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Lilium—continued. 
stiff, erect, finely furrowed. Northern Italy and Southern France, 
&., 1659. See Fig. 424. (B. M. 971.) 
L. pseudo-tigrinum (false tiger-spotted).* fl. in four to six- 
flowered loose racemes; perianth beautiful scarlet, copiously 
dotted with black within; segments ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels 
erecto-patent; filaments scarlet; anthers red; styles scarlet. 
July. l. scattered, linear, broad, recurved, spreading; margins 
revolute. Stem 3ft. to4ft. China, 1867. (R. H. 1867, 410.) 
L. pulchellum (pretty). A synonym of L. concol lehell 
L. pumilum (dwarf). A synonym of L. tenuifolium. 
L. pyrenaicum (Pyrenean).* Jl. bright yellow, lin. to 2in. long, 
pendulous, forming, in well-grown plants, a raceme of about 
twelve blossoms; lowest peduncles Sin. to Ain. long. Summer. 
l. always scattered, very numerous, as many as 100 toa stem, 
ee pena acute; edge slightly inrolled, distinctly minutely- 
ciliated. Stem 2ft. to Aft. high, strong, stiff, erect, finely fur- 
rowed, Pyrenees, 1596. See Fig. 425. This is closely allied to 
L. pomponium, under which it is placed as a sub-species by Mr. 
Baker in his revision of the Liliums published in the“ Journal of 
the Linnean Society.” ` 
L. Roezlei (Roezl’s). fl. one to ten, corymbose or umbellate ; 
perianth of a fine reddish-orange colour, 2in. to Sin. long; seg- 
ments acuminate, about zin. broad, yellow below, dotted with 
rs, reflexed. Z. twenty to thirty, sometimes partly whorled, 
rm, glabrous, narrow-linear, acute; lower one 4in. to Sin. long, 
about zin. broad. Stem 2t. to 3ft. high, slender, glabrous. Cali- 
fornia, &., 1871. (R. G. 667.) : 
L. roseum (rose-coloured).* fl. lilac, handsome, large, drooping 
racemose ; perianth between campanulate and infundibuliform ; 
sepals free to their base, almost spathulate, with refiexed apices, 
April. l. crowded at the base of the stem, but alternate, sessile, 
linear, acuminate, grassy ; the lower ones lft. to ut long, upper 
ones gradually larenn Tag bracts. Stem 13 ft. high, erect, terete, 
abrous. Gossain and Kumaon. See Fig. 426. (B. M. 
725; B. R. 1845, 1, under name of L. Thomsonianum.) 
L. rubescens (reddish). A synonym of L. Washingtonianum 
purpureum. z 
Fic. 428. FLOWER-STEM OF LILIUM TESTACEUM. 
L. sinicum (Chinese). A synonym of L. concolor. 
L. speciosum (showy).* f. pure white, or more or less suffused 
and copiously spotted with claret-red, Sin. to fin. long, usually 
three to ten in a broad deltoid raceme; peduncles bracteate, 
d, erecto-patent. Summer. /. about twenty at the flewering 
me; lower ones ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bin. to gin. long, 
lżin. to 2in. broad below the middle; upper ones lanceolate. 
Stem lft. to 3ft. high, rigid, erect, terete. Japan, 1 A 
well-known and extensively cultivated species, varying consider- 
ably in the size and colouring of the flowers. It is most 
commonly known under the erroneous specific name of I. 
lancifolium, but the plant to which this name correctly belongs 
Vol. II. * 
Lilium continued. 
is a Gan (B. M. 3785; B. R. 2000; F. d. S. 276; P. M. B. 
v. 2 
L. s. albiflorum (white-flowered).* A very desirable form, with 
pure white flowers, 3 : 
L. s. punctatum (spotted).* A variety having the white perianth 
segments not suffused, but only spotted with red. 
L. s. roseum (rose-coloured).* A handsome variety, with rose- 
tinted flowers. See Fig. 427. 
Fic. 429. FLOWER-STEM OF LILIUM TIGRINUM. : 
L. spectabile (showy). A synonym of L. davuriewm. 
L. superbum (superb).* f. orange-red, thickly spotted, from šin. 
to Ain. long, often six to- twelve, sometimes twenty to forty, 
disposed in a deltoid panicle 9in. to 12in. broad. July and 
August. L. often disposed in three or four or eight to ten- 
foliate whorls, few or much scattered, narrow-oblanceolate, acute, 
rather firm; lower ones Ain. to Sin. long, żin. to jin. broad. 
Stem 4ft. to 6ft. high, robust, a ight, tinged with purple. 
Georgia, &c. (B. M. 936; F. d. S. 1014-15.) 
L. s. carolinianum (Carolina). A. like those of the type. I. much 
fewer, broader, and shorter, often tive or six disposed in a whorl 
near the middle of the stem. Stem lft. to 2ft. high. Southern 
United States. SYNS. L. autumnale (L. B. C. 335), L. caro- 
linianum (B. M. 2280; B. R. 580), and L. Michauxianum. ; 
L. Szovitsianum (Szovits). A synonym of L. monadelphum 
Szovitsianum. a 8 
L. tenuifolium (narrow-leaved).* f. usually solitary, rarely tw 
drooping or sub-erect, bright scarlet, about ljin. long. Summer. 
J. closely placed, much-ascending, thirty to fifty to a stem at the 
flowering time, linear-subulate, Ljin. to 2in. long, not more thai 
line broad. Stem 6in. to lein. high, very slender. Siberia, 1820. 
An elegant species. SYNS. L. linifolium and L. pumilum. 
(light brown). ji. yellow, tinged with dull red, 
2lin. to din. deep, the lowest quarter connivent in a permanent 
cup ; raceme rather regular, thyrsoid, usually from one to six, but 
sometimes twelve-flowered. End of July. l.alwaysscattered, very 
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