AND THEIR CULTURE. 141 



This is one of the earliest, if not the eailiest known Lily, held sacred to the Virgin ; 

 and it may also be said, one of the most beautiful, most sweetly scented, and most 

 useful for decorative purposes ; its petals soaked in brandy are a popular remedy for cut 

 fingers and bruises. 



12. L. Belladonna (Leiclitlin). — Stem, a foot or more high, 

 slender, smooth, terete, gi'een ; leaves, about twentj'- in number, 

 lance-shapcd, very shortly stalked, distant from each other, gi-een, 

 smooth, acuminate, patent, li to 2 inches long, 8 or 4 lines broad iu 

 the middle ; flowers, one to three in number, the terminal ones erect 

 at first, the lateral ones horizontal when expanded ; perianth, broadly 

 funnel-shaped, 3 inches long, of a deep reddish colour on both sides, 

 tinged ^vith green at the base outside ; tube, graduall}^ widened from 

 the base to the neck ; segments, oblanceolate, not dotted, in the 

 expanded flower falcate in the upper third part, 8 to 12 lines broad 

 at two-thirds of their length from the bjase, the inner ones broader ; 

 stamens, shorter than the perianth by one-lburth ; anthers, narrow, 

 reddish, 3 or 4 lines long ; style, sHghtly curved, and, together ^vith 

 the ovary, longer than the stamens ; stigma, small. The plant has 

 the habit of >S|pec?osi/>/t, with a perianth like that of Candidu.n, only 

 reddish. Described from Max Leichtlin's figure. It is, perhaps, a 

 garden hybrid from Speciosiuu and Lon<jifjjruii(* It is believed to 

 have come originally from Japan, having a great resemblance to the 

 Amaryllts, from which it derives its name. 



13. L. M'asJiingfonianiiiu. — Kellogg, Proc. Calif. Acad., ii., lo ; 

 Wood. Proc. Acad. Phil., 18G8, 166; Baker, Gard. Chron., 1871, 709, 

 t. 142; Regel, Gartenfl., t. 170; Flore des Scrres, t. 1,975-6. — 

 L. Bartraiiiii, Nuttall, herb. — Bulb {see page 98), oblique, white, sub- 

 rhizomatous, with small lance-shaped scales ; stem, 3 to 5 feet high, 

 terete, smooth, green, racemose at the top, bare below the raceme ; 

 leaves, in six to nine whorls, each containing from five to twelve 

 leaves, or the upper ones scattered, oblanceolate, patent, sessile, 

 smooth, 3 or 4 inches long, 8 to 12 lines broad above the middle, 

 acute, green, gradually narrowed fi'om the middle to the base ; lateral 

 veins, oblique and indistinct ; raceme, from 6 inches to 1 foot long, 

 containing from 12 to 20 flowers when expanded, 8 or 9 inches broad, 

 pedicels ascending, the lower ones 2 to 4 inches long ; bracts, small, 

 oblanceolate or linear; perianth, fragrant, funnel-shaped, whitish, 

 2^ to 3 inches long, shghtly tinged with reddish or pm^ple on the 

 inside ; dots, few, small, lilac-coloured, scattered ; segments, ob- 

 lanceolate, 6 to 8 lines broad at two-thirds of their, length from the 

 base (from which point they are gradually narrowed to the base), 

 falcate in the upper third or fourth part when the flower is fully 

 expanded ; stamens, shorter than the perianth by one-fourth ; 

 anthers, yellow, 5 or 6 hues long ; ovary, 8 or 9 lines long, about 



* ilax Leiehtlin iuforms me that he has not seen the plant, but only its picture, which 

 was sent to him from America some years ago. Very little, therefore, is really known 

 about this species (?) ; but, there is reason to believe that there are yet some unknown 

 ■wonderful fonus in Japan. 



