222 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
L. puberulum.—A synonym of Pallidifolium, a 
variety of L. pardalinum, Page 218. 
L. pulchellum.—A variety of L. concolor, Page 206. 
L. pumilum.—A synonym of JL. callosum, Page 
201. 
L. punctatum.—A variety of several species, but 
best known as belonging to L. specioswm, to which it is 
referred. 
L. puniceum.—A synonym of L. tenuifolium. 
L. pyrenaicum.—See L. pomponium, Page 221. 
L. Robinsonianum.—A variety of L. pardalinum, 
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L. Roezlii.—A synonym of Angustifolium, a vari- 
ety of pardalinum, Page 218. 
L. sinicum.—See under Concolor, Page 206. 
L. speciosum.—As a whole, this species of Lilies 
far surpasses any other species of herbaceous plants, for 
the garden, or for the greenhouse. Among Lilies there 
are none to compare, excepting L. candidum, which has 
no peer. By common consent, Speciosum was regarded 
the species; all other forms were varieties. This mat- 
ters not, so long as it is so understood, that we do not 
get the varieties mixed. So in our descriptions we shall 
consider Speciosum a type, notwithstanding the fact 
that, when introduced by Dr. Siebold, it referred to 
what is now considered L. s. rubrum. | 
The extreme beauty of the Speciosum species has 
tempted the growers to multiply varieties to an almost 
unlimited extent ; far beyond the limit of reason, to say 
the least, as names have been given plants for differences 
that exist only in the imagination. One dealer lists 
thirty-four varieties, four times as many as the most 
enthusiastic admirer could find, uninfluenced by the 
hope of gain. We shall note such varieties as have some 
individual features that commend them to the reader, 
in whose interest this book is written. 
