LlLIUM CONCOLOR. CHINESE ORANGE LlLY. 



Generic Charatler. — <P7</. M?. 798. 

 Specific Character and Synonyms. 



LlLIUM concolor : c-iule tereti, villofo ; f o His caulinis, diffito- 

 fparfis, oblongo-ianceolaii.s, acumiuatis, villofo- 

 ciliatis, floralibus fupvemis verticillatim approxi- 

 matii j racemo termiuali, foliaceo, remote paucj- 

 floro (vel etijin uni-bijloro) erecto ; peel ice! lis (in 

 4 — 5 fioris) axillaribus, fummis duobus i'urcatim 

 binatis ; corolla erecla, revoluto-campanulata ; la- 

 ciniis oblongo-lanceolatis, concaviufculis ; deorfum 

 latius unguiculatis cyatbiformi coarclatis, inde re- 

 vokito-deilexis ; intus deorfum rima fecundum labra 

 cry ftal line papillulofa. incifis ; crafTe atque puberule 

 apiculatis; intimis fublatioribus,carunculis rarioribus 

 obfoietius verruculatis ; ftaminibus corolla fubduplo 

 brevionbus, piftillo aequalibus ; germine clavato- 

 columellari, obtufe iulcato-hcxagona ; itylo hoc 

 fubbreviore, clavato-incraflato, teretius trigono- 

 ftriato, in ftigma continuum tumidiufculum tricolli- 

 obtufatum glandulofo-puberulum terminantc. G. 



LlLIUM concolor. Par ad. Lond. tab. 47. 



LlLIUM bulbiferum. Ihunb. in Linn. Tranf. v. 2. p. 333 ? 



LlLIUM pbiladelphicum. Id. in Flor.Jap. 135/* necaliorum. 



Descr. Root a round-ovate fquamous Bulb, about the fize 

 of a pigeon's egg ; fern 1 — 3 feet high or more, upright, round, 

 fimple, villous ; remotely befet with many, fparle, patent, 

 oblong -lanceolate, far- acuminate, nerved, villoufly ciliate 

 leaves ; raceme terminal, ereel, foliaceous, few- (1 — 5) flowered ; 

 pedicles longifh, branchlike, lower ones axillary, two upper 

 forked-binate, having at their bafe 3 — 4 verticillately approxi- 

 mated leaves ; corolla of a deep orange-coloured red, erefr, 

 bexapetaloufly parted, revolutely campanulate ; fegments ob- 

 long-lanceolate, lbmewhat concave, with glandularly thickened 

 fubpubefcent points ; downwards narrower, fubunguiculate, 

 cyathiformly connivent ; thence revolutely deflex for rather 

 more than half their length ; outwards interfered by a lon- 

 gitudinal carinate fillet ; inwards traced along the ungues 

 w ith a narrow melliferous groove, each edge of which is 

 bordered by a row of fmall cryftalline papillae ; inner fegments 

 rather the broadeft, fubverrucofely roughened by thinly 

 Mattered minute caruncles, and marked with a few fmall 



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