CHAPTER II 



SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS LILIUM 



ACCORDING to Mr J. G. Baker, the botanical authority 

 of the order Liliaceae, the genus is divided into five 

 groups or sub-genera, distinguished from each other 

 principally by the shape and arrangement of the flowers. 

 The names of each sub-genus, its prominent features, 

 and the principal cultivated species grouped under it, 

 are briefly given as follow : 



SUB-GENUS I. Cardiocrinum. (Heart-leaved Lilies.) 

 Flowers funnel-shaped, leaves stalked, heart-shaped, 

 ovate. 



Lilium cordifolium. 

 giganteum. 



SUB-GENUS 2. Eulirion. (True Lilies.) Flowers 

 funnel- or trumpet-shaped, large, mostly white or of 

 light tints. 



Lilium Bro'wm. 

 ,, candidum. 



,, japonicum (Kramer /). 

 ,, longiflorum. 

 ,, Loivi. 

 ,, neilgherrense. 

 ,, nepalense. 



SUB-GENUS 3. Archelirion. Flowers large, open, and 

 spreading. Included in this section are some of the 

 finest and most attractive species. 



Lilium Parryi. 



,, primulinum. 



philippinense. 



,, rubellum. 



, , sulphur e um. 



,, W^allichianum. 



,, Washingtonianum. 



Lilium auratum. 

 ,, Henryi. 



Lilium speciosum. 

 ,, tigrinum. 



