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i, Ffd^i'cAiffFii'Fir and L- nUffhfriitr'af, at any rafe, do nol commence ^rnjwlh lill t\ie mma hpnin in June, hthI 

 ripen thpir wed in midwiiilpr, when all the LiJio of ti^miicratc chinc& hnv? gnufl to real. 



'^Mlh te^anl to /,. fanr^u^upji, we iinJ wrtain chmaotrri of babit wbieh itKia to kiTp it flji-irt fium otliw 

 JjlicB. First, jthu, like £ j^i^fnm, Ffavca of tm> different cla^!^!i:—lirAt. tbebatAl IcBVc^uhich arebonieon the 

 neiTKBlealn Ibe centre of ibc bulb, and oppcar 4^arly in ^iiliimn, coincidLiiE wilb the |ictiofl of autamnnl ratn^ in 

 the couultiea lo whii-h il i<j supposed to be indi^erLaii'i ; anil, ^irduitdlj', ihc ^letU'Iearca, nLiieb fire borae on Tlii; 

 flowering filcra. Ami tio nol appear till the Ija^nl leaves ore willierin^. 'LTii: ffimEir-i uhn of lliis l-ily ure iiol quite 

 similar iit form lo iIioko of ihe KiHiio" or any olher group ; so thai llie |daiLl -ntnia la hatr ^nmc daiiu lo 

 aubgenJ'ric ltislin[:lian, 



L IfaiiiHiflouiamn: ivilh ilg varieJy or '^ub^pecies L. fnij-i/rfii. and a newiy'di^covcii^d idiuil, 

 L. I'<"r\,i, ibnufili rr^iiiiblntg ihe Eir/u-rM grnu]> lo a OL-rTnin tid.-nt in th^ir flowera, ate so dilferent in 

 the atnicture of Iheir bulbs, EltaL thsy muiil ako atjind in n group ajmrt from Buy othtr. 



The iniil Fpclion ia .-TrWif /jW^h &r Baler, iu wbich ItL' includefl L. liiiritvn. tpfc'mum. mralnm. and oi-ifpelahn. 

 Tbia doe', iiDl appear to lue a icry natural group, t- If^iiifi f^mn^ to Jinve nioie in cnmmou "ich lUe 

 Marllgimft, Wbilfti Lliyprlafsm ifl ftu alK-rrant fono, (lilTcnLlE euUTi^\j in bulb anil liibil.mid haTinir nntbiiig 

 but tbp |H>i1]u]i of the iloWi-Ti to bring il near iim^fnm. If this H-clioii ia Id Etand, I think it aboulil include 



I., jaiiofi'tim^ \iliLcii i> cerl.iiiilj' iii^artr lo nuriUtin ib^n lo the Eiilirioii I^liia. 



Tbc ncit ■^idw-niif, is A&^iVi^/j uf Jlaher, iucluiliug all titc plants wilb ensel flowcr-v nnd f.ik^itp 

 Mgnienlti not i^fle^ed, Fcpuf qf the apeda comprising it ^ii. bntbi/crum, croce'm. flf^ns. and diruric^,^. a™ 

 ao nrarJy allied Ibal theT bavc been conaidcrcd, wilh mucb rejsun, as ojilj sub-juc^ies, and run ho pio^iy inio 

 eacb oUier l]iai il i.1 impnssible lo dLilinaiii-li -I. Ill,, of iho earil^n varietus ami iivbi^d^ \yU\ch tbiy Jiave 

 produced. T1li-^i" planu, again, maj bo caltid pL-rLELcnalb— propagating ibemm-I.DH comlanlly by laeiina of 

 ofl^rtP as ntn ,is by ^e^, wliieli are ^f^y sparingly produ&^d eillicr in rullivi-tlou 01, ui it i^-ems. iu iiMure. 



Tlie other fnnr plants included In Ihc section by Ma. It-sth, Liaiutly A. crnK'^tor. L. t^'^h^flpfil^'iK. 

 L. CaUsh^i, and /^ mnto/aJrj, aro, ai^ re^fflrds their floivcra. fjiirly unifinTii iviib ihc t^lbl/.rum (£ri>iLp, 

 bul in Iheir bolba and habii very diflaiuiilar, havinif individual pi.i!iiliaririea of oouHlilizrah],; imporiiinee, wlnrh 

 art alluded to in dclall in tha tcit of ibia wnrk, ami ivh»;ii jire pr.tbably modificatioufi of^lnicture, inlluLili^ly 

 conneded *Uh Ihc ualuml coiidiliuiiE under "liicb thuy grow. L. Ca/rV^i ii. a ^mall, dL-liejilo apeciea, 

 confined to a viry n.irniw nnL^e as regards ila di^ribaliun, and probably nol filled to ^urvjn: in Ibc 

 BtrvggLe for enlalmcc with oilier plmils. 



In Ihc cow of /,. f'.^^hid/i, if iliL ver> Uniited materiaU on whitb our Itunmird^ of tbc plani \= 

 bued do not raifllead ud, we huvc a ■.pptiea resembling [he othera hith which ii ia grouped in nrttliing bul 

 Ihc portion of Ibc ffoiitrs, hut ao uearly allied lo L avtnaeeua in every other rL'vp,s:i. ibiti I carniol help 

 Buspecling an abnoiinal eondiilnn of Ihe s|«^tiunii', on whicli il «ai fnunded. [f not, T cj.n only aay ih>r, 

 however sjL«rD.aUc Ihe ftubjanu.-, may b. «liich inolud., it, it i. not uaturah and the ease ivould tend 

 lo ahaw thai the position of ih? dowers i* not in all ca^es a ebarutier on which inueJ] reUauce can bn placpj. 



Tin? lBi,t and nitol numcwua uetion of Liliea ia called iUarfa^u by Endjjoheb, and iuclndea all Ihoi-e 

 ^iihcLiraunuB flowers add mucb-rccuned tegmenta. Il may be again auWiyided into the Ainmcan jr^up, with 

 rbizoioBtaua or irregolar bulb*, like L. eauade^tf and £. ff^N^Jci. and into Ihe Old-WorM BfiUf- "iih «jlid 

 KpUar hulfe, like Hau^oKS, ^^^drlph^m. aud cia:t:fd<,mf«m. Bul here, ogain. wc ha-c «Tcral pliuil, iHfi^eHain? 

 characlen* which Trill nol alJou Ihpm lo fall inlo nliat would be olhtrwihe a very eonTenieql arrangcrnLiit- 

 i- l^i^hlJiKi brmg Hkuch more akid ID L. tiyvKim than lo the trne ^ra^agocis aud L. It^u./^i,,,^ nnl only 



having a quite peculiar bulb-^lruHure, bul being, oa ICgarda ita dumlion. liltle mnre than a trie B^ whiJsi 



othe™, »neh a= mMjrfrijiA^p, and yjyrfjwv-*, take eight w icii ,em lo develop from ^ted into flo-rring planbi. 



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