FRITILLARY: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the hexandria clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 10th order, Coronarie. The corolla is hexapetalous and campanulated, with a nectariferous cavity above the heel in each petal; the stamens are as long as the corolla. There are five species, all of thin bulbous-rooted flowery perennials, producing annual stalks from about one foot to a yard or more high, terminated by large, bell-shaped, lilaceous flowers, of a great variety of colours. They are all propagated by offsets, which they furnish abundantly from the sides of their roots, and which may be separated every second or third year; they are hardy plants, and will thrive in any of the common borders.

FRUULI, a province of Italy, subject to Venice, and bounded by Carinthia in Germany on the north, by Carniola on the east, by the Gulph of Venice on the south, and by the Bellunese and Feltrin on the west.