LILIUM 



1867 



KEY TO THE SUBGENERA. 



Perianth trumpet- or funnel-shaped, horizontal or 

 nearly so, with oblanceolate segms., broadest 

 near the end, smooth inside, falcate only at the 

 tip or apex; stamens slightly curved, parallel with 

 the style. I. EULIRION. Species 1-15. 



Perianth broadly funnel- or bell-shaped, but without 

 any tube, horizontal or becoming pendulous; 

 segms. ovate-lanceolate, broadest near the base, 

 papillose inside and becoming deeply falcate; 

 stamens diverging widely from the curved style: 

 Ivs. scattered, 5-7-nerved. 



II. ARCHELIRION. Species 16-19. 



Perianth broadly bell-shaped, pendulous or nearly so; 

 segms. usually lanceolate, broadest near the 

 middle, sometimes slightly ovate-lanceolate, 

 becoming deeply recurved or reflexed, and, un- 

 less noted, smooth inside; stamens diverging on 

 all sides from the curved or almost straight style. 



III. MARTAGON. Species 20-41. 



Perianth bell- or thimble-shaped, with oblanceolate 

 segms., smooth inside, slightly or not at all 

 reflexed; stamens diverging from the almost 

 straight style: Ivs. verticillate, usually 3-^5- 

 nerved. IV. PSEUDO-MARTAGON. Species 42-46. 



Perianth erect, broadly funnel-shaped; segms. lanceo- 

 late or nearly so, usually spathulate or clawed at 

 the base and, unless noted, papillose or lamellate 

 inside; stamens diverging on all sides from the 

 straight or slightly curved style: Ivs. usually 

 S-5-nerved. V. ISOLIRION. Species 47-56. 



Perianth trumpet- or funnel-shaped, with oblanceolate 

 segms., smooth inside, falcate only at the apex; 

 stamens slightly curved, parallel with the style: 

 Ivs. cordate or heart-shaped with long petioles, 

 many nerved. 



VI. CARDIOCRINUM. Species 57-58. 



Perianth campanulate-funnelform, with distinct and 

 separate segms., horizontal or declined; stamens 

 slightly declined, equaling or somewhat exceeding 

 the curved style; stigma prominently 3-lobed. 



VII. NOTHOLIRION. Species 59. 



SUBGENUS I. EULIRION. 



A. Tube scarcely widened from base to 

 middle. 



B. Lvs. scattered, 1-3-nerved 1. philippinense 



BB. Lvs. scattered, S-5-nerved 



c. Fls. pure white 2. longiflorum 



cc. Fls. white or yellow, tinged brown 



or purple. 

 D. St. entirely green. 



E. Plant erect from the bulb. ... 3. Wallichianum 

 BE. Plant with parts creeping 



along under ground 4. neilgherrens 



DD. St. tinged brown-purple. 

 E. Bearing bulblets. 



F. Burmese species 5. sulphur eum 



FF. Chinese species 6. Sargentiae 



EE. Not bearing bulblets 7. regale 



AA. Tube gradually narrowing from base 



to neck. 



B. Lvs. scattered, with 3-5 or more 

 nerves. 



c. Fls. pure white 8. candidum 



cc. Fls. white or yellow, tinged purple. 

 D. Anthers reddish brown. 



E. Bulb globular 9. odorum 



EE. Bulb oblate 10. Brownii 



DD. Anthers yellow 11. nepalense 



ccc. Fls. pink. 



D. Anthers red 12. iaponicum 



DD. Anthers yellow 13. rubellum 



BB. Lvs. mostly verticillate, several nerved. 



c. Fls. white, pink or purple 14. washington- 



[ianum 

 cc. Fls. yellow 15. Parryi 



1. philippinense, Baker. Bulb globular or slightly oval, 

 1-2 in. diam., white, often tinged yellow: st. smooth, 

 slender, 1-2 ft. high, green, sometimes dotted purple: 

 Ivs. 30-40, horizontal, 3-5 in. long, ^-^in. wide, 

 upper ones slightly recurved: fls. usually solitary, rarely 

 in pairs, 6-9 in. long, 4-6 in. wide, pure waxy white, 

 tinged green near the base, delicately fragrant; anthers 

 yellow. Late June, July. Philippine Isls. El. 3. B.M. 

