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NOTES ON LILIES 



nerved, with minute papillse on the margin, those at the centre of 

 the stem linear, 3 to 6 inches long, the lowest ones oblanceolate- 

 obtuse, the upper ones gradually smaller, the highest lance -shaped,, 



1 to 1^ inches long, and pressed close to the stem; raceme, short,, 

 deltoid, containing from 6 to 20 flowers, and, when fully expanded,. 

 6 to 8 inches broad ; lower flowers nodding ; bracts, lance-shaped or- 

 linear ; pedicels, ascending, the lowest ones 2 or 3 inches long, often, 

 with small bracts ; perianth, white, fragrant, broadly funnel-shaped, 



2 or 3 inches long, gradually widened from the base to the neck 



The Double White Lily 

 (L. Candidum var. Motistrosum}. 



The "White Lily 

 (L. Candidum). 



(where it is 1-J inches in diameter) ; segments, in the expanded) 

 flower, falcate in the upper third part, obtuse, downy at the apex, 

 6 to 9 (or, rarely 12) lines broad above the middle ; stamens, shorte? 

 than the perianth by one-third ; anthers, yellow, 5 or 6 lines long - r 

 style, together with the ovary, much longer than the stamens, nearly 

 as long as the perianth. Southern Europe, from Corsica to Northern; 

 Persia and the Caucasus. 



1. Var. Foliis Aureo Marc/inatis is a form, in which a broad golden 

 margin to the foliage prevails, especially valuable in a winter garden. 

 The flower is the same, but of a very pure white colour. 



2. Yar. Striatum, Flore des Serres, t. 7-35, is a form with flowers 

 streaked with purple on the outside. 



3. Yar. Spicatum (Flore Pleno or Monstrosumj, Hort.,is an abnormal 

 form, the flowers being abortive, and the bracts dilated, white, and 

 petaloid. 



4. Yar. Peregrinum, Linn. Teregrinum, Mill. Diet., No. 2 ; Hayne, 

 Arzne., viii., 27 ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard., ser. ii., t. 367. A slen- 

 derer form, with a purple stem, narrower leaves, and segments of 

 perianth narrower, longer, more acute, and more spathulate. A 

 garden variety, long in cultivation, not yet found in a wild state. 



