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NOTES ON LILIES 



globular bulb composed of shorter, blunter, and more fleshy scales,, 

 many of the latter being once, and some even twice, jointed as shown^ 

 in the sketch. Mr. Elvves tells me he received similar bulbs from 

 Maximowicz, and that he is instituting further inquiries respecting 

 them. Another distinct Lily placed under the heading of Bulbi- 

 ferum by Mr. Baker is Wilsoni (of Leichtlin), for a bulb of which I 

 am indebted to Mr. G. F. Wilson himself. The largest bulb which 

 could be found at the time is here figured, and resembles that of 

 Bulbiferum in size and contour, being composed of thick,, closely 

 appressed, pinkish scales. Herr Max Leichtlin, who is the authority 

 for this species, suggests that it may possibly be a hybrid between* 

 Elegans (T/iunbergiatiumj and Speciosum. Bvlbiferum has long been 

 grown in European gardens, and, like many other species, has become 

 differentiated by seminal reproduction. 



L. Concolor may be taken as the type of a group of Siberian, 

 Chinese, and Japanese Lilies, having very distinct bulbs ; and Mr. 

 Baker's description of the bulbs of Concolor will almost include all of 

 them. These are small yellow or scarlet-flowered species of slender 

 habit, the most distinct being Callosum, Tenuifolium, and Concolor 

 with its distinct forms (viz., Sinicum, with solitary, broad scaled-bulbs, 

 Partheneion, with coespitose or clustered bulbs, Coridion, also with 

 casspitose bulbs, but distinguished by its yellow flowers) ; Pulchellum, 

 bulb ovoid, scarcely 1 inch long (bearing red, black-dotted flowers), 

 and a yellow-flowered variety, cultivated in Japan, being found wild oni 



L. Concolor (China 



L. Tenuifolium (Siberia), 



Japan), half natural size, from from a cultivated bulb, half 

 a well-grown cultivated bulb; ; natural size; colour, waxy 

 colour white, rosy tipped.* i white, and rosy tinted. 



L. 



from 



Pulckellum (Siberia),. 

 an imported bulb,. 



half natural size ; colour,, 

 white. 



* We believe this drawing to represent Pulchellum ; it is not Concolor. 



