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NOTES ON LILIES 



the middle, the upper ones more distant from each other, shorter, 

 and lance-shaped ; flowers, usually solitary (sometimes two to six in 

 number), nearly horizontal; perianth, white, fragrant, narrowly 



funnel-shaped, 5 to 7 inches long ; tube, 

 2 to 3 inches long, scarcely widened above 

 the base ; segments, oblanceolate, obtuse 

 in the expanded flower, falcate in the 

 upper fourth of their length, 12 to 18 

 lines broad at two-thirds of their length 

 from the base ; inner ones broader ; fila- 

 ments, white, 4 or 5 inches long ; anthers, 



Long-tubed "White Lily The handsome long-tubed White Lily 



( L. Longiflorum). (L. Eximium). 



yellow, narrow, 6 to 9 lines long; pollen, yellow ; ovary, 1 to 1 J inches- 

 long, and, along with the slightly curved style, scarcely exceeding the 

 stamens in length ; stigma, 4 to 4 J lines in diameter ; capsule, 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse-angied, umbilicated at the apex. Temperate 

 regions of Japan, Oldham, 734, Maximowicz, &c. ; China, Fortune, 

 57, 66, Eeeves ; Hong Kong, Capt. Urquhart; Formosa, Wilford, 

 548 ; Swinhoe ; Oldham, 565 ; Capt. Champion ; Loo-choo Islands, 

 Capt. Beechey, C. Wright, introduced into Europe in 1810.* Of the 



* M. Duchartre's comparison of these varieties is as follows: "These splendid flowers- 

 may be grouped, in the first instance, according to the angle formed by the union of the 

 flower and the stem supporting them. The flower of Eximium is at right angles with 

 the stem or flower-stalk ; while in Longiflorum and in Longiflorum TaJccsima, the 

 flower forms an obtuse angle with the stem, a little more obtuse in the case of the 

 former than in Takcsima. The violet tint of the outer side of the flower suffices to 

 distinguish the last mentioned variety, though it should be remembered that this tint, 

 which is very manifest in the young flower-bud, disappears in the expanded flower on 

 exposure to the light. This violet hue extends throughout the whole length of the 

 prominent midrib of each division of the flower. The flowers of Longiflorum and 

 Eximium are uniformly white. 



The general form of the flower affords distinctive characters ; thus in Longiflorum 

 TaJcesima the form of the flower is tubular, inversely conical (funnel-shaped), with a 

 wide base, and its divisions are but slightly turned back. The upper portion of the tube 



