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flowers are pendulous, with much-reflexed segments, and are 

 bright red or scarlet : they open in July and August. Native 

 of the Levant. 



L. davuricum {Dahurian Lily). — This species resembles L. 

 bidbiferiwi in its large, erect, open, bell-shaped flowers, which 

 are deep red, yellowish in the centre, and dark-spotted. The 

 leaves are lance-shaped, and the plant grows 2 or 3 feet high. 

 The flowers appear in July and August. Native of Dahuria. 



L. longiflonim {Jo7ig-flowered White Lily). — This species grows 

 about 18 inches or 2 feet high, with shining lance-shaped 

 leaves. The flowers are large, long, and bell-shaped, with 

 spreading but not reflexed segments ; they are rather dull white 

 externally, but very pure white inside, and warted towards 

 the base. Flowers in June. Native of China. There are 

 some varieties of this species characterised by differences of 

 stature and the size of the flowers, but, so far as I am aware, 

 there is no variation in the colour. 



L. Martagon (Martagon Lily). — This is another old inhabit- 

 ant of gardens, and is pretty well known under the name Turk's- 

 Cap Lily. It grows about 3 feet high. The leaves are oval, 

 lance-shaped, arranged on the stems in whorls. The flowers are 

 pendulous, with much-reflexed segments, and are usually purplish 

 red or livid red; and there is a white-flowered form also. Flowers 

 in July and August. Native of Germany, France, and Italy. 



L. monadelphum {Monadelphous Lily). — This species grows 

 about 3 feet high. The leaves are lance-shaped, clothing the 

 stems rather thickly. The flowers are pendulous, pale yellow 

 or lemon-coloured, and spotted in the centre with deep red ; 

 the segments are reflexed. The stamens are, as the name im- 

 plies, monadelphous, or united at the base. Flowers in July. 

 Native of the Caucasus. 



L. philadelphicum {Philadelphian Lily). — This species grows 

 about 4 feet high. The leaves are in whorls. The flowers are 

 erect, open, bell-shaped, deep orange shading to yellow, and 

 becoming spotted in the centre with dark purple spots, and the 

 segments taper below into longish stalks. Flowers in July and 

 August. Native of North America. 



L. pomponium {Pompoiiian Lily). — This species grows about 

 3 feet high. The leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, blunt below, 

 but becoming shorter and narrower and sharply pointed above. 

 The flowers are pendulous, the segments reflexed and warted 

 internally towards' the base. Native of Siberia and south- 

 eastern Europe. Flowers in June. 



L. pyrenaicum {Pyrenean Lily). — This species grows about 

 2 or 3 feet high. The leaves are narrow, lance-shaped ; the 



