Tas. 8847. 
LILIUM Farrert. 
China. 
g Liniaceag., Tribe TuLIPEar. 
Lixium, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 816. 
Lilium (§ Martagon) Farreri, Turrill in Gard. Chron. 1919, vol. Ixvi. p. 76; 
species L. Duchartrei, Franch., affinis, sed floribus minoribus solitariis vel 
in umbellam aggregatis, perianthii segmentis revolutis inferne viridibus 
praecipue distinguitur. 
Rhizoma horizontaliter repens, undulatum, circiter 2 mm. diametro, album, ad 
nodos bulbiferum, internodiis usque ad 7°5cm. longis nudis; bulbi juniores 
late ovoidei, acuti, usque ad 1°4 cm. longi et 1°38 cm. diametro, squamis 
paucis latis crassis laxe vel arcte imbricatis. Cauwlis erectus, usque ad 
8 dm. altus, rigidus, viridis, inferne cellularum bullatarum lineis longi- 
tudinalibus praeditus, interdum in foliorum et bractearum axillis pilis albis 
floccoso-barbatus, interdum glaber. Folia caulina numerosa, per caulis 
longitudinem dispersa, lineari-oblanceolata, apice acuta, basi gradatim 
angustata, 8°5 em. longa, 1 cm. lata, nervis principalibus 3-5, pagina 
utraque glabra, margine cellularum bullatarum lineis instructa. lores 
solitarii vel 6 in umbellam laxam aggregati, odoratissimi; bracteae (folia 
floralia) verticillatae, anguste elliptico-lanceolatae, apice acutae, basi 
gradatim angustatae, circiter 2°5 cm. longae et 7 mm. latae, glabrae ; 
pedicelli 7°5-15 cm. longi, ad insertionem bracteolae nunc albo-floccosi 
nunc glabri; bracteola singula prope pedicelli medium posita, bracteis 
simillima nisi minor et angustior. Perianthii segmenta revoluta, lanceo- 
lata, exteriora apice acuta, interiora obtusa, 5°5 cm. longa, 1°1 cm. lata, 
alba, a basi usque ad medium maculis atro-purpureis instructa, inferne 
tubum viridem circiter 1 cm. longum formantia, apice pilosula, in pagina 
superiore inferne sulco nectarifero lineis duabus papillosis praedito instructa 
ceterum glabra. Stamina gynoecio parum breviora; filamenta subulata, 
inferne complanata, circiter 3°3 cm. longa, extrorsum curvata, glabra; 
antherae 8-10 mm. longae fulvae. Ovariwm cylindricum, 1-4 cm. altum, 
3 mm. diametro, longitudinaliter sulcatum, glabrum, viride ; stylus superne 
gradatim incrassatus, extrorsum curvatus, fere 3 cm. longus, glaber, 
viridis. Capsula oblonga, triangularis, breviter stipitata, 3°2 cm. lata, 
2°2 cm. diametro.— W. B. Turrim. 
The Chinese lily now figured is a member of the 
Martagon group of the genus Lilium, raised by Major 
F. C. Stern, at Highdown, Goring-by-Sea, Sussex, from 
seeds received by him from China in 1915, from 
Mr. Reginald Farrer, with the indication that this — 
particular batch consisted of ‘‘a mixed lot of poor seed 
Aprit-JuneE, 1920. 
