150 NOTES ON LILIES 



11. Stems uot fasciatuil. 



,, i>uriilisli brown. 



Jlowors pink i:rr.i;rM. 



,, white or nearlj' so ... aliu'm. 

 ,, givoii. 



flowers rose-coloured ... ... iiosku.m. 



flowers deep rose-coloured ... . ,,,.., .,.\ 



flowers white or nearly so. 



llowers white with rose- 

 coloured spots ITNTTATL'Sr, 

 flowers nuite white ... nest.vlk. 



Concerning; th.e faseiated varieties there is little need to s])eak. They dill'er in nothing 

 from the other varieties, excejit in their faseiation. We have ailopted the name 

 FasciatiDii to avoid confusion, thouL^h in some ealnlognes tiie name ''orn/ubiftorum is 

 used for the same varieties. Of tlie non-fast'iated forms we have, first of all, a division 

 into those Avhieh have green stems and those which have purjilish-brown stems. We 

 find in practice that this is a fairly good character ; moreover, it is usually associated 

 with the presence of a similar tint on the mid-rih of the segments of the flower, easily 

 seen even when in bud. Of these pur]de-stemnu'd varieties there are two main forms, 

 the one with pink, the other with white flowers. We projiose that the name lluhrum 

 should ajjply to the pink-ilowercd varieties with purplish stems. There is no figure, 

 that we are aware of, of this variety. The white-flowered form of this section we propose- 

 to call Allium, the AlhiJInritDi of the '^ Botankal Magazine," belonging to another form. 



Turning now to the grcen-stemnied forms, we have those with pale rose or blush- 

 coloured flowers, in which the colour is not distini't ; these we ]>ropose to refer to Jloscian. 

 The figure in I'ii.rfon's Mn'irrJur, vol. o, jdate 1, represents this form. Of the same 

 colour, but much deeper, and with a defined whiti' or whitish edge around the segments 

 of the perianth, is the form wc propose to call the true Spcciosun). This is the plant 

 well figured in the "Botanical. Jlc^fistcr," tab. 2000, by Lindley, under this name ; also 

 in the "Flore dcs Scrres." t, 276-277. Spcciosuni var. Kwinjifcri of "Botanical 

 Maqnzinc,^' tab., 3785, we take to be synonymous with this. 



Of the white-flowered forms of this section we have one which is white with rose- 

 coloured spots. For this the name Pnncfafx/n. given by Lemaire, " Fhre dcs Scrres," 

 276, seems most suitalde, though if we were to follow liot:;nicnl rules ligidly, it should 

 be called by the Japanese name, Tniiicf.ono. It is figured under the name .llbiltoriim in 

 the "Botanical Mnrjazinc," t., 3785 and in "PaHon^i Jfa/azine," vol., 5, ti\h., 267, as 

 Lancifolinni Boscurii. It has also been called Brouaturrlii and Erimium in gardens, 

 though the latter name applies to ipiite a different jilant. So far as the bulus of these 

 varieties go, we have not jtersonally had the opportunity of comparing any gr^-at number, 

 but we are informed that the range of variation in the bulb is but slight. Lastly, for a 

 variety with pure white unspotted flowers, we ado]tt the name Vcstale. 



Besides the typical form of Babrum and Boseum, there are man}- intermediate (seedling) 

 varieties, amongst these a few may be selected for special beauty. 



1. Speciosurn Japonicii„i, coming direct from .Japan; with a broad crimson band, 

 margined with white, introduced l)y us in 186!'. 



2. A form very similar to this, but, perhaps, rather broader in the petals ; has gone 

 under various names, as Spccin^nm, Pnrpxration (Groom), Schri/iuahr.iii, &c. 



3. A very richly coloured blood-red flower, with large petals, and of perfect shape ; 

 known as Crucntum. 



4. Macranthum, a fine well-shaped form. 



5. Multiflorum, a very free flowering form, with tall branching spike, &c., &c. 



19. L. Aurahnn.—'LmdiX., (lard. Chron., 18G2, 644b; Hook., Bot. 

 Mag., t. 5,338; Flore des Serves, t. 1,528-1,531 ; 111. Hort., ix., t. 

 338 ; Rev. Hort., 1867, t., 371 ; Miciuel, Ann. Mus., iii., Ibij.—De.vteri^ 

 Hovey, Mag-. Hort., Aug., 1862. — Wlltei, Suringar in K. Kocli, 

 Woollens, 1867, 204. — Speciosurn, imperiale, Hort., Siebold. — Bulb, 

 somewhat like that of Sj^eciosiim ; stem, 2 to 4 feet high, green, or 



