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NOTES ON LIl.lKS 



Uiuler tliis head arc iiu-liuloil several very distinct forms, hortieulturally speaking, 

 viz. : — 



1. ('o)ico!oi; Worn Japan. Tliis kind has oiespitosc hnlbs, mostly small, i.e., the hulbs 

 have a great tendency to break np and form a cluster, and are said to thrive best when 

 left alone, and not torn asunder and re-planteil as single bulbs ; it is rather a dillicult 

 Lily to grow, but in very wet summers, and on light soil, it has done well witli us. It 

 lias a dwarf habit, srarccdy a foot high, with erect liglit-green foliage, narrow, acute, 

 1 to 1^ lines broaii, ] .]. incli long, o-nerved, very numerous, crowded ; late llowering, with 

 two or tlirce erect crimson star-shaped s)iotted llowers ; tlii' native name is S/iniii-Jnri. 



2. Coridioii, in bull>, growtii, and habit, similar to tlie preceding, but tlie llower is 

 somewhat larger, of a rich yellow, tiaked here and there with brown ; the handsomest by 

 far of the group ; its .lajjanese name is Ki-Fime-Jitri. 



3. SiiticHiit, ])ut little known in tliis country ; the Chinese form, growing 2 to 3 feet 

 high from a solitary larger bulb, bearing a spike of 4 — 6 flo.vers, larger and more heavily 

 spotted than those of the preceding forms ; brought over from Ciiina, in 18(i6, liy thi- 

 Hon. (.'. (Jrevillc, and again liy F«irtune in 18.")0 ; (igund and described l)y Saiislmry. 



4. Piilc/iclhiiii, also known as Jiitschidintm, from Siberia; a much earlier llowering 

 form, growing 1^ to '2 feet high, witli a star-sliajied crimson flower, very similar to that 

 of Concolor, but with narrower and smaller jietais, possessing a solitaiy bulb, figured at 

 page 1(1(5, witii sparse arching foliage, fi-nerveil, l.j to '2h lim-s broad, li inch to 2 inches 

 long, and of a deep green colour. The figure and foliage in the woodcut given (page 155) 

 are those of Puh/n/lKiu, not of Conr,,lor. 



5. Iarf/(cnct()ii, a form closely allied, if not identical with, Concolor ; not snlliciently 

 known to me to be acknowledged as a thoroughly distinct form. 



Closely allied to these nmst be tlie form of Davidi (Duchartrc JI.S.), collecte<l in the 

 Manze country of Thibet, 9,000 feet above sea level, in June, 1869. Described as 

 having an orange-.-olourcd star-slia[)ed flower with purple spots, a stem 2i feet high, 

 -and foliage like tliat of 'Tcmiifofiuiii, but more sparse. 



All these forms are exceedingly graceful for button-hole decoration. 



23. L. Biilhifvnnu (Pjirkiuson, ]-*arad., o7, t. 2). — Speciosum, 43o, 

 «ex parte; Jacq., Fl. Austr., t. 22G ; Bot. Mag., t. 1,018; Fisch. and 

 Mey., lud. Seiu., 183'.), c4; Kuntli, Enum., iv., 2U, G74; Kegel. 

 ^Garteufl., 1872, 231, with a figure of the bulb. — Bulb (compare p. IO*J), 

 ovoid, perennial ; scales, few, broad, acute ; first shoots, broad, obtuse, 

 tinged with red; stem, 2 to 4 feet high, straight, furrowed, spotted 

 with purple, covered with white cobweb-like down on the upper part ; 

 leaves, fewer and more ascending than in CroceiDu, the lower ones 

 about 3 inches long and 3 to 6 lines broad in the middle (the upper 

 ones drawn back), and bearing bulbils in the axils ; flowers, in wild 



specimens, one to three in number, iu 

 cultivated plants often more numerous, 

 and arranged in an umbel or deltoid 

 raceme ; pedicels, thick, short, spotted 

 with purple ; and covered with a white 

 cobweb-like down ; perianth, 2 to 2^ 

 inches long, erect, scentless, of a bril- 

 liant red colour, often tinged with orange 

 at the bottom ; segments, oblong-spathu- 

 late, to 15 lines broad in the middle, 

 the inner ones less clawed than in Croceiim, 

 all with black dots, and numerous lamellas 

 and ]ia])ill;o on the inner surface ; groove, 

 ^ inch long, very do^^p, with pilose edges; 



The Umbellate Lily 

 l^L. Uiabdlatam). 



