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NOTES ON LILIES 



ncrvcJ, with minute papilla* on the margin, tlio.se at the centre of 

 the stem linear, o to 6 inches long, the lowest ones oblanccolate 

 obtuse, the upper ones gradually smaller, the highest lance-shaped, 



1 to li inches long, and pressed close to the stem; raceme, short, 

 deltoid, containing from (5 to 20 flowers, and, when fully ex])anded,, 

 C to 8 inches broad; lower flowers nodding; bracts, lance-shaped or 

 linear ; pedicels, ascending, the lowest ones 2 or ^5 inches long, often 

 with small bracts ; perianth, white, fragrant, broadly funnel-shaped, 



2 or 3 inches long, gradually widened from the base to the neck 



The Double White Lily 

 (L. Candidiim var. Monstrusaia). 



The "White Lily 

 {L. Camlkliim). 



(where it is 1^ inches in diameter) ; segments, in the expanded 

 flower, falcate in the upper third part, obtuse, downy at the apex, 

 6 to 9 (or, rarely 12) lines broad above the middle ; stamens, shorter 

 than the perianth by one-third ; anthers, yellow, 5 or 6 lines long ;. 

 style, together with the ovary, much longer than the stamens, nearly 

 as long as the penanth. Southern Europe, from Corsica to Northern 

 Persia and the Caucasus. 



1. Yar. FolUs Aurco Manjinati^ is a form, in which a broad golden 

 margin to the foliage prevails, especially valuable in a winter garden. 

 The flower is the same, but of a very pure white colour. 



2. Var. Striatum, Flore des Serres, t. 7o5, is a form with flowers 

 streaked with purple on the outside. 



3. Var. Spicatuiii (Flore Piano or Monstrosum) , Hort.,is an abnormal 

 form, the flowers being abortive, and the bracts dilated, white, and 

 petaloid. 



4. Var. Perer/rinum, Linn. — I'cregrinunt, Mill. Diet., No. 2 ; Ilayne, 

 Arzne., viii., 27; Sweet, Brit. ilow. Card., ser. ii., t. oG7. A slen* 

 derer form, with a purple stem, nai-rower leaves, and segments of 

 perianth narrower, longer, more acute, and more spathulate. A 

 garden variety, long in cultivation, not yet found in a wild state. 



