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Mr. Farrer collected it on Hpimaw Hill in full Hower in 

 July 1919, and in the same month Mr. Forrest got it on the 

 N'mai-kha Salween divide in Yunnan. I have no doubt 

 that bulbs of this plant have reached this country more 

 than once within the last thirty years. Along with it no 

 doubt were imported bulbs of lyriviulinuni and Loivii as 

 well as of a plant ^ closely resembling neilgherreiise and 

 Wallichianuin. Perhaps mixing of these bulbs gives the 

 reason for the confusion of such plants as neibjlierrense, 

 Loiuii, and nepale^ise, which have little in common. 

 The record in the horticultural journals supports this 

 statement. In the " Garden " for 6th October 1900 I find 

 the following : — 



" When Upper Burmah was first opened up by our mili- 

 tary authorities a great many bulbs of Lilium ne'palense 

 were sent to this country, but of late this lily has not been 

 so plentiful." 



In the "Garden" for 12th October 1895:— 

 " It is certainly a very distinct lily, and though the 

 flowers are beautiful, it is not at all likely that it will 

 become a popular lily as it often runs up tall and weak, 

 and is after the first season not very amenable to cultiva- 

 tion. The additional numbers seen this year may, I think, 

 be attributed to the fact that a few large importations 

 came to this country in the spring, and one at least of 

 considerably over 1000 bulbs was disposed of at the 

 London auction rooms as mixed species from the Shan 

 States of Upper Burmah. These seem, however, to be 

 nearly all L. ncpalense, at least as far as I have seen them 

 in flower. There is a certain amount of variation to be 

 found in the flowers of this lily, as in some the chocolate 

 at the basal half of the petals extends much farther down 

 than others, while the greenish-yellow of the rest of the 

 flower also varies in hue." 



I call attention to this note particularly as the behaviour 

 of L. ochraceiim in the garden is quite another story. 

 There are other references giving Burma as a habitat, and 



' Possibly L. myriophyllum, Franch., and certainly L. suljihureum, 

 Baker, were included in these bulb collections, but these two are 

 probably one and the same species. 



