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NOTES ON LILIES 



6. L. NeHrjhcrrense.—Wicrht, Ic, t. 2,031-2.— L. Tnhiflorurn,\Yight, 

 Ic, t. 2,033-k— I;. Wall !rh!anum, Wight, Ic, t. 2,035, nou Schultes, 

 fil.— L. Mcfzn, Steud. in Hohcn. Ind. Or. Exsic, No. 054.— L. JVet7- 

 ^/lernc^fm, Hort. Vcitcli. Lemairo; 111. Hort., x., t. 353.— Bulb (.see 

 page 93), globose, 2 or 3 inclies long ; scales, thick, lance-sliaped ; 



stem, 2 or 3 feet liigli, straight, 

 smooth, decumbent for some length at 

 the base; leaves, thirty to forty in 

 number, of a shining green colour, 

 ascending, firm, closely set, scattered 

 (i.e., not in whorls), [distinctly three- 

 nerved, the lower ones 3 or 4 inches 

 long, and 12 or 13 lines broad in 

 the middle ; flowers, one to three in 

 number, ascending, white, fragTant ; 

 ]ieriantli, narrowly funnel-shaped, G or 

 7 inches long; tube, 2 or 3 inches 

 long, scarcely widened above the base ; 

 \#\\ segments, oblanceolate-clawed, in the 

 expanded flower falcate only at the 

 The Xeilghcny Lily apex, cuspidate, callous at the apex, 



(i. Kciighcr raise). downy, 15 to 18 Hncs broad at three- 



quarters of their length from the base ; stamens, a little shorter than 

 the perianth; anthers, narrow, yellow, to 12 hues long; ])ollen, 

 yellow; ovary, 12 to 14 lines long, and, along with the slender style 

 (which is from 3 to 3^- inches long), equal in length to the stamens ; 

 •capsule, oblong, obtuse-angled. "Temperate region of the Pulnies 



<b). 



With Groeu 

 Tinted Stems. 



f IFalUcliiannm, stem tall, 4—6 feet high, foliage 3— 5-nerveil, narrow, 

 acutely pointed, perianth green tinted externally, 7 — inelies long, tube 

 long, hmnel-shaped, disc widely exiianded, highly revolute. 



Xcih/Jtcrrc'/isc, stem 2—3 feet high, foliage 3-nerved, very broad ; 

 perianth of a cream colour, shading into butf internally, 6 — S inches 

 long, tube long, funnel-shaped, disc star-shaped, with expanded seg- 

 ments, not revolute. 



Loiifjijlornm, dwarf habit, foliage .5-nerved, broail and short, perianth 

 bcU-sliaped, gradually increasing all its length, 4—5 inches long, disc 

 widely expanded, only slightly revolute, like Takcsima. 



E.maium {JFilsoai of others), stem 3—4 feet high, foliage 3-ner7ed, 

 crowded, long, narrow, acuminate ; perianth funnel-shaped,- 6 — 7 inches 

 long, ilisc widely expanded, highly revolute, like Philijipincnsc. 



Madame von Siebolil, a form, as regards foliage, intermediate between 

 the two preceding, habit dwarf, perianth 7—8 inches long, bell-shaped, 

 L disc perfect, widely expanded, but not revolute. 



For a very good paper on these Lilies, with woodcuts, sec "Florist ami Pu)nologist," 

 1874, p. 171. 



]sr.B. — "We do not agree with Duchartre, as to any differentiation of these forms being 

 <ibtainable from the angle formed by the union of the flower and the stem supporting 

 .them. 



