THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



liilinm continued. 



ends. Stem 1ft. to 3ft. high, rigid, slender. Bulb ovoid, lin. 



thick. North America, 1754. (B? M. 519 ; B. B, 594 ; L. B. C. 



976.) 



L. p. ^n^<"""1 (Andes). This variety differs principally from 

 the type in having all its leaves linear and scattered. 



L. philippense (Philippines), fl. horizontal, solitary ; perianth 

 White, slightly tinged with green at the base externally, narrow 

 funnel-shaped, 7in. to lOin. long, sweet-scented, the divisions 

 remaining permanently imbricated in the lower three-quarters, 

 spreading falcately in the upper quarter, the three inner about 

 2in., and the three outer liin., broad ; stamens a little exserted. 

 August. 1. thirty to forty, loosely scattered down the stem, 

 narrow-linear, sessile, falcate-ascending, Sin. to 4in. long, in. 



Iiilium continued. 



terete. Temperate Western Himalaya, 1873. A rare and hand- 

 some greenhouse species. 



FIG. 426. LILIUM ROSEUM, showing Habit and detached 

 Portion of Raceme. 



'*. pomponitun (Pompone).* fl. bright red or tinged with orange, 

 about twenty, arranged in a broad, rather regular, thyrsoid raceme, 

 which is sometimes 1ft. long and broad ; lower pedicels 3in. to 4in. 

 long. Summer. I. always scattered, very numerous, as many 

 as 100 to a stem, ascending; lower ones Sin. to 4in. long, 

 |in. to Jin. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the point ; 

 edges inrolled, distinctly ciliated. Stem lift, to 3ft. high, strong, 



FIG. 42k LILIUM POMPONIUM, showing Habit and detached 

 Flower. 



to *in. broad, acute, glabrous, with narrowly-decurved edges not 

 at all ciliated. Stem lift, to 2ft. high, slender, terete, glabrous, 

 sometimes slightly mottled with purple. Philippine Islands. 

 (B. M. 6250.) 



L. polyphyUum (many-leaved), fl. waxy-white, copiously 

 spotted and lined with purple, liin. to 2in. long, drooping, about 

 four to six in a loose raceme ; peduncles 2in. to 4in. long, stiff. 

 Summer. I. all scattered, thirty to forty to a stem at the flower- 

 ing time, much-ascending, linear-lanceolate ; the lower ones 4in. 

 to 5in. long, acute. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, moderately stout, 



FIG. 425. FLOWER OF LILIUM PYRENAICUM. 



FIG. 427. LILIUM SPECIOSUM ROSEUM. 



