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Lilium continued. 



stiff, erect, finely furrowed. Northern Italy and Southern France, 



&c., 1659. See Fig. 424. (B. M. 971.) 



L. pseudo-tigrinum (false tiger-spotted).* fl. in four to six- 

 flowered loose racemes ; perianth beautiful scarlet, copiously 

 dotted with black within ; segments ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels 

 erecto-patent ; filaments scarlet ; anthers red ; styles scarlet. 

 July. I. scattered, linear, broad, recurved, spreading ; margins 

 re volute. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. China, 1867. (R. H. 1867, 410.) 



L. pulchellum (pretty). A synonym of L. con color pulchellum, 



L. pumilum (dwarf). A synonym of L. tenui folium. 



I*, pyrenaicnm (Pyrenean).* fl. bright yellow, l^in. to 2in. long, 

 pendulous, forming, in well-grown plants, a raceme of about 

 twelve blossoms ; lowest peduncles Sin. to 4in. long. Summer. 

 1. always scattered, very numerous, as many as 100 to a stem, 

 erecto-patent, acute ; edge slightly inrolled, distinctly minutely- 

 ciliated. Stem 2ft. to 4ft. high, strong, stiff, erect, finely fur- 

 rowed. Pyrenees, 1596. See Fig. 425. This is closely allied to 

 L. pomponium, under which it is placed as a sub-species by Mr. 

 Baker in his revision of the Liliums published in the " Journal of 

 the Ldnnean Society." 



L. Roezlei (Roezl's). fl. one to ten 



en, corymbose or umbellate ; 

 colour, 2in. to Sin. long ; seg- 

 d, yellow below, dotted with 



perianth of a fine reddish-orange 

 ments acuminate, about in. broad, 



purple, reflexed. I. twenty to thirty, sometimes partly whorled, 

 firm, glabrous, narrow-linear, acute ; lower one 4in. to 5in. long, 

 about in. broad. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, slender, glabrous. Cali- 

 fornia, &c., 1871. (R. G. 667.) 



L. rosenm (rose-coloured).* fl. lilac, handsome, large, drooping, 

 racemose ; perianth between campanulate and infundibuliform ; 

 sepals free to their base, almost spathulate, with reflexed apices. 

 April. I. crowded at the base of the stem, but alternate, sessile, 

 linear, acuminate, grassy ; the lower ones 1ft. to lift, long, upper 

 es gradually passing into bracts. Stem 14ft. high, erect, ' 

 See Ftg. 426. 



glabrous. Gossain Than and Kumaon. 

 4725 ; B. R. 1845, 1, under name of L. Th 

 L. rubescens (reddish). A synonym of L. 

 purpureum. 



(B.M. 

 num.) 

 Washinfftonianum 



FIG. 



FLOWER-STEM OF LILIUM TESTACEUI 



L. sinicum (Chinese). A synonym of L. concolor. 



L. speciosum (showy).* /. pure white, or more or less suffused 

 and copiously spotted with clai et-red, Sin. to Sin. long, usually 

 three to ten in a broad deltoid raceme ; peduncles bracteate, 

 rigid, erecto-patent. Summer. I. about twenty at the flowering 

 time ; lower ones ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 6iu. to 9in. long, 

 lin. to 2in. broad below the middle ; upper ones lanceolate. 

 Stem 1ft. to 3ft. high, rigid, erect, terete. Japan, 1832. A 

 well-known and extensively cultivated species, varying consider- 

 ably in the size and colouring of the flowers. It is most 

 commonly known under the erroneous specific name of L. 

 lancij'olium, but the plant to which this name correctly belongs 



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Lilium conf inued. 



is L. elegant. (B. M. 3785 ; B. R. 2000 ; F. d. S. 276 ; P. M. B. 

 v. 267.) 



L. s. albiflornm (white-flowered).* A very desirable form, with 

 pure white flowers. 



L. 8. punctatum (spotted).* A variety haying the white perianth 

 segments not suffused, but only spotted with red. 



L. 8. roseum (rose-coloured).* A handsome variety, with rose- 

 tinted flowers. See Fig. 427. 



FIG. 429. FLOWER-STEM OF LILIUM TIGRINUM. 



L. spectabile (showy). A synonym of L. davuricum. 



L. super bum (superb).* fl. orange-red, thickly spotted, from Sin. 

 to 4m. long, often six to twelve, sometimes twenty to forty, 

 disposed in a deltoid panicle 9in. to 12in- broad. July and 

 August. I. often disposed in three or four or eight to ten- 

 foliate whorls, few or much scattered, narrow-oblanceolate, acute, 

 rather firm ; lower ones 4in. to 5in. long, iin. to iin. broad. 

 Stem 4ft. to 6ft. high, robust, upright, tinged with purple. 

 Georgia, Ac. (B. M. 936 ; F. d. S. 1014-15.) 



L. 8. carolinianum (Carolina). JL like those of the type. I. much 

 fewer, broader, and shorter, often five or six disposed in a whorl 

 near the middle of the stem. Stem 1ft. to 2ft. high. Southern 

 United States. SYNS. L. autumnale (L. B. C. 335), L. caro- 

 linianum (B. M. 2280; B. R. 580), and L. Michauxianum. 



L. Szovitsiannm (Szovits 1 ). A synonym of L. monadelphum 

 Szovitsianum. 



L. tenuifolinm (narrow-leaved).* /. usually solitary, rarely two, 

 drooping or sub-erect, bright scarlet, about IJin. long. Summer. 

 I. closely placed, much-ascending, thirty to fifty to a stem at the 

 flowering time, linear-subulate, Uin. to 2in. long, not more than a 

 line broad. Stem 6in. to 12in. high, very slender. Siberia, 1820. 

 An elegant species. SY.VS. L. linifolium and L. pumilum. 



L. testaceum (light brown), fl. yellow, tinged with dull red, 

 2^in. to Sin. deep, the lowest quarter connivent in a permanent 

 cup ; raceme rather regular, thyrsoid, usually from one to six, but 

 sometimes twelve-flowered. End of J uly. /. always scattered, very 



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