Taps. 5338. 
| LILIUM avratum. 
Golden-striped Lily. 
Nat. Ord. Littace®.—Hexanpria Monoaynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 6-sepalus, corollaceus, regularis, deciduus ; sepala distincta, 
sepe basi angustato-unguiculata, inferne campanulato- rarius infundibulari- 
conniventia, superne patentia vel revoluta, intus supra basin sulco nectarifluo 
exarata; sulco nudo vel fimbriato-ciliato. Prefloratio alternativa. Stamina 6, 
ime basi sepalorum inserta. Filamenta filiformia, apice subulata. Anthere 
lineares, emarginate vel obtuse, basi bilobx, antice supra basin affix, utroque 
margine secundum longitudinem dehiscentes, aperte, curvate, incumbentes. 
Ovarium liberum, prismatico-trigonum (hexaquetrum in Martagone), sex-sulea- 
tum, triloculare; ovuda in loculis crebra, biserialia horizontalia, anatropa. Stylus 
terminalis, cylindricus rectus vel subcurvatus, deciduus. Stigma toroso-incras- 
satum, trigonum, apice trilobum. Capsula subcoriacea, oblonga vel obovata, 
hexagona, apice obtusa et vertice depressa, basi brevissime attenuato-substipi- 
tata, trilocularis, superne loculicido-trivalvis ; valve medio septiferze filo suturis 
interjecto fibrillisque subalternis pectinato-ramoso connexe ; columella centralis 
nulla. Semina in loculis crebra, biserialia, horizontalia, oblique obovata, late 
alato-marginata, fusca vel lutescentia; hilum parvum ; ¢esta membranacea, ope 
membrane interne tenuissimee albumini cartilagineo-carnoso arcte adnata, mar- 
gine ubique membranaceo-dilatata ; raphe obsoleta, filiformis, ad latus rectius, e 
vertice per marginem descendens. mbryo rectus vel levissime sigmoideus, 
albumine magis minusve brevior ; radicula hilo proxima.—Herbe bulbose, bulbo 
squamoso, sepe per rhizoma infra produetum repéente. Caulis simplex, erectus, 
Joliatus, apice uni-multiflorus ; floribus pedunculatis, umbellatis corymbosis vel 
racemosis, magnis, speciosis, erectis vel nutantibus. Folia sparsa vel verticillata, 
plerumque angusta. Kunth. 
LinivuM auratum ; caule gracili (unifloro ?), foliis anguste lanceolatis basi acutis, 
flore subdeclinato maximo crateriformi candido odoratissimo, sepalis peta- 
lisque multo latioribus lanceolatis acuminatis apice recurvis basi intus vil- 
losis superficie spinulosa et guttulata, filamentis basi leviter monadelphis. 
Lindl. 
Litium auratum. Lindl. in Gard. Chron. July 12, 1848, p. 644 6. 
It may be presumed that this Lily has been one of the most 
attractive, if not the most attractive, object of the present floral 
season (1862); it was recently imported from Japan by Messrs. 
Veitch and Sons, of Exeter and Chelsea, through Mr. T. J. G. 
Veitch, who makes the following mention of its locality :—“ It is 
OCTOBER Ist, 1862. 
