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high; in its native soil it is desciibcd as growing to the lieighl of 

 two feet: the stalk is tciininaled Ijy one upright Hower: it is purple, 

 slender, upright, round, smooth with a slight glaucous bloom on it» 

 solid, stiffish: the root-leaves few, often onl}' on the barren plant, on 

 long petioles: the stem-leaves are numerous, alternately scattered, 

 sessile, curved back, narrow-lanceolate, the upper ones gradually 

 more ovate-lanceolate, (piitc entire, blunt with a purple tij), even on 

 both sides, slenderly nerved, flat, a little fleshy, sluivelling : the 

 flower has no scent, but is said by Calesb^', to be variously shaded; 

 with red, orange, and lemon colours: it is remarked by Mr. Curds, 

 that it varies considerably in the breadth of its petals, in their colour 

 and spots; and that it flowers usually in July or August. 



The third has a subovale bulb in i(s native stale, consisting of 

 thick while loosely imbricate scales, putting out a ]'c\v lliick fibres, 

 from the bottom: the stem upright, a foot and half high, slriaJ d- 

 anguliir, smooth or slightly hair}', with numerous scalUrctl le vcs, 

 the upper ones spreading out horizonlaily, acule, (juile cmire, ubso- 

 letely hirsute, a little rough to the touch, dark green, slightly nerved, 

 sessile, lanceolate-linear, three or tour inches long ; each, twcepling 

 the lower, frequently producing a roundish and shining ])alc-grcen 

 bu\b or two in the axil: the peduncle terminating, round, lliick, 

 somewhat villose; either solil;iry, or two, three or four together, 

 forming a sort of umbel ; some naked, others having a bracle or two: 

 the flower without scent, red-orange within, pale-orange on the out- 

 side. It is a native of Austria, &c. 



There are varieties with double flowers, with variegated leaves,, 

 with smaller stems, and the bulb-bearing fiery Lily, which seldom 

 rises more than half the height of the others: the leaves are nar- 

 rower: the flowers smaller, and of a brighter flame-coloui-, few in 

 number, and more erect; they come out a month before those of 

 the common sort, and the stalks put out bulbs at most of the axils, 

 which, if taken off when the stalks decay, and planted, j)roduce 

 plants. 



The sub-varieties are: ihe great broad ]e;ifed, the ujany-flowered, 

 the small, and the honiy l)uli)-beanng Lily. 



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