136 NOTES ON LTLTES 



When about 3 4 inches high. 

 L. Japonicum. L, Brownii. 



Stem green, thickly irrorated with Stem and bracts dark brownish red, the 



brown or green with brown rings just upper 1^ inch of bud only showing a green 



below the insertions of the leaves ; leaves tint, tipped at the point more or less with 



1^ inch to 2 inches long, of a bluish green brown both on upper and under surface of 



colour, edged with a thin brown line, leaf ; bracts closely appressed to stem, no 



having a lighter coloured midrib on upper leaves unfolded, bud closed up. 

 surface, erect, bluntly obovate, wide spread- 

 ing, unfolded to base of stem. 



When about 8 10 inches high. 



Stem a blue green, more or less in-orated Stem rich dark brown, Avith brown bracts 



witli brown, getting darker near the base adherent and fresh, the lower 6 inches un- 



where it Reaves the soil, the insertion of furnished with leaves, leaves about 4 



the leaf is marked with a brown line or inches long, harsh to the touch, lanceolate,, 



patch ; leaves alternate, continued down pointed green with broader brown edging, 



the stem to a distance from the soil of more or less erect, curving in an arc, with 



2 inches ; semi-erect or horizontal, not the tips invariably pointed downwards, 



arched, not cuiving downwards at tip ; At its broadest part which is nearer the 



broadest in the middle where they are four apex than the base, it is only twice as broad, 



times wider than at the insertion, diminish- as at the insertion, 

 ing gradually thence to apex and base ; 

 about 3 fc inches long, soft to the touch ; 

 bracts have died off and fallen. 



Apex of bud at summit of stem when 8 inches high. 



Formed of 4 leaves, open, divergent, with Formed of 4 or 6 leaves tightly closed! 



their tips directed outwards, as in Longi- together, as in Auratum. 

 florum. 



Prevailing tint of plant. 

 Bluish green. Bronzed red relieved with green. 



Flower bud. 



Pale green, tinted on the upper surface Chocolate or reddish brown, tinted both 

 with brown, considerably swollen about the above and below; the tip which is acut 

 middle ; blunt at the tip, one of the petals being of a darker colour than the middle 

 generally shorter than the others, exposing of the bud ; shape long and narrow, on]y 

 a yellow surface. slightly thickened at about two-thirds of 



its length. 



Flower. 



When first opened disclosing a golden When first open disclosing a white or 



yellow interior, which fades gradually to a light creamy white tint, soon fading to a 



rich cream colour; tube dilating from base to pure white, contrasting very beautifully 



disc, but especially dilated about one-third with the rich chocolate coloured exterior. 



down ; disc somewhat revolute, anthers Tube cylindrical, and but slightly dilated ; 



light brown, fragrance very great, re- disc large, rounded, very greatly revolute ; 



sembling that of the Cape Jessamine. anthers dark brown ; fragrance moderate 



like that of Longiflonim. 



Compare likewise the following statement of the celebrated Bulb 

 grower, J. H. Krelage, of Haarlem. 



" About 40 years ago, there was cultivated with success in my father's, 

 garden, under the name of L. Japonicum, a fine and rare Lily. 



