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Tas. 4561. 
LILIUM WatuuicHtanum. 
Dr. Wallich’s Nepal Lily. 
Nat. Ord. Lin1acE#.—HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Perigonium corollinum, deciduum, hexaphyllum ; folio/a basi sub- 
coherentia, infundibuliformi-campanulata, apice patentia v. revoluta, intus sulco 
nectarifero instructa. Stamina 6, perigonii foliolis basi subadherentia. Ovarium 
triloculare. Ovzda plurima, biseriata, horizontalia, anatropa. Sty/us terminalis, 
subclavatus, rectus v. subcurvatus ; stigma subtrilobum. Capsula trigona, sex- 
sulca, trilocularis, loculicido-trivalvis. Semina plurima, biseriata, horizontalia, 
plano-compressa, testa lutescente, subspongiosa, membranaceo-marginata, rhaphe 
hine per marginem decurrente. Hmbryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus v. sigmoi- 
deus, extremitate radiculari umbilico proxima.—Herbe in Europa et Asia me- 
dia et septentrionali, in Japonia et in India montibus, necnon in America boreali 
indigene, bulbose ; foliis alternis v. subverticillatis, floribus magnis, speciosis, 
erectis v. nutantibus. Endl. 
Litium Wallichianum ; caule gracili folioso apice paucifloro nune unifloro, foliis 
sparsis numerosis valde approximatis linearibus acuminatissimis sessilibus, 
floribus subhypocrateriformibus nutantibus, tubo longissimo, fauce campan- 
ulata nuda, limbo patente. Wail. 
Litium Wallichianum, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veget.v. 7. p. 1689. Kunth, 
Enum. Plant. v. 4. p. 267. excl, var. B. Lindl. and Paxt. Fl. Gard. 1850, 
p. 120, 121 (woodcut). 
Li1um longifloruam, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nepal. p. 40. t. 29. (not Thunb.) 
We are indebted to our friend Mr. Ferguson for a drawing 
and description of this fine and fragrant Lily, which was intro- 
duced to the Botanic Garden at Belfast by Major Madden, from 
the north of India (“ Almorah”), and flowered in the autumn of 
1850. It was first discovered by Dr. Wallich at Sheopore, 
and found near Sirrinuggur by Mr. Robert Blinkworth ; the 
former gentleman gave an excellent representation in his ‘ Tenta- 
men Fl. Nepalensis ’ (from which we have copied the roots), under 
the name of JZ. longiflorum, Wall., not being aware that there 
was a L. longiforum of Thunberg, from Japan, a species already 
m our gardens, and by some apparently confounded with this 
Species, though truly and permanently, we believe, distinct. 
Schultes changed the name of our plant most properly to L. Wal- 
lickianum. We possess fine native specimens from Dr. Wallich. 
FEBRUARY lst, 1851. 
