150 NOTES ON LILIES 



B. Stems not fasciatecl. 



,, purplish brown. 



flowers pink ......... HUBRUM.. 



,, white or nearly so ... ALBUM. 

 green. 



flowers rose-coloured ... ... HOSETJM. 



flowers deep rose-coloured ... 



flowers white or nearly so. 



flowers white with rose- 



coloured Spots PUXCTATUM.. 

 flowers quite white . . . VESTALE. 



Concerning the fasciated varieties there is little need to speak. They differ in nothing: 

 from the other varieties, except in their fasciation. We have adopted the name- 

 Fasciatum to avoid confusion, though in some catalogues the name Corymbiflorum is- 

 used for the same varieties. Of the non-fasciated forms we have, first of all, a division) 

 into those which have green stems and those which have purplish-brown stems. We 

 find in practice that this is a fairly good character ; moreover, it is usually associated' 

 with the presence of a similar tint on the mid-rib of the segments of the flower, easily 

 seen even when in bud. Of these purple-stemmed varieties there are two main forms, 

 the one with pink, the other with Avhite flowers. We propose that the name Rubrum 

 should apply to the pink-flowered varieties with purplish stems. There is no figure, 

 that we are aware of, of this variety. The white-flowered form of this section we propose 

 to call Album, the Albijtorum of the "Botanical Magazine," belonging to another form. 



Turning now to the green-stemmed forms, we have those with pale rose or blush- 

 coloured flowers, in which the colour is not distinct ; these we propose to refer to lloseum. 

 The figure in Paxton's Magazine, vol. 5, plate 1, represents this form. Of the same 

 colour, but much deeper, and with a defined white or w'hitish edge around the segments 

 of the perianth, is the form we propose to call the true Spedosum. This is the plant 

 well figured in the "Botanical Register," tab. 2000, by Lindley, under this name ; also 

 in the " Florc dcs Scrres," t, 276-277. Spedosum var. Kmmpferi of "Botanical 

 Magazine," tab., 3785, we take to be synonymous with this. 



Of the white-flowered forms of this section we have one which is white with rose- 

 coloured spots. For this the name Punctatum, given by Lemaire, "Florc dcs Scrres," 

 276, seems most suitable, though if we were to follow botanical rules rigidly, it should 

 be called by the Japanese name, Tamctono. It is figured under the name Albiflorum in 

 the "Botanical Magazine," t., 3785 and in "Paxton's Magazine," vol., 5, tab., 267, as 

 Lancifolium lloseum. It has also been called Broussartii and Exiinium in gardens, 

 though the latter name applies to quite a different plant. So far as the bulbs of these 

 varieties go, we have not personally had the opportunity of comparing any great number, 

 but we are informed that the range of variation in the bulb is but slight. Lastly, for a 

 variety with pure white unspotted flowers, we adopt the name Vestal c. 



Besides the typical form of Jlubrum and lloseum, there are many intermediate (seedling) 

 varieties, amongst these a few may be selected for special beautj". 



1. Spedosum Japonicum, coining direct from Japan ; Avith a broad crimson band, 

 margined with white, introduced by us in 1869. 



2. A form very similar to this, but, perhaps, rather broader in the petals ; has gone 

 under various names, as Spedosum, Purpuratum (Groom), Schrymakersn, &c. 



3. A very richly coloured blood-red flower, with large petals, and of perfect shape ; 

 known as Cruentum. 



4. Macranthum, a fine well-shaped form. 



5. Multiflorum, a very free flowering form, with tall branching spike, &c., &c. 



19. L. Aurati.nn.-~~Lmd\., Gard. Chron., 1862, 644b; Hook., Bot. 

 Mag., t. 5,338; Flore des Serres, t. 1,528-1,531; 111. Hort., ix., t. 

 338 ; Eev. Horfc., 1867, t., 371 ; Miquel, Ann. Mus., iii., 156. Deafer?, 

 Hovey, Mag. Hort., Aug., ]862. Wittei, Suringar in K. Koch, 

 Wochens, 1867, 294. Spedosum, imperiale, Hort., Siebold. Bulb, 

 somewhat like that of Spedosum ; stem, 2 to 4 feet high, green^ 



