Tab. 6337. 



lilium cordifolium. 



Native of Japan. 



Nat. Ord. Liliace^e. — Tribe TulipejE. 

 Genus Lilium, Linn. {Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. p. 226). 



Lilium (Cardiocrinum) cordifolium; bulbo ovoideo squaraig paucis crassis ad- 

 pressis, caule elato stricto basi nudo, foliis multis petiolatis sparsis cordatis 

 ovatis vel siibrotundis inferioribus confertis, racemo laxo (i-12-floro, pedicellis 

 crassis brevibus, bracteis magnis lanceolatis caducis, perianthii diu infundi- 

 bularis magni albidi segmentis oblanceolatis obtusis supra medium flore 

 expanso falcatis, interioribus facie deorsum purpurascentibus baud papillosis, 

 staminibus parallelis leviter declinatis perianthio paulo brevioribus, stylo 

 staminibus longiore, capsulis magnis oblongis apice umbilicatis. 



L. cordifolium, Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. ii. p. 382 ; Sohultes fil. in Roem. 

 et Schultes Syst. Veg. vol. vii. p. 420 ; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. vol. i. p. 33, 

 tabs. 13, fig. 2, and 14; Kunth, Enum vol. iv. p. 268 ; Flore des Serres, tab' 

 216; Miguel in Am. Mm. Lug-Bat. vol. iii. p. 157 ; Baker in Journ. Linn, 

 Soc. vol. xiv. p. 227; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Jap. vol. ii. p. 72 : Gard 

 Chron. 1877, part ii. p. 305, fig. 61. 



Hemerocalms cordata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 143; Gaertn. Fruet. vol ii tab 17") 

 fig. 5. 



Sjire, Banks Icon. Select. Kainp., tab. 46. 



Uba-juki and Gawa-juri, So mokou Zoussetz, vol. v. tab. 81. 



The two giant Lilies, L. giganteum, of the Himalayas, and 

 L. cordifolium of Japan, differ extremely from all the other 

 species in habit and leaf, and resemble one another very 

 closely. For an account of the former we refer our readers 

 to tab. 4673. The present plant has been known to European 

 botanists for a century and a half, but has been found very 

 difficult to establish in cultivation. So far as I am aware 

 the specimen from which the present plate was drawn, which 

 flowered in the open air in Kew Gardens in July of this 



JANUARY 1ST, 1878. 



