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Lilitun continued. 

 L. antumnale (autumnal). 

 linianum. 



A synonym of L. guperbum caro- 



L. avenacenm (Oat-like). /. few, sometimes sub-umbellate, on 

 pedicels 2in. to Sin. long ; perianth fine reddish-yellow, slightly 

 scented, Ijin. to liin. long; segments lanceolate, about iin. 

 broad, ciiculfate at apex, minutely dotted. I. horizontal, oblan- 

 ceolate, Sin. to 4in. long, iin. to liin. broad, glabrous, tender, 

 sometimes partly whorled. Stem glabrous, terete, lift, to 2ft. 

 high. Japan, &c., 1865. (R. G. 485J 



I. Bloomerianum (Bloomer's). A synonym of L. Humboldtii. 



L. Brownii (Brown's). A synonym of L. japonicum Brownii. 



L. bulbiferum (bulb-bearing).* fl. red, slightly cottony on the 

 outside, 2in. to 2Mn. long, permanently erect ; raceme sometimes 

 congested into an umbel, twelve to eighteen-flowered. Summer. 

 1. irregularly scattered, fifty to sixty to a stem at the flowering 

 time, linear, erecto-patent, sessile, the upper ones bearing clus- 

 tered or solitary, stalked or sessile, chestnut-brown bulblets in 

 their axils. Stem 2ft. to 4ft. high, rigid, erect, sulcate, pubes- 

 cent. Bulb ovoid, the outer scales Iin. deep. Europe, 1820. A very 

 desirable garden plant. See Fig. 413. (B. M. 1018 ; J. F. A. 226.) 



L. bulbiferum (bulb-bearing), of De Candolle. 

 L. croceum. 



A synonym of 



L. callosum (callous-bracted). fl. bright scarlet, drooping, liin. 

 to liin. deep, about a dozen in a narrow, regular, thyrsoid raceme ; 

 peduncles Iin. to liin. long, subtended by a pair of small bracts, 

 which are curiously indurated, and hood-shaped at the tip. 

 Summer. I. ascending, about thirty to a stem at the flowering 

 time ; lower ones 4in. to 5in. long, scarcely over iin. broad at the 

 middle, having a long acute point ; edge slightly recurved. Stem 



2ft. to 3ft. high, moderately slender, sub-terete. Japan, 

 (S. Z. F. J. ix. 41.) 



FIG. 412. INFLORESCENCE OF LILIUM AURATUM. 



If. cana dense (Canadian).* fl. varying in colour from bright 

 yellow to pale bright red, with copious spots, especially in the 

 lower two-thirds, of purplish-red corymbose, pendulous ; peri- 

 anth 2in. to 2iin. long, the divisions much less reilexcd than 

 those of L. Martaqon. Summer. 1. typically in four or five regular 

 whorls, 2in. to Sin. apart, of six to fifteen oblanceolate le:ives, 

 spreading nearly horizontally, narrowed gradually to an acute 

 point. Stem lift, to 3ft. high, erect, terete. Bulb more or less 

 obliquely rhizomatous. North America, 1829. SYN. L. penduli- 

 florum. See Fig. 414. (B. M. 800, 858 ; F. d. S. 1174.) 



L. c. parvum (small), fl. loosely corymbose, drooping, on very 

 slender pedicels Sin. to 4in. long ; perianth bright orange-red, 

 Iin. to liin. long, the tube greenish externally, the segments 

 oblanceolate, spotted with dark red-purple about the throat. 

 June. I. scattered or whorled, or both, on the same stem, lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate, liin. to 2in. long. Stem slender, lift 

 to 2ft. high. California. (B. M. 6146 ; R. G. 725.) 



L. candidum (white).* St. Joseph's Lily. /. pure pearl-white, 

 very rarely tinged with purple on the outside, 2in. to Sin. long, 

 the upper ones more or less ascending, the lower drooping; 

 racemes from five to ten or even twenty-flowered, thyrsoid. 



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FIG. 413. FLOWER-STEM OF LILIUM BULBIFERUM. 



June. I. six to two hundred, much crowded in the lower half, 

 erecto-patent, linear, the lowest reaching 6in. to Sin. long, iin. tc 

 Iin. broad above the middle. Stem 2ft. to Sft. high, stiff, erect, 

 six to nine lines thick at the base. South Europe, 1596. A 

 very handsome and common species. See Fig. 415. (B. M. 278.) 



FIG. 414. LILIUM CANADENSE, showing Habit and detached 

 Single Flower. 



