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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Lilium continued. 
L. e. bicolor (two- coloured). f. orange-red, with purplish-black 
spots. 1870. SxN. L. aurantiacum, of gardens. : 
e. brevifolium (short-leaved). H., perianth pale red, black- 
L. ©. bre July. l 3 and broader than in the type. Japan. 
Syn. L. alternans, of gardens, 
L. e. citrinum ag are eg This scarcely differs from 
L. e. armeniacum. (F. d. S. 2519.) 
e. fulgens (bright). A variety having flowers blotched with 
-E (J. H A. 650 M — is a splendid form of this. 
L. e. pardinum (leopard-spotted). This variety scarcely differs 
—.— L. e. bicolor, but the stem is taller, and the flowers are um- 
bellate. 
(blood-coloured).* 
L. e. sanguineum . segments blood-red, 
3 golden. J. lanceolate. Stem i to R. 
1846, 50.) 
Aft. high. (B. 
Other varieties are: hematochroum (I, H. 503), with deep claret- 
red flowers, and venustum (B. R. xxxii. 50), both with narrower 
leaves and more campanulate flowers. 
L. excelsum (tall). A synonym of L. testaceum. 
L. —— (choice). A synonym of L. longijlorum eximium. 
G. 421. lun Hansoni, showing Habit and detached Flower. 
iant).* fl. white, slightly tinged with green on 
with purple in the throat, funnel-shaped, Sin. to 
measuring hout lin. round at the base, saccate, espe- 
on the aed side, and sin. — bin. 8 7 neck when 
"expanded, th ents spreading only at the very tip; 
raceme from six rey a, aa -flowered, and from 12in. to 20in. ane 
Summer. L. all, Pee 5 the uppermost, distinctly stalked ; the 
lower ones Hin. apart, with broad channelled petioles 1ft. or more 
, clasping the stem broadly at the base; the blade broad 
eorddate-ovate, reaching 1ft. or even Lift. in length ; upper leaves 
growing than Si. to ant till those 5 the 
raceme more than n. in. lon, Stem straight, erect, 
truis, att. to loft. high, lin, in 1 in the lower part. 
b as large as an 
3 of =. ovate, sub-patulous scales. 
Lilium—continued. 
Himalayas, 1852. A splendid species, hard 
spots pir South of England, &c. See Fig. 420. (B. M. 
only in favoured 
4673.) 
G. 422. FLOWERS OF LILIUM LONGIFLORUM. 
L. Hansoni (Hanson’s).* four to ten, disposed in a loose 
raceme, or in a crowded umbel, on — to 
2in. long ; perianth fine red reddish-orange, 
thick, lanceolate, ponasa i Se 
ments. l. oblan 
twelve in one whorl at the je miale =e 1 of te 
Zin. to lin. broad. Stem 3ft. ait. high, slender, 
terete. Japan, 1865. See Fig. 121. a 
L. Harrisii (Harris's). A synonym of L. longiflorum eximium. 
L. (Hooker’s). This is the correct name of the plant 
described in this work as Fritillaria Hookeri. 
L. Humboldtii (Humboldt’s). jl. often six to ten, sometimes 
thirty or forty, disposed in a broad deltoid panicle ; perianth of a 
splendid reddish-orange colour, greenish outside at base ; ; 
ments copiously povio tensi acute, closely reflexed. l usual 
regularly verticillate, in ten to fifteen toliate» whorls, oblanceolate; 
lower ones ĝin. to din. long, nearly lin. broad. Stem terete, ro- 
bust, 4ft. to 5ft. high, glabrous or £ uberulous, ee 
Bulb 2in. to din. thick. California, , 1872, SYN. L. i 
anum. (F. d. S. 1973-4; R. G. 724.) The variety ocellatum has a 
yellow perianth, conspicuously dotted with purple. 
L. isabellinum (Isabel-coloured). A synonym of L. testaceum. 
ponicum (Japanese).“ ji. pure white within, but more or less 
tinged with purple on the outside, 5in. to 6in. long, more or less 
ascending, usually solitary in the wild plant, and not more than 
in twos or Giant in the cultivated one; perianth | ‘round 
the neck than in L. longiflorum. Summer. l. twelve to twenty, 
scattered, more spreading than those of L. longiflorum, oblanceo- 
late, the lower ones * din. to Gin. long, not ; 
petiolate. Stem 1ft. to 2ft, high, erect, stiff, terete. .. 180 
A very handsome but somewhat delicate 
L. B. C. 458.) SYN. L. odorum (F. d. S. 876- 
L. j. Brownii (Brown’s). fl. sometimes three or fonr, Tin. is sin. 
long, more drooping than those of the i bias with purple on 
the outside. m get 2 . t. high, marked with dark put 
. and 3 (F. d. S. 47, 2248, under name of L. Brownii, 
Krameri (Kramer's). ae h dish, 
n horizontai fe b ate pte ahead 
ong, with o ceolate- ablce segments. J k distant, 
linear-lanceolate, nenminate ar nent yi 
din. long, }in. to zin, broad. Stem 3in. to anh 
terete, glabrous, purple-spotted. Japan. (B. M. ) 
L. lancifolium (lance- -shape-leaved). A synonym of L. elegans. 
L. Leichtlinii (Leichtlin’s).* A one or two, bright yellow, spotted 
copiously down the face with large purplish- dots, 
with purple outside, inside 2 ay eas ee in. . ag 
long; pedicels erecto. patent. July and 1 
N loose, erecto-patent ; ier ane 10 5 ng, í 
1 
modera . 
1 b. d. S. 1780; P. M. 509 5 . H. 540 . 188 
3 The ie a hase tang 
ol os he flowers are yellow, purple-black spotted. 
