160 ISOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH [Sess. lxxxvi 



ings of Maire from the vicinity of Yunnan-sen, Nos. 1302, 

 2238, with no legend save " Lys rouge— hautes cimes." 

 This is the same plant. 



The type needs ampler description : — 



The bulb and rhizome is that of L. yimnanense {Baker- 

 ianum). Stem slender, about 30 cm. high, glabrous, but 

 sometimes finely scabridulous ; leaves linear, crowded, 

 4-5-5 cm. long, about 2 mm. broad, 1 -nerved, sometimes 

 faintly 3-nerved, glabrous, or at times with a fine scabridu- 

 lous early deciduous indumentum— reminiscent of that of 

 yunnmiense but much finer. Flower 1-3, usually solitary ; 

 3-4 cm. long ; perianth similar otherwise to yimnanense ; 

 style 2 times the ovary. In Maire's Yunnan-sen specimens 

 the colour of the flowers is much deeper and the style 

 equals three times the ovary. In Henry, 10,743, the leaves 

 are a little larger, up to 6 cm. but much broader (up to 

 6 mm.), and are much less crowded. But it is the same 

 lily. Its close affinity to yimnanense (Bakerianum) is 

 undoubted. It is what yimnanense might be expected to 

 be in the comparatively dry, sub-arid East Yunnan. Only 

 Henry, No. 10,774, shows that Bakerianum more or less 

 typical is also at Mengtze. The sum of the differences 

 between semper vivo ideiim and Bakerianum are, however, 

 sufficient for specific distinction. I quote Maire's three 

 original tickets as Leveille gave an abbreviated statement 

 of these. 



"Lilium bulbeux; (rare) fl. blanches, pointilles de 

 rouge a I'interieur ; rochers en face de Siao-ou-long. Alt. 

 2550 m." 



"Lilium bulbeux; fi. blanches-penchees ; colhnes herb- 

 euses de Siao-ou-long. Alt. 2550 m." 



"Lilium bulbeux; fl. blanches, penchees, pointillees de 

 roux en dedans; collines rocailleuses de Siao-ou-long. 

 Alt. 2600 m." 



The colour of the flower varies from white to a deep 



pink. 



