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lighter coloured form. No. 10,659, which is undoubtedly 

 conspecific. He described the flower of the last as 

 greenish-yellow, profusely spotted maroon. The species 

 is readily distinguished from L. taliense by the smooth 

 stem and by the solitary flowers — of the fifteen plants 

 collected all have solitary flowers. From L. ochraceuvi 

 the long, grass-like leaves give an easy means of distinction. 

 A detailed description is appended. (See also PI. IV.) 



Lilium Stewart ianiim, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 

 Species sectionis Martagon et affinis L. ochraceo, Franch. 

 et L. taliensi, Franch. ; ab hoc habitu graciliore, caulibus 

 glabris laevibusque. floribus semper solitariis flavidis diftert ; 

 ab illo habitu graciliore, foliis gramineis, floribus solitariis 

 inter alia recedit. 



Planta 45-.50 cm. alta ex collectore. Bulbus circ. 2-3 

 cm. longus, ovatus, squamis ovato-lanceolatis tenuibus in 

 sicco flavidis, radicibus basi sat bene evolutis. Caulis 

 erectus glaber epapillosus ; pars hypogaea 5-8 cm. longa 

 haud repens radicibus destituta ; pars epigaea basi nuda 

 mox foliis bene vestita. Folia plus minusve 20, erecta et 

 vix patentia, 5-8 cm. longa, circ. 2 mm. lata, acuta, ad 

 insertionem vix angustata, omnia sparsa, plana, tantum 

 sub lente valida margine scabridiuscula, glabra ; infima 

 nonnunquam breviora et ad 5 mm. lata ; supremum saepe 

 ad basim floris solitarii attingens. Pedunculus 6-7 cm. 

 longus flore nutante fragrante. Perianthii pars tertia 

 tubulosa ; segmenta subrevoluta, fere 4 cm. longa, medio 

 circ. 9 mm. lata, oblonga, obtusiuscula, saturate olivaceo- 

 flava, maculis atrokermesinis densissime oi'nata; sulcus 

 nectariferus nudus glaber. Staminum filamenta 2"o cm. 

 longa, glabra ; antherae 8-9 mm. longae, in sicco brunneae. 

 Stylus in flore bene evoluto dissecto tantum 1 cm. longus 

 ovario 1'5 cm. longo brevior, nonnumquam ovarium subae- 

 quans, certe duplo vel triple haud superans ut apud L. 

 taliense vel L. ochracenm. Fructus deest. 



" West China — Mountains in the X.E. of the Yangtze 

 Bend, Yunnan, on open stony pasture. Lat. 27° 45' N. 

 Alt. 11,000 feet. Plant of 18-20 inches. Flowers, ground- 

 colour deep olive-yellow, but almost black with deep 

 crimson-maroon markings, fragrant. July 1918." G. 

 Forrest. No. 10,647. 



