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Lilium continue d. 



L. L. Maximowiczii (Maximowicz's). /. three or four, the 

 groundwork of colour bright scarlet. Stem dark purplish-brown, 

 more distinctly cottony than in the type. SYN. L. Maximowiczii 

 (R. G. 1868, 596). 



L. L. platypetalum (broad- petaled). <l. bright pale red ; perianth 

 segments broader than in the type. 



L. L. tigrlnnm (tiger-spotted), fl. orange-scarlet, thickly dotted 

 with dark purple. I. erecto-patent, recurved at apex. (E. G. 664, 

 under name of L. Maximowiczii tigrinum.) 



I*, linifolium (Flax-leaved). A synonym of L. tenuifolium. 



L. Loddigesianum (Loddiges'). A synonym of L. monadelphum. 



L. longiflorum (long-flowered).* fl. pure white, fragrant, Sin. to 

 7in. long, shaped like a funnel with a neck, solitary or in twos, 

 horizontal or slightly drooping. June. I. twenty to thirty at 

 the flowering time ; the lower ones crowded, erecto-patent, 3in. to 

 5in. long, linear, three to six lines broad about the middle, acute. 

 Stem 1ft. to 2ft. high, stiff, terete, erect. Japan, China, &c., 

 1862. A very handsome species. See Fig. 422. (B. B. 560; 

 F. d. S. 270 ; L. B. C. 985.) 



L. 1. eximium (choice).* fl. white, large, infundibuliform-cam- 

 panulate; limb segments revolute, firm, undulated, outer ones 

 narrow and acutely callous at apex ; inner ones narrower and 

 obtusely rotundate at apex. I. few, clustered, narrow-lanceolate. 

 Japan. SYN. L. Harrisii. (F. d, S. 283, 284, under name of 

 L. eximium.) 



FIG. 423. FLOWER-STEM AND DKTACHED FLOWER OF LILIUM 



MARTAGON. 



L. Martagon.* Martagon, or Turk's Cap Lily. fl. of a dull 

 purplish-red, with copious spots of dark purple, pendulous, 

 l^in. to liin. deep ; raceme more regularly pyramidal than thai 

 of any other species, reaching, in fine specimens, 1ft. in length, 

 and sometimes nearly twenty-flowered. Summer. I. typically 

 in three or four regular whorls of six to nine leaves each, with a 

 few scattered ones placed usually between the uppermost and the 

 inflorescence, oblanceolate-spathulate, acute. 



high, erect, terete, more or 



Stem 2ft. to 3ft. 

 pubescent. Bulb ovoid, lin. to 



IiiliTim continued. 

 IJin. thick; scales bright yellow. Europe, Asia, 1596. A very 

 distinct and largely-grown species. See Fig. 423. (B. M. 893, 

 ; Sy. 



1634; J. F. A. 351 ; 



En. B. 1518.) 



L. Maximowiczii (Maximowicz's). A synonym of L. Leicktlinii 

 Maximowiczii. 



L. M. tigrinnm (tiger-spotted). A synonym of L. Leichtlinii 

 tif/r inum. 



L. medeoloides (Medeola-like). fl. splendid orange-red, with a 

 few purple spots, a_bout liin. long, solitary, or in umbels of two 

 or three. I. either in a single whorl of seven to fourteen at the 

 middle of the stem, or a few scattered, oblanceolate, similar to 

 those of L. Martagon, 4in. to 6in. long. Stem 1ft. to 2ft high, 

 slender, terete, flexuose. Japan, 1878. A very distinct species, 

 but probably not yet in cultivation. 



L. Michauxianum (Michaux's). A synonym of L. superbum 

 carolinianum. 



L. monadelphum (monadelphous).* fl. pale bright yellow, tinged 

 " " i. long, dis 



round the base with claret-red, 2iin. to 3iin. 

 terminal pyramidal clusters. Autumn. I. always scattered, 

 thirty to fifty to a stem, much-ascending, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, distinctly ciliated at the edge. Stem stout, erect, 3ft. 

 to 5ft. high. Caucasus and Northern Persia, 1820. (B. M. 1405 ; 

 R. G. 733.) SYN. L. Loddigesianum (P. F. G. 58). 



L. m. Szovitsianum (Szovits').* This differs from the type in 

 having the " filaments free to the base, perianth reflexed from 

 rather lower down, with segments broadest a little below the 

 middle." The pollen is said to be deeper in colour. SYNS. 

