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LILIUM TENUIFOLIUM. SLENDER-LEAVED 
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Class and Ordet/ 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Liiscea. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Cor. campanulata, 6-partita, regufanis, sulcis nectariferis 
in laciniis. Caps. 6-sulca, valvis reticulo fibroso nexis.— 
Semina compressa. Spreng. 
Specific Character and ‘Synonyms. 
Litt * tenuifolium; foliis sparsis angustissime linearibus, 
caule unifloro, flore cernuo, petalis demum revolutis, 
intus rima nectarifera pubescente. 
Lim tenuifolium. Fischer MSS. « Schrad. Plant. Rar. 
Hort. Gott. Fasc. 1.’ Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 409. . 
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Descr. Plant about a foot high. Stem erect, glabrous, 
slender, clothed with numerous, exceedingly narrow, gla- 
brous, almost filiform leaves, which are slightly twisted, 
almost disappearing on the upper part of the stem. Flowers 
solitary, terminal, drooping, of a fine vivid, deep orange- 
red colour. Petals broadly lanceolate, patent, at length 
revolute, striated, each having, at its bases and extending 
half-way up, a linear cleft, densely bordered with short 
hairs. © Filaments subulate, red. Anthers oblong, dark 
green, the cells and pollen deep orange. Germen oblong, 
thickened upwards, with three deep, and three lesser fur- 
Tows, green. Style curved, green, thickened upwards, and 
| crowned 
* Pr om /i, white, in. Geltic, according to Tuéi1s, The common white — 
garden Lily is considered the emblem of purity. 
