LtLlUM 



THE BHLB BOOK 



LILIUM 



L. aumtum. Flowers 6 to 8 ins. 

 across, pure white, in June and July. 

 Japan. 



Fio. 227.— Li'Hum AUxandrce. (J.) 



L. auratum. — This is the " Golden 

 Lily of Japan." It grows 2 to 6 ft. 

 high, and has ivory-white • flowers 9 

 to 1 2 ins. acro.ss, each petal having a 

 broad bright yellow band down the 

 centre, and numerous deep purple 

 blotches on the inner surface, the 

 basal ijortion being covered with 

 stiffish purple hairs or papillae. {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5338; Fl. d. 8err. 1528, 31 ; 

 Elwes,Lil.t. 15.) 



There are many forms of L. aura- 

 tum, the best known being j/lat;/- 

 phi/llum, with richly-spotted broad- 

 petalled flowers about 1 ft. across ; 

 vir<jimde, very similar but spotless ; 

 ruhro-vittatmn, with a red band down 

 the centre of the i)etals ; Wittei, pure 

 white, without spots, but banded with 

 yellow, and sometimes tipped with 

 reddish-brown ; putum, finely spotted 

 crimson-ti[)ped petals; rarkmanni, 

 something like rubro-vittatum, but 



})eing more or less spotted with 

 crimson ; tricolor, very robust habit 

 and large flowers without any brown 

 dots, but with copious spots and 

 papillje. 



Fi(i. 22S.— LiJium auraium. (^.) 



L. Bakeri. — A native of the sandy 

 Avoods of Washington Territory and 

 S. British Columbia. It has ovoid 

 bulbs exactly like those of L. caiia- 

 (lense, about 5 ins in circumference. 

 The rather stout roundish stems are 

 2 to 6 ft. high, and the bright green 

 lanceolate leaves are mostly in whorls. 

 The orange-red flowers, about U ins. 

 long, are thickly spotted with maroon 

 in the lower half. 



L. Bakerianum. — This species is 

 found at an elevation of 4000 ft. on 

 the Shan Hills in Upper Burma, and 

 at GOOO ft. in Yunnan, China. It 

 grows 2 to 4 ft. high, and has narrow 

 stalkless leaves, densely pubescent 

 beneath. The broadly funnel-shaped 

 flowers about 4 ins. long, are creamy- 

 white, copiously sjiotted with brown 

 inside towards the base. Best grown 

 in a greenhouse. 



L. Batemanniee. — This is now 



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