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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Lilium continued. 



L. e. bicolor (two-coloured), fl. orange-red, with purplish-black 

 spots. 1870. SYN. L. aurantiacum, of gardens. 



L. e. brevlfolium (short-leaved). /., perianth pale red, black- 

 spotted. July. I. shorter and broader than in the type. Japan. 



SYN. L. alternans, of gardens. 



L. e. citrinum (orange-coloured). 



L. e. armeniacum. (F. d. S. 2319.) 



This scarcely differs from 



L. e. fulgens (bright). 

 red. (I. H. 657.) Bate 



A variety having flowers blotched with 

 emanni is a splendid form of this. 



L. e. pardinum (leopard-spotted). This variety scarcely differs 



from L. e. bicolor, but the stem is taller, and the flowers are um- 



bellate. 

 L. e. sangnineum (blood-coloured).* /., segments blood-red, 



mixed with golden. I. lanceolate. Stem 1ft. to lift. high. (B. K. 



1846, 50.) 



Other varieties are : hcematockroum (L H. 503), with deep claret- 

 red flowers, and venustum (B. B. xxxii. 50), both with narrower 

 leaves and more campanulate flowers. 

 L. excelsum (tall). A synonym of L. testaceum. 

 L. eximium (choice). A synonym of L. longiflorum eximium. 



FIG. 421. LILIUM HANSOM, showing Habit and detached Flower. 



tj. giganteum (giant).* fl. white, slightly tinged with green on 

 the outside, and with purple in the throat, funnel-shaped, 5in. to 

 6in. long, measuring about lin. round at the base, saccate, espe- 

 cially on the lower side, and 5in. to 6in. round the neck when 

 fully expanded, the segments spreading only at the very tip ; 

 raceme from six to twelve-flowered, and from 12in. to 20in. long. 

 Summer. I. all, except the uppermost, distinctly stalked ; the 

 lower ones 6in. apart, with broad channelled petioles 1ft. or more 

 long, clasping the stem broadly at the base ; the blade broad 

 eordate-ovate, reaching 1ft. or even lift, in length ; upper leaves 

 growing gradually smaller and closer till those beneath the 

 raceme are not more than Sin. to 4in. long. Stem straight, erect, 

 terete, 4ft. to 10ft. high, lin. to 2in. in diameter in the lower part. 

 Bulb as large as au apple, of fleshy, ovate, sub-patulous scales. 



Lilium continued. 



Himalayas, 1852. A splendid species, hardy only in favoured 

 spots in the South of England, &c. See Fig. 420. (B. M. 4673.) 



FIG. 422. FLOWERS OF LILIUM LONGIFLORUM. 



L. Hanson! (Hanson's).* fl. four to ten, disposed in a loose 

 raceme, or in a crowded umbel, on erecto-patent pedicels, liin. to 

 2in. long ; perianth fine reddish-orange, liin. to liin. long, with 

 thick, lanceolate, profoundly falcate-revolute, purple-dotted seg- 

 ments. I. oblanceolate, acute, tender, glabrous, often eight to 

 twelve in one whorl at the middle of the stem, 4in. to 5in. long, 

 in. to lin. broad. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, slender, glabrous, 

 terete. Japan, 1865. See Fig. 421. 



L. Harris!! (Harris's). A synonym of L. longiflorum eximium. 



L. Hooker! (Hooker's). This is the correct name of the plant 

 described in this work as Fritillaria Hookeri. 



It. Humboldtil (Humboldt's). fl. often six to ten, sometimes 

 thirty or forty, disposed in a broad deltoid panicle ; perianth of a 

 splendid reddish-orange colour, greenish outside at base ; seg- 

 ments copiously purple-veined, acute, closely reflexed. I. usually 

 regularly verticillate, in ten to fifteen-foliate whorls, oblanceolate; 

 lower ones 4in. to 5in. long, nearly lin. broad. Stem terete, ro- 

 bust, 4ft. to 5ft. high, glabrous or puberulous, reddish-spotted. 

 Bulb 2in. to 4in. thick. California, &c., 1872. SYN. L. Bloomeri- 

 anum. (F. d. S. 1973-4 ; R. G. 724.) The variety ocellatum has a 

 yellow perianth, conspicuously dotted with purple. 



L. isabellinum (Isabel-coloured). A synonym of L. testaceum. 



L. Japonicnm (Japanese).* fl. pure white within, but more or less 

 tinged with purple on the outside, 5in. to 6in. long, more or less 

 ascending, usually solitary in the wild plant, and not more than 

 in twos or threes in the cultivated one ; perianth broader round 

 the neck than in L. longiflorum. Summer. I. twelve to twenty, 

 scattered, more spreading than those of L. longijlorum, oblanceo- 

 late, the lower ones reaching 4in. to 6in. long, not distinctly 

 petiolate. Stem 1ft. to 2ft. high, erect, stiff, terete. Japan, 1804. 

 A very handsome but somewhat delicate species. (B. M. 1591 ; 

 L. B. C. 438.) SYN. L. odorum (F. d. S. 876-7). 



L. J. Brown!! (Brown's), fl. sometimes three or four, 7in. to Sin. 

 long, more drooping than those of the type, tinged with purple on 

 the outside. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, marked with dark purple 

 spots and streaks. (F. d. S. 47, 2248, under name of L. Brotmii.) 



L. Kramer! (Kramer's).* fl. white, slightly reddish, sweet-scented; 

 perianth horizontal, solitary, broadly funnel-shaped, 6in. to 7in. 

 long, with oblanceolate-oblong segments. July. I. distant, sparse, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, very shortly petiolate, firm, 6in. to 

 9in. long, $in. to Jin. broad. Stem Sin. to 4in. high, slender 

 terete, glabrous, purple-spotted. Japan. (B. M. 6058.) 



L. lancifolium (lance-shape-leaved). A synonym of L. elegans. 



L. Leichtlinii (Leichtlin's).* fl. one or two, bright yellow, spotted 

 copiously down the face with large purplish-red dots, tinged 

 with purple outside, inside spotted with vinous-red, 2iin. to Sin. 

 long ; pedicels erecto-patent. July and August. I. all scattered, 

 somewhat loose, erecto-patent ; lower ones Sin. to 4in. long, iin. to 

 Jin. broad below the middle, with a long acute point. Stem 2ft. 

 to 3ft. high, moderately slender. Japan, 1867. (B. H. 1869, 11 ; 

 B. M. 5673; F. d. S. 1736 ; F. M. 503 ; H. 540.) 



Ii. L. majus (large). This is a luxuriant form, attaining a height 

 of 5ft. The flowers are yellow, purple-black spotted. Japan, 



