Fritillaria epirotica, Turrill ex Rix

7. F. epirotica Turrill ex Rix View in CoL , Kew Bull. 30: 160 (1975).

Stem 4-10 cm. Leaves 6-8, somewhat glaucous, the lowest 3-6 cm x 8- 15 mm, sometimes opposite, linear-lanceolate, the rest alternate, linear, the upper sometimes in a whorl of 3. Perianth broadly campanulate, not expanded at the mouth; segments dark brownish-purple outside and without fascia, yellowish and tessellated with reddish-brown inside, the outer 20-25 x 5-7 mm, narrowly oblong, acute, the inner oblanceolate, acute, 8-10 mm wide. Nectaries 10x3 mm, ovate-lanceolate, green, 5 mm above the base of the perianth-segment. Filaments 8-9 mm, papillose; style 8 mm, 3-fid, the branches 3 mm, smooth. Capsule not winged. Serpentine screes, 2500 m. • N. W. Greece. Gr.