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SUB-GENUS II. ;; .-: i 



EULIRION (Endl.), FUNNEL-FLOWERED LILIES. - 



Perianth, funnel-shaped, with long-clawed oblanceolate segments, 

 which are falcate only at the apex, not papillose on the inside, seldom 

 dotted; groove on the keel shallow; stamens, slightly curved; parallel 

 with the style; leaves, linear or lance-shaped, sessile,' or nearly so; 

 flowers, fragrant, often white, never brilliant red nor yellow. 



Tube scarcely widened from the base to the middle 



Tube gradually narrowing from the base to the neck. 



Leaves scattered. 



Leaves in whorls 



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KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



3 Philippinense. \ 



4 Wallichianum. 



5 Longiflorum 



6 Neilgherrense. 

 ' 7 Odorum. 



8 Brownii. 



9 Krameri. 

 10 Nepalense. 



11 Candidum. 

 12 Belladonna. \ 



Washingtonianum. \ 

 ,, Purpureum. 

 Parryi. 



3. i. Philippense. Hort. Veitch; Baker, Gard. Chron., 1873, with 

 a plate, Bot. Mag., t. 6,250. Bulb, ovoid, perennial ; stem, 1 to 2 

 feet high, one-headed, very slender, terete, smooth, green, or spotted 

 with purple ; leaves, thirty to forty in 

 number, scattered, patent-falcate, narrowly 

 linear, 3 or 4 inches long, 1J to 2 lines 

 broad, smooth, three-nerved, and of a 

 shining green colour; perianth, horizontal, 

 white, slightly tinged with green on the 

 outside near the base, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, 7 or 8 inches long ; tube inch 

 in diameter near the middle ; segments, 

 oblanceolate, falcate only at the apex, 

 long-clawed, 15 to 18 lines broad at 

 three-quarters their length from the base, 

 smooth and undotted on the inside ; keel, 

 indistinct, green ; stamens, a little shorter 

 than the perianth ; filaments, greenish, 

 slightly curved, 5 to 5 J inches long ; 

 anthers, 2J to 3 lines long ; pollen, yel- Philippine Islands Lily 



(L. Philippinensc). 



The shape of the flower as given above is not quite correct, the tube is too broad, and 

 the segments not sufficiently expanded and revolute. A fine figure is given in Gardeners'' 

 Chronicle, 1873, p. 1141, by G. Worthington Smith, but too large for this work. 



L. Philippinense was collected by Gustave Wallis, in the district of Benquet, in the 

 Island of Luzon, 7,000 feet above sea level, in July, 1871. It grew among the grass in 

 poor soil, partially shaded, on steep banks, the flowers are sweetly perfumed, and are said 

 to be 10 to 12 inches in length. Its chief characteristic is the long very slender foliage. 



