128 NOTES ON LILIES 



low ; style, together with the ovary, -J an inch shorter than the 

 perianth ; Philippine Islands, Wallis in hort. Veitch. 



4. L. Wallicliianum. Schultes fil. Syst. vii., 1689 ; Kunth., Enum., 

 iv., 267 ; Wall. Cat. 5,07(5 ; Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 4,561 ; Lindl. et 

 Paxt. Flow. Gard., 1850, 120, with a plate; Lemaire, Jard. Fleur, 

 t. 105, 106 ; Flore des Serres, t. 612. L. Batisua, Hamilt. M.SS. 

 L. Japonicum,D. Don, Prod. Nep. 52, non. Thunb. L. Longiflorum, 

 Wallich, Tent. Fl. Nep. 40, t. 20, non Thunb. Bulb (see p. 94), 



ovoid, 2 to 3 inches long ; scales, thick, 

 white, acute, closely imbricated; stem, 

 4 to 6 feet high, green, straight, terete, 

 horizontal at the base ; leaves, fifty to 

 sixty in number, somewhat distinct from 

 each other, scattered, ascending, sessile, 

 ^acuminate, smooth, green, the lower ones 

 ll to 9 inches long, 3 to 6 lines broad in 

 the middle, three-nerved, the upper ones 

 shorter and broader, often five-nerved; 

 flowers, often solitary, sometimes two or 

 three in number, fragrant, horizontal from 

 the top of the pedicel or slightly ascending; 

 ^perianth, white, greenish on the outside 

 Wallich's Lily (L. Wallichianum). at the base, 5 or 6 lines in diameter, at 

 One-third natural size. 3 inches above the base; 7 to 9 inches 

 long; tube, 3 or 4 lines in diameter at the base; segments with 

 oblanceolate claws, acute, 1 to 2 inches broad at three-fourth their 

 length from the base ; stamens, 2 inches shorter than the perianth ; 

 anthers, yellow, 12 to 14 lines long; ovary, ^ inch to 2 inches long; 

 style, together with the ovary, as long as the stamens. The sub- 

 temperate region of the Central Himalayas (Kumaon, Nepaul, &c.), 

 at an altitude of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet. In Max Leichtlin's 

 garden there is a smaller and more slender form, with about twenty- 

 nve leaves, which are distinct from each other, the lower ones smaller 

 than the upper ones ; anthers, 6 lines long ; and another form, 

 which has numerous leaves (200) much more closely set, and a stem 

 5 feet high. 



Perhaps this might fairly be placed as a species of full rank.* 

 Both for the height of the stem and size and fragrance of the flower 

 it is the prince of the forms of the Longiflorum series. There is an 

 excellent figure by Fitch, in the " Botanical Magazine," drawn from 

 living specimens introduced by Major Madden, from Kumaon, 1850; 

 and this plate was copied into the " Jardin Fleurist " and the " Flore 

 des Serres." In all the descriptive books, from D. Don down to 

 Spae, the synonomy is more or less confused with that of Chinese- 

 Japanese forms. The history of the plant is as follows : It was first 

 sent, in the dried state, to Europe about 1802, by Dr. Hamilton, 

 * Compare the description in pages 15 and 18. 



