128 NOTES ON LILIES 



low ; style, togetlier with the ovary, iV an inch shorter than the 

 perianth ; Philippine Islands, ^ValIis in hort. Veitch. 



4. L. Wulllchianmn. — Schultes fil. Syst. vii., 1689 ; Kunth., Enum., 

 iv., 267; AVall. Cat. 5,07(5; Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 4,561 ; Lindl. et 

 Paxt. Flow. Gard., 1850, 120, with a plate; Lcmaire, Jard. Fleur, 

 t. 105, 106 ; Flore des Scrrcs, t. 612.-1;. Batisua, Hamilt, M.SS.— 



rod. Nop. 52, non. Thunb. — L. Longilhrum , 

 Wallich, Tent. Fl. Nop. 10, t. 20, non Thunb.— Bulb (.see'p. 94), 



ovoid, 2 to 3 inches long ; scales, thick, 

 white, acute, closely imbricated ; stem, 

 4 to 6 feet high, green, straight, terete, 

 horizontal at the base ; leaves, fifty to 

 sixty in number, somewhat distinct from 

 J each other, scattered, ascending, sessile, 

 Xiicuminate, smooth, gi-een, the lower ones 

 ,'(! to 9 inches long, 3 to 6 lines broad ia 

 the middle, three-nerved, the upper ones 

 shorter and broader, often five-nerved; 

 flowers, often solitary, sometimes two or 

 three in number, fragrant, horizontal from 

 the top of the pedicel or slightly ascending; 

 !3S^5.^;::_ perianth, white, greenish on the outside 

 "Wallich's Lily (Z. ll'aUichianum). at the base, 5 or 6 lines in diameter, at 

 One-third natural size. 3 inches above the base ; 7 to 9 inches 



long ; tube, 3 or 4 lines in diameter at the base ; segments with 

 oblanceolate claws, acute, 1^ to 2 inches broad at three-fourth their 

 length from the base ; stamens, 2 inches shorter than the perianth ; 

 anthers, yellow, 12 to 14 lines long; ovary, i inch to 2 inches long; 

 style, together with the ovary, as long as the stamens. The sub- 

 temperate region of the Central Himalayas (Kumaon, Nepaul, &c.), 

 at an altitude of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet. In Max Leichtlin's 

 garden there is a smaller and more slender form, with about twenty- 

 five leaves, which are distinct from each other, the lower ones smaller 

 than the upper ones ; anthers, 6 lines long ; and another form, 

 which has numerous leaves (200) much more closely set, and a stem 

 5 feet high. 



Perhaps this might fairly be placed as a species of full rank.* 

 Both for the height of the stem and size and fragrance of the flower 

 it is the prince of the forms of the Lowjiftorum series. Thex*e is an 

 excellent figure by Fitch, in the " Botanical Magazine," drawn from 

 li\nng specimens introduced by Major Madden, from Kumaon, 1850; 

 and this plate was copied into the "^ Jardin Fleurist " and the " Flore 

 des Serres." In all the descriptive books, from D. Don down to 

 Spae, the synonomy is more or less confused with that of Chinese- 

 Japanese forms. The history of the plant is as follows : — It was first 

 sent, in the dried state, to Europe about 1802, by Dr. Hamilton, 

 * Comiiare the description in pages 15 and 18. 



