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L ILIUM longiflorum; (B, suaveolem. 



Sweet-scented Chinese lAly. 



HEXANDUIA MOSOGYNIA, 



Nat, ord. LiLiA. Jusdeu gen, 49, 



LlUACKS. Brown MSS. 

 LILIUM. Suprd voL 2. foL 132. 



L. hngiflorum, foliis sparsis lanceolatis, corollis tubulato^campanulatis, 



caule glabra. Thvnb, in tram, linn, soc, 2. 333. 

 Lilium longiflorum. Willd. sp. pL 2. 84. 

 lilium candidum. Thunb. jap. 133; (mmaliamm)^ 

 Biakko vulgb Juri. K^smpf, antcm, 871? 

 (0) suaveolens : unifiorum. 



Caulis pedaiis ulirdque diametroferi penntB scriptoruB^ spar^m dimtiwque 

 folioius, giaber, Fol, sessilia^ patentissimat angustiOs lanceolaiat glabra, 

 nervosat nertfis tribus cmtspicaioribus^ 3-4r^ncialia latitudine quater qnin- 

 quiesve minaref acuminata, plana, ntringue attenuata, intervallis plmimdm 

 langiora* Pedunculus (individui pr^sentisj solitarius, ierminalis, un^hrvM, 

 erectus, 3-uncialis, robustus atque canle parum tenuior, nvdu9, Flos can- 

 didus, nutans, elongato-campanulatus, ^uncialis v. ultri, sexpartitns, laci- 

 niis elongato-spathulatis acutis, interioribus sublatioribus cum nervo medio 

 verticali extetiore simplici praminente sulco interiari ufrinque marginato 

 rcspandente, lamtnd ovali-lanceolat& unciam circd transversa, exterionim | 

 drca latiare; tubus ex unguibus angustis el&ngatis imbricato-cohBrentibus 

 (faadli solvendis) ctmjlatus, chhyroleMm, 3-nervis, diametro circd pennm 

 ohrinas, limbo €Bgualis, supernc versOs lemmmh dikUescem; limbus turbinatO' 

 recarvus, Fil. laxi^ fasciculata, suprd curve brevi assurgentia, coroUd (imo 

 cujus fundo inserta) i cifvd bretiora, gradlia, alba; anUi. vitelliruB, vibra- 

 tiles, oblongs, post pollinis dejluxum subtrotundce. Stylus istomm aqui- 

 longus dnplo tamen robustiar, triqueter, aJbus% stigma capitato-trilobum, 

 lobis camosis crams brevity coatis pruinosis repltcatis, canaliado obsoleto 

 notatis. Germ, viride, elangato-oblmgum, dnplo brevius stylo, 3-sulahtri- 

 gonum angulis obtusis cum lined medi& depress^. 



LiLiOM longiflorum^ of Japan, was originally deemed 

 by Thunberg the same with the Common White Lily of our 

 gardens (L. candidumj ; but was afterwards separated, and 

 if longiflorum is of the same species with the present, which 

 we believe it to be from the description, there could exist 

 no reason for uniting the two when they had been com- 

 pared. 



As that botanist speaks of flowers ^ in describing his 

 longiflorum, it would follow that his plant had more than 



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