Seilla.] CLVI. LILIACE&. (J. D. Hooker.) 349 
oa” especially near the sea. CEYLON, at Trincomalee, Genie.—DreTRIB. 
ssinia. 
Bulb 1-2 in. diam. Leaves 3-6 in., very variable in breadth, petioled or not, 
often recurved, tips after reaching the ground bulbiferous, green or blotched with 
black, Scape 2-6 in.; raceme cylindric, 30-50 fid., pedicels 1-4 in.; bracts 
minute. Flowers greenish purple; filaments purple; ovary stipitate.—I can find 
no characters of L. maculata. 
2. S. Hohenackeri, Fisch. & Mey. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1838, i. 
256 ; leaves linear, raceme few or many-fd., perianth Z in. diam. Baker 
m Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 244; Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 227. S. cernua 
var. pluriflora, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. 157. Hyacinthus purpureus, Grif. 
Notul, 242; Ae, Pl. Asiat. t. 275. . 
The PansaB; Zc. Falconer; Rawul Pindee, at Hussan, Aitchison.—DISTRIB. 
Afghanistan, Persia. . 
Bulb ovoid, 3-1 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, flaccid, 8-12 by 4-3 in. Scape 4-8 in., 
6-12-fld.; bracts membranous. Flowers bright blue, scattered; sepals linear, 
obtuse, recurved from near the base, filaments narrowly lanceolate ; anthers blue ; 
cells of ovary 3-4-ovuled. 
21. LILIUM, Linn. 
„Tall, bulbous, leafy, unbranched, usually very large fid. herbs. Flowers 
ary or in terminal racemes. Perianth infundibular, segments 6, 
ually narrowly nectariferous at the base. Stamens hypogynous, anthers 
large orsifixed versatile. Style long, stigma globose (rarely 3-fid as in 
ntillaria). Capsule erect, coriaceous, loculicidal, very many-seeded. 
eeds vertically compressed; testa pale, membranous, appressed.—Species 
about 50, N. temperate. 
Secr. I. Bulb of narrow fleshy imbricating scales, without any outer 
Bulition tamens not diverging. Stigma capitate, obscurely 3-lobed. 
* Leaves petioled, broadly cordate. 
"l- giganteum, Wall. Teut. Fl. Nep. 21, t. 12, 13 (ezcl. syn.) ; 
Cat, 5075 ; very tall, raceme many-fid., pedicels short, perianth white 
narrowly funnel-shaped. Kunth Enum. iv. 268; Bot. Mag. t. 4673; 
“pred in Fl. des Serres, t. 771-2; and in Belg. Hortic. iii. t. 21; Duchart. 
l *. Gen. Lis, passim. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 227 ; Gard. Chron. 
ae "D. fig. 18; Elwes Monogr. Lil. t. ll. L. cordifolium, Don, Prodr. 
e HiMALAYA; from Garwhal to Sikkim, alt. 5-10,000 ft. Kasia 
» all. 90-6000 ft 
rig tufted, 3-4 in diam. ; scales subequal. Stem 6-12 ft., 2 in. diam. at base, 
fstular, Leaves 12-18 in. long and broad, penninerved ; petiole of lower 9-12 in. 
"un -2 ft., bracts large; flowers 5-7 in. fragrant, drooping, tube Pores 
filam , Segments oblanceolate, tips rounded recurved. Stamens and style inclu ded, 
an led ts decurved at the tip; anthers } in., yellow. Capsule 2-3 in, 0 y 
g'ed; carpels retuse, septa pectinate. Seeds }-} in. broad, very thin. 
Leaves sessile, linear or lanceolate. 
Ë Flowers white or greenish white. 
? x. Wallichianum, Schultes f. Syst. Pl. vii. 1689 ; leaves narrowly 
