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7. As we have seen iu the Yunnan specimens rhizomatous 

 development may or may not appear. The lily in fig. 45 

 iu '• Gardeners' Chronicle " (16.8.1913), 3rd series, vol. liv., 

 named sutcJiuenense, cannot be taken as exactly equivalent 

 to the sutchuenense of Franchet, the original types of 

 which lack rhizomatous development, but show crowded 

 leaves and an inflorescence which is sometimes many- 

 flowered. As I have never seen this form in cultivation, 

 my opinion is given with reservations, but I would regard 

 it as simply a growth form of Davidi, certainly more akin 

 to the glabrous perianth state of that species {sutcltuenense) 

 than to the more villous state which was described as 

 Thayerae. 



The whole of the Davidi group invite comparison with 

 the Maximowiczii and Tigrinum series from northern and 

 eastern Asia, which appear to be parallel developments, 

 but my acquaintance with these eastern lilies is too slight 

 to give any value to my opinion thereon. Nor have I 

 material to justify reference to L. Biondii, Baroni, L. 

 cJtinense, Baroni, or L. Rosthornii, Diels. 



L. Fargesii, Franch., is a member of the series, but is 

 quite distinct from the foregoing. Franchet bracketed it 

 with Davidi by colour distinctions, calling the two yellow 

 spotted with brown as opposed to the orange-red or bright 

 red of the other species of this group. We have seen that 

 as regards Davidi this colour distinction will not hold. 

 There is more to be said for the colour distinction as regards 

 Fargesii. The plant is not in cultivation and it is difficult 

 to Vje sure from dried specimens of the true colour. But 

 to judge from several sheets which I have on loan from 

 Paris, the colour would not appear to be a bright orange. 

 It has a very much smaller flower than its allies, and its 

 .sparse, long, linear leaves also distinguish it. Franchet 

 also called attention to the number of lamellae on the 

 inner face of the seguients, noting them as 4-6 in number. 

 This seems to hold good. The lily occurs also in eastern 

 Yunnan — L. cupreuTn, Levi, is the same. It has the 

 lamellar characters which Franchet observed, and on 

 Maire's original ticket the colour is said to be "cuivr6," 

 which is additional evidence of colour distinction between 

 this lily and Davidi and its forms. 



