AND THEIR CULTURE. 151 



tinged with purple, slender, terete, smooth; leaves, 20 to 30 in 

 number, scattered, distant from each other, very shortly stalked 

 (stalk pressed close to the stem), lance-shape, acuminate, of a deep 

 green colour, smooth, firm, five- 

 nerved, the lower ones 6 to 9 inches 

 long, and 9 to 15 lines broad; 

 raceme, deltoid, containing from 

 3 to 10 flowers; pedicels, divari- 

 cated and furnished with bracts ; 

 perianth, 5 to 7 inches long ; 

 segments, broadly falcate, 1 to 2 

 inches broad in the middle (the 

 inner ones broader), white, usually 

 streaked with yellow in the mid- 

 dle, and with scattered purple 

 dots and papillge on. the lower 

 part of the inner surface ; groove 

 on the keel, distinct, and with 

 smooth edges; filaments, 3 to- Si- 

 inches long; anthers, narrow, 

 9 to ] 2 lines long ; pollen, red ; 

 ovary, 12 to 14 lines ; style, slen- 

 der, very much curved, 2|- to 3-| 

 inches long ; capsule, 3 inches 

 long, oblong, longer and narrower 

 than that of Speciosinn, emargi- 

 nate at the apex. Japan, Old- 

 ham,* 186, Maximo W1CZ. There Tlie Golden-Banded Lily (L. Aurcdum}. 

 are forms approaching Speciosum, with flowers streaked with red; 

 some of these have from 25 to 30 broader leaves, and others from 

 40 to 50 narrower leaves. Wittei, Suringar, is a variety with white 

 midotted petals. 



It was first introduced into Europe in 1862 by Messrs. Yeitch. 



Auratuni is decidedly the grandest Lily known to cultivators ; for description of 

 its gorgeous magnificence and beautiful fragrance, sec pp. 33, 43, 44. 



It is a most variable form, hardly any two being alike, amongst the most prominent 

 varieties we may mention. 



(a). A fasciated form, with broad banded (not cylindrical) stem, containing from 3G> 

 to 100 flowers, generally small, crowded together in its summit. 



(b). llulro-vittatum, in which the yellow streak is replaced by a broad crimson band,, 

 the spots and blotches being large, and of a vivid crimson tint. In this variety there- 

 are only two colours, crimson and white ; forming a most splendid contrast. 



(e). Crucntum, a dwarf form, with flowers 11 inches in diameter, the streak is maroon,, 

 darkening to the centre, so as to produce the effect of a dark eye, the spots are purplishi 



crimson. 



* Uri is the Japanese word for Lily, and Yam a for Hill : Yama Uri the Hill Lily, is^ 

 the native name for A uratum . Oldham wrote of it, "a splendid showy plant, growing^ 

 chiefly in light rich soil amongst the shrubs and between the rocks." 



