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180 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 60
Fig. 3. Pritillaria Roylei, Hook. Boyle's Fritillaria.
A hairless, bulbous herb. Bulb small, globose, scales membranous.
Stem 6-24: in. high, erect, unbranched, naked below,
often mottled green and reddish brown. Leaves 3-6 in a
whorl or opposite, linear-lance-shaped, 2-5 by s-i in., the
lowest ones sometimes 1-li in. broad, tips of the upper leaves
often linear and hooked. Flowers nodding, terminal, solitary
or 2-4 in a short raceme. Perianth 1-li in. long, bell-shaped ;
segments 6, distinct, yellow-green, chequered with dull purple,
each with a large gland at the base, tips rounded, not bent
back. Stamens 6, at the base of the perianth-segments, and
much shorter. Anthers linear-oblong, attached at the base.
Ovary oblong, 3-celled. Style thick, straight, divided at the
top into 3 short, pointed lobes. Capsule inversely egg-shaped,
f-f in., bluntly 6-angled. Seeds many, small, flattened,
slightly winged.
Flowers. April to July.
Locality. Tangmarg, forest, 8,000 ft. and upwards ;
Gulmarg, 8,600-8,700 ft. Khelanmarg, 10,000 ft. ; ; Tosh
Maidan on steep, stony hill-side, 9,600 ft. ; Basam Gali, in
Juniper tract, above 10,000 ft. ; Astan Marg ; Zojpal.
Distribution. W. temperate Himalaya, 8,000-13,000 ft.,
from Kashmir to Kurnaon.
Pritillaria imperialis, Linn. Crown Imperial. Frontispiece.
Bulb large, globose, of broad, obtuse, gibbous, fleshy,
yellowish scales, strong-smelling. Stern 3-4 ft. high, robust,
naked below. Leaves crowded, 6-10 by 1-2 in., lance-shaped,
lower opposite, blunt, upper longer, sharp-pointed, often 10 in
a whorl. Flowers 5-8 in an umbel, yellow or brick red, not
tessellate. Bracts leafy, whorled, erect, linear, Perianth
2-2i in. long ; segments f-lj in. broad. Filaments flattened
below. Capsule 2 in. long, inversely egg-shaped, almost
6-winged.
Flowers.
Fruits.
May.
June.
Locality. Below Gulmarg, big rocks on hill-side above
5,000 ft., common near Shirazia
; Bagh ; Gadsar, in shady
places.
Distribution. Kashmir, 7,000-9,000 ft., westwards to
Kurdistan.
EREMURUS, Bieb,
Fig. 4. Eremurus himalaicus, Baker.
A stately hairless herb. Leaves 1-3 ft. by i-3 in., flat.
Flowering stem and raceme very stout, 3-5 ft. long. Bracts