AND THEIR CULTURE. 



17.5 



established. "NVlien wtll f,'ro\vn, it throws up a spike from 4 to o feot high, -with 12 to 30- 

 flowers, of a much lirighti-r tint than that given in tlie drawing aliove referred to. 



It is a very earlj'-fioweiing Lily, with well-marked whorled foliage ; the flowers are- 

 golden yellow, star-shaped, and spotted, like other true Mnrtaxjoas, has petals stout and 

 fleshy in substance, broad and ovate, i-ather than long. 



It was discovered by ilaximowicz in 1860, in Japan ; we have had drawings of this- 

 Lily, with bull is sent over to us thence, as far back as the winter of 1869-70, but we 

 never flowered it till 1878. We consider it to be by far the most striking and graceful 

 form of all the true Marta/jons. 



38. L. Monadelphum . — M. Bieb., Flor.Taur., i.^ 267; Cent. PI. Ross., 



t. 4 ; Gawl. Bot. Mag., t. 1,405 ; Kunth, Enum., iv., 260 ; Fiscli. 



and Lall., Ind. Sem. Petrop., 1839, 57; lieich. Esot., t. 89; Kegel, 



Gartenfl., t. 723. — LodcJijesiaimm, Schultes, fil, Syst. Veg., vii., 416 ; 



Kunth, Enum., iv., 261; Lemaire, Jard. Fleur., t. 204; Paxt. Flow. 



Gard., t. 58. — Szovilzianum, Fisch. and Lall., Ind. Sera, l^etr., 1839,. 



58 ; Kunth, Enum., iv., 674 ; Kegel, Gartenfl., t. 436 ; Flore des 



Serres, 507-9. — Colchiciirn, Steven. — Bulb, ovoid (seepage 11 4), whitish, 



perennial ; scales, numerous, lance-shaped ; stem, 



2 to 5 feet high, stout, green, puberulous ; leaves, 



30 to 50 in number, scattered, ascending, linear 



lance-shaped, or oblanceolate, green, distinctly 



many -nerved, the central ones 3 or 4 inches long, 



6 to 12 lines broad in the middle, pubescent on 



the back and edges ; raceme^ usually containing 



from 2 to 16 (sometimes 20 to 30) flowers ; 



peduncles, li- to 2 inches long, nodding at the top ; 



bracts, large, lance-shaped, in pairs ; perianth, 



fragrant, of a sulphur-yellow, 2h to 3A inches 



long ; segments, oblanceolate, falcate above the 



middle, 9 to 12 lines broad, tinged with y)urple at 



the base and apex, and having a few small 



blackish dots on the inner surface, not papillose ; 



groove, smooth and shallow; filaments, IS to 21 



lines long, green, flattened fi'om the base, valvate 



at the base of the upper third of their length ; ■ 

 anthers, 5 or 6 lines long ; pollen, red ; ovary, 7 Crimson-anthered Lily 

 or 8 lines long, half the length of the almost <^: Szovitziamnn). 

 straight style; capsule, obovoid, 18 to 21 lines long, obtuse-ano-led, 

 umbiiicated at the apex. The Caucasus, and northern Persia, flowering 

 in our gardens in June, amongst the earliest. The original plant of 

 Bieberstein is merely a form which has the filaments united below. 

 This species recedes from the others of this group towards Eulirion, 

 which it resembles in the form of the perianth, and in the absence of' 

 papillte, &c. 



Var. L. Ledebourii, Baker; T]irenaicum, Led. Fl. Eoss, iv,, 151, 

 non Gouan. — -A dwarfer variety with narrower leaves (80 to 100 in 

 number), linear, seven-nerved, 4 to 6 lines broad in the middle, 

 scarcely pubescent underneath ; segmentsof the perianth, 6 to 8 lines. 



