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L. BaJierianum, L. Lowii, L. Delavayi, L. yunnanense, 

 L. sempervivoideiiin. 



The histoiy of the desci'iption* of the first four shows an 

 interesting- parallel. L. Bakcriamiin, Coll. et Hemsl., was 

 first published in Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii (1890), 138, 

 pi. xxii. It is described as having white flowers and 

 remarkable for the sliort genitalia. No particular affinity 

 is given unless in the note that it is •' intermediate in 

 chai-acter between L. davuricuin, Gawl., and L. japoniciiin, 

 Thunb." — a comparison which it is difficult for me to 

 appreciate. In May 1892, in Bot. Mag., t. 7232, appeared 

 L. Loivii, Baker. It was contrasted with nepalense and 

 Bakerianum. The latter is said to differ in the erect 

 flowers, shorter stamens, and inner segments of the perianth 

 much broader than the outer. The perianth showed 

 " reddish-purple " or " claret-brown " spotting on the lower 

 inside half of segments. When these Burmese lilies were 

 in cultivation (along with suljjhureuon and the Burmese 

 form of nepalense) they attracted attention, among other 

 points, by their variability, especially in colour. Thus 

 amid several references in horticultural literature I quote 

 from Mallett in "The Garden," vol. Ixiv (1908), p. 333:— 



" Liliuin Bakerianum (Collett and Hemsley), syn. L. 

 Lowii (Baker), Professor Baker's Lily. A recent and 

 valuable addition to our garden lilies, though known long 

 ago. Very distinct in the shape and colouring of its 

 flowers. Bulbs 4 ins. in cii'cumference, white, purplish 

 when exposed, globose, very fibrous, roots stout and of 

 several years' duration. Stems very slender, smooth or 

 slightly rough, 3 ft. long, bearing one to three bulbils and 

 a few roots at their bases. Leaves mere bracts below, 

 largest (3 ins. long) at the middle of the stem, dark glossy 

 green, rough beneath, lance-shaped, scattered, ascending. 

 Flowers two to five in a loose umbel, horizontally poised 

 or drooping, trumpet shaped, 3 ins. across, 4 ins. long, white, 

 spotted brown low down the distended funnel, coloured 

 greenish externally, especially on the midribs; the petal 

 tips slightly recurve, and the anthers are yellow ; very 

 variable. Flowers in July. The Burmese forms are mainly 

 smooth-leaved, and the Yunnan forms rou<;h on the under 



