Tas. 7684. 
LILIUM rvupetivm. 
Native of Japan. 
Nat. Ord. LitiaceE2.—Tribe TuLIrPEz. 
Genus Litium, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 816.) 
Linium (Eulirion) rubellum; bulbo globoso squamis multis lanceolatis, caule 
gracili ad apicem foliato, foliis alternis laxe dispositis oblongo-lanceolatis 
vel lanceolatis viridibus glabris distincte 3-5-nervatis, floribus paucis 
corymbosis, perianthio infundibulari rubello immaculato segmentis 
oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis supra medinm patulis, staminibus perianthio 
2-3-plo brevioribus, stylo staminibus longiore. 
L. rubellum, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1898, vol. ii. p. 321, fig. 128. 
This beautiful Lily is allied most closely to L. japonicum, 
Thunb. (LZ. Krameri, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6058), from 
which it differs by its broad leaves, like those of L. speciosum, 
and smaller pink flowers. Although it is new to cultivation, 
and had not received any botanical name, there is a good 
figure of it in the Honzo Zufu (vol. li., tab. 6), a work of. 
coloured drawings in ninety-six volumes, published in 
1828 by the Japanese artist Iwasaki Tsunemasa, for an 
account of which see Dickins in Journal of Botany, 1887, 
p. 147. Kew first received it in flower from Messrs. 
Bunting of Chelmsford in February, 1498. Their stock of 
the plant was purchased by Messrs. Wallace of Colchester, 
by whom it was exhibited at the Temple show of the 
Royal Horticultural Society in May. Probably it will 
grow larger under cultivation. At any rate, it is a very 
distinct plant, and sure to be a general favourite. 
Deser.—Bulb globose, middle-sized; scales many, lan- 
ceolate. Stem slender, terete, green, spotted with red- 
brown, laxly leafy from the apex to the base. Leaves all 
alternate, about twenty to a stem, oblong-lanceolate or 
lanceolate, two to three inches long, firm, bright green, 
distinctly three-nerved or five-nerved. Flowers few, 
__ corymbose. Perianth funnel-shaped, pink, unspotted, 
_ three inches long, three inches in diameter when expanded ; 
_ segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, spreading in the 
January Ist, 1899, 
