Tas. 72382. 
LILIUM Lowi. 
Native of Upper Burma. 
Nat. Ord. Litiacez. Tribe Tunire2. 
Genus Linum, Linn. (Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 816.) 
Litivm (Eulirion) Lowi; bulbo magno globoso squamis lanceolatis, caule 
stricto erecto glabro 3-4-pedali, foliis perpluribus sparsis linearibus ses- 
silibus, floribus circiter 3 cernuis longe pedunculatis, perianthio late infun- 
dibulari 3-4-pollicari segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis supra medium recurvis 
extus albis intus dimidio superiori albis immaculatis dimidio inferiori 
flavo viridi tinctis punctis pluribus minutis rubro-purpureis decoratis, 
genitalibus perianthio paulo brevioribus, antheris brunneis, stigmate vix 
antheras eminente. 
L. nepalense, Collett et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xxviii. p. 138, t. 22, 
non D, Don. ; 
The exploration of Upper Burma has brought to light a 
new field for Lilies, and we are much indebted to Messrs. 
Hugh Low and Oo. (after whom the present species is 
named) for the pains they have taken to bring them into 
cultivation. The nearest allies of the present plant are 
L. nepalense and L. Bakerianum. The former has been 
figured lately in the Boranican MacGazinz (tab. 7043), so 
that the two plants may easily be compared. The latter 
differs by its erect flowers, shorter stamens, and inner 
segments of the perianth much broader than the outer. 
It is figured (tab. 22), and the country where these new 
lilies grow is fully described, in a paper by General Collett 
and my colleague, Mr. W. B. Hemsley, F.R.S., in the 
twenty-eighth volume of the Journal of the Linnean 
Society. The collection made in this region by General 
Collett in 1887-88 contained 725 species of flowering 
plants, representing 460 genera and 109 natural orders. 
it appears that no less than four of these Burmese lilies 
are new species. Our drawing was made from a specimen 
flowered by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co. in July, 1891. 
Descr. Bulb globose, two inches in diameter; scales 
May Ist, 1892. 
