FRITILLARIA PERSICA, Nob.
F R IT IL L A R IA , Linn.
Sectio THERESIA, C. Koch, in Linncea, vol. 22, p. 233.
Antherse basi profunde excavata affixce. Stylus apice truncato-papillulosus. Capsulse obtuse trigones.
Flores in racemunt elotigatum ebracteatum digesti.
FRITILLARIA PERSICA, Linn., Spec. — Red., JLil.y tab. 67. — Bot. Mag., tab. i 537. — Ledeb., Flor., Ross.,
vol. 4 9 p. *47.
FRITILLARIA MAXIMA, FLORE OBSOLETE PURPUREO, T0Urn.,’/>K/.^ p. '377.
L ilidm persicum sive susianum, C. Baub., ex Tourn.
T heresia persica, C. Koch, 1. cit., p. a33.
Bulbus ovoideus, tunicatus, i i/a-pollicaris,' tunicis albidis, membranaceis, subscariosis, enerviis. Gaulis 1-2-pedalis,
subteres, foliosus', basi et secus apicem nudus. Folia glauca, erecta, obliqua, striatula, inferiora liguliformia v. lanceolato-
oblonga, obtusa, superiora sensim angustiorasumma lanceolato-linearia, acuta, subverticillata. R acemus laxus, in spe-
cimine obvio semi-pedalis. Pedicelli elongati, sparsi, sub anthesi arcuato-deflexi, perinde assurgentes. Perianthium 6-7
lineas longum, lato-campanulatum, deciduum. Segmenta subsequalia, obovato-oblonga, obtusa, superne divergentia. Stamina
perianthio dimidio breviora. F ilamenta capillaria, anthera longiora. Antherse oblongae, apiculatse. Ovarium oblongum, tri—
gonum. Stylus filiformis, crassiusculus, perianthium paululo superans, apice subclavatus. Fructus non suppedit. (Deseriptio
ad specimen unicum Aucheri.)
Armenia, ad montem Ararat, legit cel. C. Roch, et verisimiliter ibidem Aucher-Eloy! (Herb. Mus.
Par., absque numero et notitia loci natalis.)
F ritillaria prrsica minor, Gawl. (in B o t. M ag. tab. 961), speciem alteram optime distinctam ejusdem sub-
generis sistere videtur.