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centre of the stem, linear, havincy the edges revolute and a 

 single prominent central nerv^e beneath covered with short 

 hairs ; flowers in the only known specimen 3, in colour 

 apparently orange, with numerous purplish spots on their 

 lower half ; perianth segments shortly campanulate at the 

 base, very spreading at the points, but not revolute, 

 marked with prominent papillae at their base and remark- 

 able for the presence on the upper side of a median band 

 covered with long, white hairs. The bands are wider on 

 the outer than on the inner segments, and form, in their 

 junction at the base of the perianth, a downy collar. 



Franchet in Plantae Davidianae, vol. ii (1888), p. 129, 

 gives a further diagnosis, from which I would quote the 

 following points : — 



" Caulis ad apicem usque minutissime scaberulus . 

 flores . . . lutei (ex icone citato) dense rubro-maculati. 



" Espece bien caracterisee par ses tiges finement scabres, 

 ses feuilles etroites, allongees-graminiformes a bords replies 

 en dessous, par ses fleurs velues-papilleuses en dessous sur 

 la nervure. Le L. Davidi, de meme que I'espece precedente, 

 ne peuvent guere seloigner du L. speciosum, Thunb." 



I note here that both Elwes and Franchet lay stress on 

 the comparatively slight recurving of the perianth segments 

 and on the remarkal)le development of hairs on the median 

 line on the perianth segments. Elwes suggests no affinity, 

 while Franchet is inclined to place it along with L: 

 Duchartrei not far from L. speciosum, Thunb. Elwes is 

 satisfied that the figure represents adequately the imperfect 

 material available, and Franchet makes no suggestion that 

 the same figure is unsatisfactoiy. 



The next stage takes us to Franchet's review of the lilies 

 of China and Tibet in Journ. de Bot., vi. (1892), 308. Here 

 Franchet has gone very much farther into the distinguish- 

 ing characters of the Chinese lilies. L. speciosum he puts 

 aside on account of its glabrous nectariferous furrow. 'J'he 

 others of the group we are concerned with he breaks up 

 into three sections, which he endeavours to particularise 

 by colour distinctions. In his first section with white or 

 winey-red flowers he places Duchartrei, pa-piUiferwm, and 

 langkongense. In the second section with yellow flowers, 



