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” 736, Lilium (Martagon) Thayerae, Wilson [Liliaceae-Tulipeae] ; 
species ex affinitate L. sutchuenensis, ‘ranch., a qua caule rigido dense 
brevissimeque hispidulo in axillis folioram conspicue albo-barbato, 
= lineari-oblongis marginibus revolutis scabridis, floribus in 
acemum laxum pyramidalem dispositis, alabastris villosis differt. 
Bulbus late ovoideus, 2°5-6 cm. diametro ; squamae ovatae vel 
lanceolato-ovatae, acutae, albae, saepe roseo-tinctae. Caulis 
erectus, 0°5-1°5 m. altus, rigidus, dense brevissime albo-hispidulus, 
usque ad 15-20 em. sub flore infimo folia numerosissima densa erecto- 
patentia gerens, in axillis foliorum pilis albis floccosis ee 
Folia anguste lineari-oblonga, apice acuminata, decurva, 8-12 ¢ 
longa, 3-4 mm, lata, pagina utraque puberula, punctisque fisantatius 
obsita, prominenter uninervia, supra canaliculata, costa subtus 
scabrida prominenter carinata, margine recurvo minute denticulato 
scabridoque. Racemi pyramidales, laxi, 1-20 (vel ultra)-flort ; 
pedicelli rigidi, robusti, 8-15 cm. longi, erecto-patentes vel 
horizontales ; bracteolae  solitariae (rarius duae), folio similes, 
patulae ; alabastra cg ie rtim statu juvenili dense villosa. 
Perianthium mediocre, saturate coccineum ; segmenta Bas. 
oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusa, 7-8 cm, longa, 1°5—2 
cm, lata, praesertim a medio basin versus atro-maculata, ieipalss 
rarius sparsis vel omnino deficientibus, apice villosa, gateeors inferne 
papillis carnosis hic illic instructa, dorso valde carinata ; sulci 
nectariferi pa decoys interiorum apices attingentes, tater utroque 
carina inferne usque trientem albo-villosa ceterum glabra 
adjuncta. Stamina nistillo breviora ; filamenta subulata, inferne 
complanata, circiter 5 cm. longa, triente superiore extrorsum curvato, 
aurantiaco-tincta, glabra; antherae oblongae, 2-2°5 cm. longae, 
primo coccineae, maturescentes fuscescentes, Ovarium viride, demum 
aurantiaco-brunneum, cylindricum, suleatum, circiter 2 cm. altum ; 
stylus aurantiaco-tinctus, extrorsum curv atus, infra stigma sub- 
complanatum aurantiaco-brunneum tenuiter incrassatus. Capsula 
a oe subglobosa vel obovoidea, trigona, en spe 
neata, erecta, circiter 2°5 cm. alta, 2 em. diametro.—L. sutc 
sitll Franchet in Journ. de Bot., vol. vi., p- 318, sioud species a 
Prin. Henri d’Orleans lectum ; Gard, Chron., ser. vol. 
XXXVill., p. 91, cum tab. ; : Wilson in Flora and Silva, vol: iil., 
p. 339, t. fig. 2 and icon. ; Grove, Lilies, p. 72, pro parte. 
CHINA. Western Szechuan: Tachienlu, E. H. Wilson. 
This new species is named after Mrs. Bayard Thayer, Lancaster, 
Mass., a keen lover of horticulture and a generous friend of the 
Arnold Arboretum’s exploration work in Chin 
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AY 28. rs (Martagon) Willmottiae, Wilson eae Lalipee el; 
species ayerae, son, caule deb i pubescente, foliis 
unichdaissoniiain trinerviis marginibus se laevibus, flori- 
us Gense racemose dispositis, alabastris nutantibus glabris, sulco 
nectarifero segmentorum perianthii interiorum ad tertiam partem 
producto differt. 
Bulbus late ovoideus, 2-7 cm. diametro, albus ; squamae pro rata 
numerosae, ovato-lanceolatae, acutae. Caulis d ebilis, basi radicans, 
0°75- us, teres, gracilis, plus minusve dense rubro-purpureo- 
maculatus, puberulus. Folia congesta, etiam ea quae floribus proxima 
ieee sed densiora ee oreine, patentia, —— eum 
