214 NOTES ON LILIES 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PRIMARY DIVISION OF THE GENUS LILIUM. 



No one who will once take the trouble to mastei' the chai'acters of these 

 five groups and thoroughly understand them by the aid of living- specimens, 

 will find any difficulty ia referring- any flowering* specimen to its proper 

 position. 



ScB-GENus I. CARDIOCRINUM. 



Perianth,* funnel-shaped, with oblanceolate segments, falcate only at the 



apex. 

 Leaves stalked, heart-shaped, ovate — 



1, CordifoUum ; 2, Giganteum. 



Sdb-gexus II. EULIRION. 



Perianth, funnel-shaped, with oblanceolate segments, which are falcate only 

 at the apex ; leaves linear or lanceolate, sessile, or nearl}^ so. 



Tube scarcely widened from the base to the middle — 



OjPhilijyjnneiise; 4,WaUicJdanum ; ^^Lougijlorum; 

 C, Neilgher reuse. 



Tube gradually narrowing from the base to the neck ; leaves scattered — 



7, Odorum ; 8, Brownii ; 9, Krameri ; 



10, NepaleJisc ; 11, Candidum ; 12, Belladonna. 



Leaves in whorls — 



13, Washingtonianum ; li, WasJiingtonianum- 

 Pnrpureum; Ih, Parry i. 



Sub-genus III. ARCHELIRION. 



Perianth, open, funnel-shaped, with deeply spreading segments, which are 

 broadest below the middle ; stamens diverging from the curved style. 



Leaves sessile — 



10), Tigrinum ; 17, Oxtjpetalum, 



Leaves shortly-stalked — 



18, Speciosuni ; 19, Auratum. 



* Poriaiitli, for the information of my k-ss learned readers, is the hotauieal term for 

 the flower. 



