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Lilium continued. 



FIG. 417. LILIUM COXCOLOR PULCHELLUM, showing (1) Inflores- 

 cence, (2) Ovary and Anther, and (3) Portion of Stem, with Leaf. 



L. coruscans (glittering). A garden synonym of L. elegans 

 atrosanguineum. 



FIG- 418. LILIUM DAVURICUM, showing Habit and detached 



Inflorescence. 



L. croceum (yellow).* /. disposed in deltoid or umbellate ra- 

 cem'es ; perianth erect, broadly funnel-shaped ; segments beauti- 

 ful golden, slightly scarlet-tinted. July. I. scattered, clustered, 

 spreading, or at length lightly squarrose, linear ; inferior ones 

 sessile, glabrous, firm. Stem 3ft. to 6ft. high, purple-spotted, 

 more or less cobwebby. South Europe. SYN. L. bulbiferum. 

 (of De Candolle) (under which name it is figured in B. M. 36). 



Lilium continued. 



la. davnricum (Dahurian).* fl. umbellate or shortly racemose; 

 perianth beautiful scarlet ; pedicels naked or lightly cobwebby. 

 July. I. sessile, linear, trinerved. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, slender, 

 green. Siberia, 1745. SYNS. L. pennsylvanicum (B. M. 872), 

 L. spectabile (R. G. 349). See Fig. 418. (B. M. 1210 ; R. G. 740.) 



L. elegans (elegant).* fl. pale scarlet-red, scarcely at all 

 spotted, from 5in. to 6in. across when expanded. July. I. broader 

 than in the other forms, lanceolate, sometimes lin. wide, without 

 bulblets in their axils. Stem one or two-headed. Japan, 1835. 

 SYNS. L. aurantiacum (P. M. B. vii. 127), L. lancifolium, L. Thun- 

 bergianum (B. R. 1839, 38). See Fig. 419. 



L. e. alutacenm (ornamentally-dotted), fl. solitary ; perianth 

 pale apricot colour ; interior of segments copiously dotted with 

 purple. Stem dwarf. SYN. L. Thunbergianum aureum nigro- 

 maculatum (under which name it is figured in F. d. S. 1627). 



L. e. armeniacum (apricot-colour).* fl. golden-spotted, one or 

 two. 1. thirty to forty ; inferior ones linear. Stem under 1ft. high. 



L. e. atrosangnineum (dark red).* fl. very often solitary ; seg- 

 ments broad, blotched with red. SYN. L. coruscans, of 



FIG. 419. LILIUM ELEGANS, showing Habit and detached Flower 



FIG. 420. LILIUM GIGANTEUM. 



