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the top ; bracts, linear-subulate, in pairs ; perianth, 15 to 18 lines long-, 



of a bright pale crimson colour ; segments, oblanceolate, 3 or 4 lines 



broad in the middle, very revolute, usually of one colour, rarely 



marked with a few small blackish dots ; groove, smooth, distinctly 



sunk ; filaments, pale red, 8 or 9 lines long ; anthers, twice as long ; 



pollen, scarlet; ovary, 4 to 4i lines long, one-third shorter than the 



slender style. Siberia, from the Altai Mountains to Amoor-land and 



Northern China. Pallas, Maximowicz, &c. 



An early floweiing kind, as may be sup])osed from its habitat. The most elegant 

 and irracei'ul of all tlie dwarf Lilies. 