 6250. I.H. 41:16. G.C. III. 30:47; 36:211. A.F. 

 23:907. Gng. 15:9. G.Z. 28, p. 145. Gn. 50:492. 

 Rather tender and capricious under cult. ; in the north- 

 ern states best suited for pots. 



2. longifldrum, Thunb. JAPANESE EASTER LILY. 

 LONG-TUBED WHITE LILY. TRUMPET LILY. Bulb 2-4 

 in. diam., sometimes nearly globular, but more often 

 of a peculiar oblate form, all the scales terminating 

 together at the top or apex, which is flattened, while 

 the base is narrower or constricted, color white or yel- 

 low: st. stout, smooth, 1-3 ft. high, bright green, 

 sometimes tinged reddish brown near the base: lys. 

 20-^10, horizontal, or the upper ones semi-erect, 3-5 in. 

 long, l A~}/2 in. wide: fls. 1-10, 4-6 in. long, nearly as 

 wide, pure waxy white, often tinged green near the base; 

 deliriously fragrant; anthers yellow. July to early Aug. 

 China, Formosa, Liu Kiu Isls. and other parts of Japan. 

 El. 7. B.R. 560. L.B.C. 10:985. Gn. 48, p. 386; 60, 

 p. 44; 71, p. 495. G.C. III. 50:462; 51:43. A.F. 

 11:1311; 12:1104. A.G. 19:709. Gn. M. 10:112. 

 C.L.A. 12:533. G. 35:827. G.W. 3, p. 43. Var. fdliis 

 jilbo-marginatis, Hort., is similar, except the Ivs. are 

 paler green, edged creamy white, very rare. Var. 

 eximium, Nichols. (L. eximium, Court., L. floribundum, 

 Hort., and L. Hdrrisii, Carr.). BERMUDA EASTER 

 LILY. A larger, stronger grower than the type, some- 

 times 4 ft. high, with 15-20 fls., 6-8 in. long. A.G. 

 18:297. A.F. 12:143. Gn. 30:124; 43, p. 165; 45, p. 

 215; 46, p. 73; 47, p. 172; 49, p. 481; 52, p. 217; 60, 

 p. 99; 66, p. 369; 68, p. 26. F.R. 1:679. G.C. III. 

 22:91; 43:180. R.H. 1883, p. 211; 1912, p. 456. G. 

 15:727; 17:29; 22:257; 23:613. Gn.M. 3:30; 5:73. 

 J.H. III. 69:233. G.M. 47:375. Var. insulare, Hort., 

 is similar, but the perianth is said to be even Jonger. 

 Magelhaes Archipelago, south of Japan. Gn. 61: 

 suppl. Jan. 4. Var. Wilsonii, Hort. G. 11:131, var. 

 multifldrum, Hort., A.F. 27:437; 35:477, and var. 

 giganteum, Hort., G.M. 52:65, are all nearly the same 

 as var. eximium, but the sts. of the latter are heavily 

 tinged reddish brown. Var. Jamesii, Hort., a cross 

 between the type and L. Harrisii, is not sufficiently 

 distinct from either. Var. Takesima, Hort. (L. 

 Takesima, Sieb.), sometimes called a distinct species, 

 is evidently allied to L. Brownii and differs from the 

 type in the st. being more heavily tinged and dotted 

 brown, while the Ivs. are longer and narrower and the 

 fls. longer and not so widely expanded; when first 

 opened there is a purplish brown midrib through the 

 outside of each segm., while the 3 outer ones are also 

 shaded chocolate. G.W. 15, p. 387. Var. fonndsum, 

 Hort., G. 4:187; 36:325, G.Z. 26; p. 195, from the 

 island of Formosa, and var. liukiuensis, Hort., from 

 the Liu Kiu Isls., are similar, if not identical. Although 

 extensively grown as pot-plants for forcing, L. longi- 

 florum and its vars. are seldom cult, in the open ground 

 in the northern states. They are rather tender and, 

 moreover, are not so permanent and long-lived as 

 many others. After once flowering, the bulbs often 

 have the exasperating habit of splitting up into 3 or 4 



