Tas. 6332, 
LILIUM wNEILGHERRENSE. 
Native of the Mountains of Peninsular India. 
Nat. Ord. Liniackm.—Tribe Turnrren. 
Genus Litium, Linn, (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soe. vol. xiv. p. 225). 
Lito neilgherrense; bulbo magno globoso rhizomatoso squamis ovato-lanceolatis 
albis, caulibus strictis validis erectis 1-3-floris 1-2-pedalibus, foliis 30-40 lan- 
ceolatis sessilibus 5-nervatis firmis viridibus utrinque glabris, perianthii infun- 
dibularis albi suaveolentis 6-10-pollaris tubo segmentis falcatis oblongis 
sesquilongioribus, staminibus parallelis perianthio distincte brevioribus, 
antheris magnis polline luteo, pistillo staminibus equilongo, 
L. neilgherrense, Wight, Icones, tab. 2031-2082 ; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc, vol. 
xiv. p. 230; Floral Magazine, new series, tab. 237. 
L. tubiflorum, Wight, Icones, tab. 2033-2034; Duchartre Obs. sur le Genre Lis, 
p. 71. 
LL. Wallichianum, Wight, Zeones, tab. 2035 ; non Schultes fil. 
L. Metzii, Steudel in Hohenack. Plant Ind. Or. Exsice. No. 954. 
L. neilgherricum, Hort. Veitch.; Lemaire Jil. Hort. vol, x. tab. 353; Planch. in 
Flore des Serres, tab, 2266-2267. 
This is the only Lily of the mountains of Southern India. 
It inhabits the Neilgherries and Pulnies, at an elevation of 
about eight thousand feet above sea-level. It is closely allied 
to L. Waillichianum of the Himalayas, L. philippinense of the 
Philippine islands, and LZ. longiflorum, japonicum, and Browni 
of China and Japan. It was introduced by Mr. Thomas 
Lobb in 1862, but failed to become established, and has 
lately been imported again in considerable quantity by 
Messrs. Veitch and others. The present plate was taken 
from a specimen that flowered with Messrs. Veitch in 1876. 
I have no hesitation in regarding as slight forms of one 
species the three plants figured by Dr. Wight, and cannot 
follow the view lately expressed by Dr. Planchon in the ‘Flore 
DECEMBER Ist, 1877. 
