Tas. 7043. 
LILIUM Nnepatenss. 
Native of the Central Himalayas. 
' Nat. Ord. Lintacra.—Tribe TuLirem. 
Genus Litium, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 816.) 
Litrum (Archelirion) nepalense; bulbo rhizoma proferente, caule stricto 
erecto 2-3-pedali, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis alternis_ sessilibus 
viridibus lucidis 5-nervatis, floribus 1-5 racemosis vel corymbosis, bracteis 
foliaceis interdum verticillatis, pedicellis cernuis, perianthio magno in- 
fundibulari extus luteo-viridulo intus luteo deorsam nigro-purpureo 
suffuso, segmentis oblanceolato-oblongis acutis sub anthesin supra 
medium falcatis, staminibus limbo distincte brevioribus, stylo antheras 
eminente. 
L. nepalense, D. Don in Trans, Wern. Soc. vol. iii. p. 412; Prodr. Fl. Nep. 
p- 52; Wallich Plant. Asiat. Rar. vol. iii. p. 67, t. 291; Cat. No. 5078; 
Kunth Enum. vol. iv. p. 267; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. p. 231; 
Elwes Monogr, tab. 5 B. 
L. ochroleucum, Wallich in Herb. Lindley. 
Since Lilies have been so much in favour, this has been 
the only Indian species which we did not possess in 
cultivation. It is so very distinct both botanically and 
horticulturally, that when it was imported by Messrs. 
Hugh Low and Co., and exhibited in flower last autumn 
at the Royal Horticultural Society, it created quite a 
sensation, and received a first-class certificate. Woodcuts 
of it have been given in the “ Journal of Horticulture” 
and the ‘‘ Gardener’s Chronicle,’ and a coloured plate in 
the ‘‘ Garden.” It was discovered by Wallich’s collectors 
more than fifty years ago in the high mountains of Nepaul. 
The plant imported by Messrs. Low well represents 
Waliich’s type. In my monograph in the Journal of the 
Linnean Society, I referred to the same species dried 
specimens gathered by Dr. Thomson in Garwhal, by 
Strachey and Winterbottom at Naini Tal, and by Jacque- 
mont at Simla. These require further investigation in a 
living state. We are indebted to Messrs. Low both for a 
Marcu Ist, 1889, 