 L. colchicum, L. Szovitsianum (F. d. S. 507-9). 



L. neilgherrense (Neilgherries).* fl. white, sweet-scented, one 

 to three, ascendent ; perianth narrow, funnel-shaped ; segments 

 oblanceolate-unguiculate. I. glabrous, shining-green, ascendent, 

 firm, three to five-nerved. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, upright. Neil- 

 gherries. Greenhouse. SYNS. L. tubiflorum, L. Wallicfiianum. 

 (B. M. 6332.) 



L. nepalense (Nepaulese). fl. white, more or less suffused with 

 purple on the outside towards the base, from 4in. to 5in. long, 

 solitary, umbellate, or laxly racemose, about six-flowered, 

 narrow, thyrsoid. I. thirty to fifty, scattered, linear-lanceolate ; 

 the lower ones Sin. to 4in. long, six to nine lines broad in the 

 middle, acute, erecto-patent. Stem lift, to 3ft. high, erect, iin. 

 thick at the base. Central Himalayas, &c., 1855. Greenhouse. 



L.nitidum (bright), fl. bright yellow, liin. long ; panicle deltoid, 

 6in. to 12in. long, from ten to twenty-flowered ; lower pedicels 

 2in. to 3in. long. 1. up to twenty in a whorl, lanceolate, 14in. to 

 2in. long. Stem lift, long below the inflorescence, stout, terete. 

 Bulb transversely oblong, with crowded, adpressed, lanceolate, 

 white scales. California, 1880. 



L. odorum (odorous). A synonym of L. japonicum. 



L. oxypetalum (sharp-petaled).* fl. solitary, terminal, some- 

 what drooping, at first campanulate, at length spreading ; sepals 

 lilac-purple, with a green keel externally, the lower half within 

 urple-dotted, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, clawed at base. 

 une. L, radical ones usually solitary, long, lanceolate, tapering 

 to a petiole-like base ; cauline ones distant, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, at length recurved. Stem 1ft. to lift. high. Pindari, 

 Kumaon. (B. M. 4731, under name of Fritillaria oxypetala.) 



L. pa.rdn.Hnnm (leopard-spotted).* fl. bright orange-red, with a 

 lighter orange centre and large purple spots on the lower half, 

 nodding, racemose, or the lower in whorls or long spreading 

 pedicels. Summer. I. 

 fifteen, scattered above 



sharply acuminate, Sin. to 7in. long, and three to twelve lines 

 broad. Stems 3ft. to 7ft. long. California, 1875. A very hand- 

 some North American Lily, of which the following are the 

 most distinct varieties : Bourgcei, one of the finest, producing stout 

 stems, 6ft. to 7ft. in height, bearing from twelve to twenty flowers 

 of a bright crimson, shading to orange, and freely spotted with 

 maroon; calij ornicum, a variety of more slender habit, growing 

 from 3ft. to 4ft. in height, the brightest coloured of the forms 

 here mentioned ; pallidifolium, a dwarf variety, scarcely reaching 

 5ft in height, flowers nearly double the size of the type, and 

 paler in colour ; Robinsoni, a robust variety, having stout stems, 

 7ft. to 8ft. in height, and massive, the flowers large, of a bright 

 vermilion, shading to yellow, and freely spotted. 



L. Parryl (Parry's).* fl. pale yellow, copiously spotted with choco- 

 late-red, fragrant, horizontal. Summer. I. usually scattered, 

 occasionally the lower ones in a whorl, linear-lanceolate, 4in. to 

 6in. long, acuminate. Stem slender, 2ft. to 6ft. high. California, 

 1879. A distinct and handsome species. 



L. penduliflorum (pendulous-flowered). A synonym of L. 

 canadense. 



L. pennsylvanicnm (Pennsylvanian). A synonym of L. 

 davuricum. 



L. peregrinum (foreign). A synonym of L. candidum pere 

 ffrinum. 



L. philadelphicum (Philadelphian).* fl. bright orange-red. 

 usually spotted with purple in the lower half, 2in. to 3in. deep, 

 under 2in. across at the mouth when expanded, solitary or um- 

 bellate ; peduncles ascending, arcuate, or straight. Summer. 

 I. typically in four or five regular whorls of six to eight each, 2in. 

 to 4in. apart, spreading, narrowly oblanceolate, narrowed at both 



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I. usually in three or four whorls of nine to 

 and below, narrowly lanceolate and 



