Tas. 7722. 
LILIUM Brownu, var. LEUCANTHUM. 
Native of China. 
Nat. Ord. Littacea.—Tribe TuLiPEa. — 
Genus Linrum, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 816.) . 
Lium (Enlirion) Brownii; bulbo globoso, squamis arcte adpressis oblongis 
carnosis albidis, caule 3-6-pedali robusto viridi folioso foliis (supremis 
subverticillatis exceptis) alternis confertis patenti-recurvis subaquilongis 
3-5 poll. longis 11-1} latis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 3-5-nerviis basi 
constrictis supra saturate viridibus subtus pallidis alte 3-5-costatis axillis 
bulbiferis supremis brevioribus et latioribus, floribus in exillis supremis 
paucis maximis pendulis, pedicellis robustis arcuatis, perianthi 5-7- 
p llearis segmentis infra medium in tubum cylindricum alte et late 
6-costatum dein anguste infundibulare eel nag oe dorso brunneis apicibus 
dilatatis apice rotundatis revolutis 2~2% poll. latis albis, nectarii margini- 
bus papilloso-pubescentibus, filamentis robustis vix declinatis styloque 
robusto inferne papillosis, antheris 3-3 poll. longis flayo-brunneis, stylo 
apice capitato costis stigmatosis decurrenti}us. 
L. Brownii, Gheldo/f, Cat. (ewm deseript.) ex Rev. Hortic. Ser. II. vol. ii. 
(1843-44) p. 495. F. & E. Brown ex Spae in Ann. Soc. Roy. d’ Agric. et de 
Bot. Gand, vol. i. (1845) p. 437, t.41; Mem. Lis, p. 11. Miellez in Fl. 
des Serres, vol. i. (1845) p. 110, cum tab. col. 
L. Browni, Franch. in Morot, Journ. Bot. Paris, vol. vi. (1892) p. 312. Elwes, 
Monog. Lil. t. viii. (excl. syn. L. japonicum). 
L. japonicum, Bury, Select. Hevandr. Pl. t. 2. 
L, japonici forma, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. vol. xiv. (1874) p. 280. 
L. longifloram, Franch. Pl. David. pars I. p. 307 (non Thunb.) 
L. odorum, Planch. in Fl. des Serres. tt. 876-7. 
_L. japonicum, var. Colchesteri, Van Houtte in Fl. des Serres, t. 2193-4. 
Var. pEvcANTHUM, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1894, pt. 2, p. 180. The Garden, 
1895, p. 97, cum ic.; foliis latioribus, perianthii segmentis albidis dorso 
costa valida viridi percursis. 
Though described as a distinct species nearly sixty years 
ago, it is only comparatively recently that Lilium Brownii 
has become well known to botanists and horticulturists. - 
This is owing to its having been supposed to be a native of 
Japan, and hence confounded with L. japonicum, tab. 1591, 
and L. longiflorum, Thunb. According to Spae’s mono- 
aph of Liliwm, cited above, it was obtained from England 
by Mr. Miellez, of Liege, in 1837; and at about the same 
time the Messrs. Brown, of Windsor, in writing to Mr. 
Schurmans-Steckhoven, Director of the Botanical Gardens 
of Leyden, mention it as a new Lily, with flowers as large 
Jury Isr, 1900. 
