J 74 NOTKS ON LILIKS 



brofid. Caucasus, Giildenstadt, C. A, Meyer. (I have seen it grow- 

 ing in Kew CJardens.) 



This Lily, more f^ciii'ially callcil S-oi-ifiuniion, iiiul .sometimes CulcJiiciiiii, is a most 

 beautiful and rather variable species ; not merely from the unusual (canary) colour of 

 the flowers, their large si/e, and contrast with the chocolate-brown anthers, luit from the 

 symmetry of the pyramidal siiike. Karli Mower, (when well-cultivated), like an evenly 

 suspended bell, hangs with l)ase jjaralltd to the horizon. In this respect the woodcut 

 above fails to do justice to the ]i]ant. A\'e liavc had in one season over l,r)00 spikes in 

 bloom, from 4 to 6 feet high, with from 4 to 20 bells on each spike, some of them (the 

 llowei-s) 6 inches acro.ss, most beautifully coloured, scarcely any two alike, a siglit of 

 beauty that falls to the lot of but few. 



Among its many varieties, we have selected the following as esp-cially worthy of 

 notice : — 



A. — A fine broad petalled form with large bells of flowers, rather jialc in tint, but 

 regularly and heavily spotted with about 4 rows of dark purple spots on cither edge of 

 the petal. 



B. — A very rich deep canary, almost citron coloured form, with ^■cry few spots. 



C. — A pale lemon tinted form, few spots 



D. — Has a deep y(d!ow centre and jyaler tinted edges. 



E. — .\ peculiar pale coloured form, very regularly and richly spotted, with pale coloured 

 anthers of a light greenish tint. 



F. — The unsjiotted variety, of a very deep citron colour. "We have been accustomed 

 to call this variety MniKdh-iplium. According to some Liliophilists, this form {Mthui- 

 ddphum) diliers from the tyi)e in (a) having iintliers covered with lemon yellow pollen, 

 instead of chocolatx^ brown, (b), in being earlier by three weeks to llower, and (c) in 

 shewing its flower buds directly it is above the ground, w]ierea.s, in tlu^ type, the bud.s 

 are concealed by the leaves till ready to ])loom. As regards (a), we have noticed anthers 

 bearing jioUen of all shades, from a pale greeni.sli yellow to a very rich red brown. As 

 regards (b and c), we have noticed there diHerences, more csjiecialiy in plants that have 

 been jdanted the jircvions autumn, and are not yet well established, but not with jilants 

 like our own, that have been undisturbed through three winters. Cultivators must not 

 expect to see this Lily in all its beauty, unless ]>lanted in a moist, loamy, or clayey .soil, 

 and left undisturbed for at least two winters, — then it will be mag-nificent. 



39. L. rohjphijUnm.—X). Don in lioyle, 111. Him., oS8 ; Kunth, 

 Enum., iv., ()77; Klotzsch, Reise AVald., 53. — Putidatum, Jacquetn, 

 Ducliai-tre, Obs., 76. — (For descriptiou of bulb, seejDages 114 and 115), 

 stem, smooth, terete, 2 to 4 feet liigh ; leaves, 40 to GO in number, 

 ascending, scattered (or the lower ones sometimes whorled, according 

 to Jaccjuemont), green, sessile, acute, smooth, minutely papillose on 

 the edges, resembling those of Martarion in their texture and venation, 

 the lower ones oblanceolate, 4 or 5 inches long, G to 9 lines broad 

 above the middle, the upper ones narrower and linear ; peduncle, 

 naked for 5 or G inches below the raceme ; raceme, lax, containing 

 from 4 to 10 flowers, branches often opposite; bracts, in whorls; 

 pedicels, nodding at the top Avhen bearing flowers, the lower ones 

 o to 5 inches long; perianth, 18 to 21 lines long, fragrant, '^'^ of a 

 livid-yeilow, with claret-coloured dots" (Jacquc^mont) ; segments, 

 oblanceolate, 2 or 3 lines broad, rcvolute from the middle; filaments, 

 15 to ] G lines long ; anthei's, 4 lines long ; ovary, G or 7 lines long, 

 one-third shorter than the very curved style ; capsule, obovoid, 12 to 

 15 lines long, sub-acute-angled. Temperate region of the Western 

 Himalayas (Kunawar, Kashmir, etc.) ; Eoyle, Thomson, Jacquemout. 

 €,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level, also in Thibet. 



