long, 

 drooping flowers in a terminal raceme. Perianth bell-shaped, with 

 distinct segments as in Tulip, 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 

 Tulip. 



An elegant genus, chiefly North American and Asiatic, with 2 or 3 

 species extending into Europe. 



1. Common Fritillary. Fritillaria Meleagris 3 Linn. 

 (Fig. 1023.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 622. Snake s -head.) 



Stem a foot high or rather more, with 3 or 4 linear or somewhat 

 lanceolate 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 \\ 

 inches long, the cavity of the inner ones oblong or linear. 



