24. 



LILIUM CONCOLOR. 



One-coloured Lily. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



Class 6. Order 1. 



LiLiUM of Pliny and other Latin authors. This name is rather of ob- 

 scure origin : some deduce it from the Greek Xsipiov, a lily, derived 

 from Xsios, smooth, not rough, also handsome, because the plant is 

 conspicuous for the beauty of its flowers. It has moreover been 

 called Kfivov, from x/ji|xvov, dust or pollen, because the flovi^ers seem 

 in general to be sprinkled with a powdery substance, from the 

 abundance of their pollen. 



Linn, gen, n. 410, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cat. none. Cot. six-petaled, bell-shaped, narrowed beneath. Petals 

 upright, incumbent, obtusely carinated on the back, gradually more 

 expanding, wider ; with thick, reflex, obtuse tips. (Nectary : a lon- 

 gitudinal line, engraven on each petal from the base to the middle.) 

 Stam. Filaments six, awl-shaped, upright, shorter than the corolla. 

 Anthers oblong, incumbent. Pist. Germ oblong, cylindric, striated 

 with six furrows. Style cylindric, length of the corolla. Stigma 

 thickish, triangular. Per. Capsule oblong, six-furrowed, with a 

 three-cornered, hollow, obtuse tip ; three-celled, three-valved ; the 

 valves connected by hairs disposed in a cancellated manner. Seeds 

 numerous, incumbent in a twin order, flat, outwardly semi-orbi- 

 cular. 



SPECIFIC character. 



Leaves scattered, linear. Flowers upright j corolla bending down- 

 wards. 



