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abroad perianth-segments, with spots as in the type, but less copious and 

 more concentrated towards the centre of the segment. 



Both these varieties came from a small island on the south-east of 

 Nippon (Japan), and were collected by Mr. Maries for Messrs. Veitch. 

 For an account of the other varieties of speciosum see T. Moore in Gard. 

 ■Chron. 1B74, 323. 



L. oxypetalum, Baker. In " Flora of British India," vol. vi. p. 352, 

 'Sir J. D. Hooker, following Royle, refers this to Fritillaria. He separates 

 as a distinct species the plant figured as F. oxypetala in Bot. Mag. t. 4731, 

 which has narrower leaves and smaller flowers than Royle's type, under 

 the name of Fritillaria Stracheyi. L. nanum, Klotzsch, placed by Sir 

 J. D. Hooker as a doubtful species, is, I believe, identical with Fritillaria 

 ■Gardneriana, Wall. 



L. Delavayi, Franch. in Joiirn. de Bot. vi. (1892), 314. Rootstock a 

 long, slender rhizome. Stem slender, pubescent, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves 

 laxly disposed, sessile, ascending, oblanceolate, acute, IJ in. long, J in. 

 Jbroad, varying to linear, about 3 in. long, 3-nerved, densely papillose 

 on the ribs and edges. Flowers usually solitary, rarely 2-3, droop- 

 ing. Perianth openly funnel-shaped, wine-red, 2-3 in. long, with copious 

 brown dots inside ; inner segment oblanceolate, | in. broad ; outer 

 narrower ; nectary glabrous. Stamens half as long as the perianth ; 

 filaments glabrous ; pollen yellow. Style twice as long as the ovary. 



Western China ; Yunnan. Collected in four different stations by 

 Delavay in 1888. The alliance of this is, I think, with oxypetalum. 



L. yunnanense, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 314. Bulb 

 globose, 1| in. diameter ; scales oblong. Stem slender, glabrous, 

 1-2 ft. long. Leaves laxly disposed, sessile, linear, ascending, the longest 

 1^-2 in. long, \ in. broad, with revolute edges. Flowers 1-3, droop- 

 ing, pink, unspotted. Perianth expanding widely, 1^-2 in. long ; outer 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, | in. broad, inner oblong, an inch broad ; 

 nectary glabrous. Stamens not more than half as long as the perianth ; 

 ^anthers \ in. long ; pollen yellow. Style a little longer than the ovary, 

 much overtopping the anthers. 



Western China ; province of Yunnan. Discovered by Abbe Delavay in 

 1887, and since collected by Messrs. Henry and Hancock, at Mengtze, at 

 an elevation of 6,000 ft. A very distinct and pretty little species, allied 

 io L. oxypetalum. 



Section Martagon : Old World. 



L. JanhcR, Kerner in Oester. Bot. Zeit. xxvii. (1877) 402 ; L. pyre- 

 naicum, Baumg. E?ium. Strip. Transyl. i. 304 ; non Gouan. Bulb 2 in. 

 diameter; scales adpressed, lanceolate. Stem 2-3 ft. long, stout, stiffly 

 erect, closely leafy. Leaves ascending, thin, lanceolate, the lower 3 in. 

 long, \ in, broad, the upper growing gradually smaller. Flowers 1-5. 

 Perianth 2 in. long, pale yellow ; segments oblanceolate, unspotted, 

 reflexing from below the middle. Stamens much shorter than the 

 perianth ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Pistil above an inch long. Capsule 

 oblong- turbinate, with a distinct neck, 1\ in. long. 



