350 CLVI. LILTACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Lilium. 



linear, nerves 3-5 faint, perianth 6-10 in. narrowly tubular below then 

 infundibular with the upper third recurved, stamens much shorter than the 

 perianth, anthers 1 in. orange yellow. Kunth Enum. iv. 267 ; Wall. Cat. 

 5076 ; Sot. Mag. t. 4561 ; Duchari. 06s. Gen. Lis. 71 ; Lindl. 8f Part. Fl. 

 Gard. 1850, 120, with woodcut ; Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 105-6 ; Fl. des 

 Serres, t. 612 ; Elwes Monogr. Lil. iv. 267 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 227. L. longiflorum, Wall. Teut. Fl. Nep. 40, t. 29. L. Batisua, Ham. 

 mss. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal and Kumaon, alt. 3-4000 ft. 



Butts small, on a creeping rootstock; scales many, short, ovate, acuminate. Stem 

 4-6 ft., base ascending, few-fld. Leaves 6-12 by - in. Flowers subsolitary, 

 horizontal, sweet-scented, pedicel long; tube greenish outside; segments subequal, 

 oblanceolate, 2 in. broad; style recurved at the top; stigma conoidal. Capsule 

 l-2 in. 



3. Zi. neilgrherrense, Wight Ic. t. 2031 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 strongly nerved, perianth 8-12 in. narrowly tubular below then infundibular 

 with the upper third recurved, stamens much shorter than the perianth, 

 anthers f in. ; DucTiart. Obs. Gen. Lis., 71 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 230; Elwes Monogr. Lil. t. vi. L. neilgherricum, Lemaire III. Hort. x. t. 

 353. L. tubitiorum and Wallichianum, Wight, I. c. t. 2033-4, 2035. L. 

 Metzii, Steud. in HohenacTc. PI. Exsicc. Ind. Or. No. 954. 



SOUTHERN DECCAN ; Nilghiri and Pulney Mts., alt. 5-8000 ft., Wight, &c. 

 Very closely allied to L. Wallichianum, but the leaves are much shorter and 

 broader, 3-5 by |-1 in., and the perianth tube even longer. 



4. Zi. Lowii, Baker inBot. Nag. t. 7232 ; leaves numerous short linear 

 sessile, flowers corymbose or umbelled, perianth 3-4 in. broadly funnel- 

 shaped recurved from about the middle, stamens shorter than the perianth, 

 anthers in brown. L. nepalense, Collett & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxvii. 133. 



BURMA ; in the Shan hills. Collett. 



Bulb globose 2 in. diam., scales lanceolate. Stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 2-3 in. Flowers 

 coriaceous, 3 in. diam., pedicels long; perianth segments nearly similar, 1 in. 

 broad, white, or greenish externally, speckled with claret-brown in their lower 

 halves ; style as long as the stamens. I have taken the characters from a ins. 

 of Mr. Baker's drawn up from specimens that flowered in the nurseries of 

 Messrs. Low & Co. 



5. L. Bakerianum, Hemsl. # Collett in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 138, t. xxii. ; leaves short linear or lanceolate, flowers few long-pedicelled, 

 perianth 3-4 in. canipanulate, segments acute spreading from above the 

 middle inner much the broadest, stamens much shorter than the perianth- 

 anthers f in. long. 



BURMA j on the Shan hills, Collett. 



Stem 2-4 ft., puberulous, 2-fld. Leaves 2 in., nerves obscure, costa and margins 

 lepidote. Flowers erect ; perianth segment spotted on the broad base, outer 

 narrowly-lanceolate long-acuminate, inner oblanceolate tip rounded apiculate, 

 margins furfuraceously puberulous. Description from a single specimen as given 

 by Hemsley 1. c. 



ft Flowers yellow. 



6. Xi. nepalense, D. Don in Mem. Wern. Soc. Hi. 412 ; Prodr. Fl. 

 Nep. 52 ; leaves lanceolate, perianth 4-5 in. broadly funnel-shaped from 



