160 NOTES ON LILIES 



Vav. o, Panlhnim, Moore, ''Florist," ISOl, 121, with a figure. 

 This scarcely ditlers from var. 2, except in luivino- a taller stem (2 to 

 3 feet), and the flowers few and in an umhel. 



Var. 4, Alufaceiim, Baker and Dyer, " Ciard Chron.," loc. cit. — 

 Thnnhenjianum Aiirciim Nit/ro-macitlatnui , Flores des Serrcs, t. 1,027: 

 stem, dwarf; leaves about oO in number; flowers, solitary; perianth 

 of a pale apricot colour; inner segments, 12 to 13 lines broad, with 

 numerous purjilish dots on the lower half. 



Var. 5, Ariiicaiacum, Baker and Dyer, loc. cit. Stem, about a foot 

 high : leaves, 30 to 10 in number, the lower ones linear ; flowers one 

 or two in number, orange, not dotted, and without lamclhc or papilla3 ; 

 segments 9 to 12 lines broad. 



Var. 6, Cib'iiium, hort., Wilson, scarcely differs from Armeniacitm, 

 except in having the stem 2 to 2\ feet in height, the leaves lance- 

 shaped, and flowers two to three in number. 



Var. 7, Saiujuineuui, Lindl., " Bot. Bog.," 32., t. 50. Stem, 1 to 

 1\ feet high ; leaves, about 40 in number, lance-shaped ; flowers, 

 one to two in number ; segments, broad ; blood-red, slightly tinged 

 vnth. orange, and with a few small dots near the base ; papillas and. 

 lamelko nearly obsolete. 



Var. 8, Atrosan(jnrncum,^?ikQv and Dyer, loc. cit. — Contsfcans, hort. 

 Stem, 1 to 1:1 feet high ; leaves, lance-shapcd ; flowers, usually soli- 

 tary; segments, broad, deep red, with numerous dots on the lower 

 half; papilho and lamclko, numerous and only slightly raised. — 

 Ho'inaioclironiti, Letnaire, 111. Hort., t. 503, is a similar form, with 

 darker livid red flowers. 



Var. 9, Fulgent^, Morren, in Spae Mem., 29 ; Lemaire, 111. Hort.,. 

 t. 657, approaches Daviiriciov. Stem, 1 to 1^ feet high; leav'e&,, 

 about 40 in number, linear; flowers, often four to six in number, of 

 a deep red colour ; dots, lamelhv, and pa]iilhv, almost obsolete. — 

 Venusfuni, Kunth, Flore des Serres, t. 652, is a similar form with at 

 more brilliant flower, more tinged with orange. — ]\'ikoni, hort., 

 according to ]\Iax Leichtlin, is probably a hybrid between Elegans 

 and Spec tosn III. 



In early and mid-growth, apart froni.tlirir flowcis, just as the Tirirr <^vo\\y may be 

 recognised by a straight tall habit, more or less woolly stem, and crowded long pointed 



foliage ; Spccio.ium by the broad alternate shiny leaves ; Martaqovs by their tall habit, 

 whorled or much broken u]i foliage ; U mhdl ntnm. by the elongated, rrowded, light green, 

 rough, ]iubescent loliagc, llattciicd at the toj) into an umbel as if crushed ; so by its 

 dwarf haliit, smooth, rather broad and short sliiny foliage, Tliunhcrrjianum may be 

 easily dilferentiated from all other forms. 



"We have gi'own for years many varieties of the Thunhcniianum group, ami consider 

 them to have lieen raised from one type bj' the horticultural skill of the Japanese, 

 extending over a number of years, who, in dealing with this type, have produced strains 

 of far greater excellence, in form, and in variety of colour, than has been effected 

 by Eurojieans in dealing with the sister group, DavKvicum or Lwhellatum. It seems 

 ciirious, that while no ibrm of the Thunhcrfjiannm group has been found outside Japan, 

 no form of I'mbcllatuin has been as yet, to oar knotchdge, sent over to us as indigenous- 

 to those islands. 



