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There remains L. Willmottiae, Wilson, of which I have 

 not seen the types. The plant comes from Hupeh. All 

 specimens I have seen of this species are from cultivated 

 plants. These do not agree with the original description, 

 as the stem is certainly not weak and the leaves are ]- 

 nerved instead of 3-nerved. I believe the plant before me, 

 which was cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edin- 

 burgh, to be a form of Willmottiae. None of the characters 

 noted in the diagnosis are individually very strong as 

 regards specific distinction, but the sum of these characters 

 seems to warrant the retention of Will'tnottiae as a distinct 

 species. 



IV. 



L. DUCHARTREI, FrANCH., AND ITS ALLIES. 



The lilies concerned in this group are : — 

 L. Duchartrei, Franch. ; L. papilliferuin, Franch. ; L. 

 lankongense, Franch. ; L. Forrestii, W. W. Sm. ; L. Farreri, 

 Turrill. 



Franchet had the first three species in that group of 

 Chinese Martagons which he characterised by their having 

 papillose lamellae bordering the nectariferous furrow. He 

 subdivided this group by colour distinctions and the three 

 species noted were placed together as having flowers either 

 white, spotted with brown, or flowers of a winey-red tint. 



L. Forrestii, W. W. Sm., appears in Notes of the Ro3'al 

 Botanic Garden, vol. viii, p. 192 (1914.), and was described 

 as akin to L. Fargesii, Franch. L. Farreri, Turrill, 

 appeared in " Gard. Chron.," 3rd series, vol. Ixvi, p. 76 

 (9.8.19), and was described as akin to L. Duchartrei, 

 Franch. 



I have examined in detail the type sheets from Paris of 

 L. lankovgense, Franch. (Delavay, n. 4437) from Lankong, 

 Yunnan. Franchet in his description lays stress on the 

 fact that the stem is covered with leaves to the base, which 

 character he states is very rare among the lilies of this 

 group. This is a very slender character on which to base 

 specific distinction and would require to be supported by 

 other characters. I understand from Mr. Forrest that the 

 Lankong area, which he has himself visited, is a very arid 

 region, consisting geologically of limestones and sand- 



