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NOTES ON LILIES 



Roezl, in hort., Leichtlin.- Canadense, var. Puberulum, Torrey, Bot. 

 Whipple, 90 (Hartweg 2,004), is a form of this species which has the- 

 stem and under-surface of the leaves puberulous. 



This form, of all Lilies, has the largest and most peculiar bulb, sometimes globose, 

 sometimes rhizomatous, often intermediate in form, with large long broad scales. We 

 have had bulbs weighing as much as 1 Ib. It is a very distinct, beautiful, and graceful 

 form graceful in whorled foliage, graceful in its spike of numerous pendent, golden 

 purple-spotted flowers. Its reddish brown stem, bluish green smooth leaves, distinguish, 

 it even in early growth from all other Lilies. There is a good coloured figure given 

 in the " Florist,'' 1875, p. 217. 



Yar. OceUatum, Kellogg, Proc. Calif, Acad., v. 88, t. 4, from the 

 Island of Santa Rosa, is a form with a yellowish perianth, marked on 

 the inside with conspicuous purple dots. 



This var., Bloomerianum OceUatum, so called because each purple spot is (like a pupil) 

 surrounded with a yellow circle ; is a distinct form, with smaller bulb, not so vigorous 

 in its growth, but with as large or larger flowers. See page 23. 

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Humboldt's Orange Lily Flower spike of Martagon Lily 



(L. Humboldtii). (L. Martagon). 



35. L. Martagon. Speciosum, 485 ; Jacq., Austr., t. 351 ; Bot 

 Mag., t. 893 and 1,634 ; Red., Lil., 1. 146 ; Eng. Bot., t. 279, edit. 3, 

 t. 1,518 : Reich., Ic. Germ., t. 451. Bulb, ovoid, 1| to 2 inches long, 

 yellowish, perennial, with very numerous narrow scales ; stem 3 to 

 6 feet high, terete, smooth or puberulous in the upper part, green or 

 spotted with purple ; leaves, mostly in two to four whorls of six to 

 nine leaves, the upper ones (rarely all) scattered, horizontal, oblance- 

 olate, spathulate, sessile, tender, the lower ones 4 to 6 inches long, 

 12 to 15 lines broad above the middle, tender (with three to five 

 distinct veins on each side of the mid-rib), smooth or pubescent; 

 central internodes, 6 to 9 inches long; raceme, lax, elongated, con- 

 taining from three to twenty flowers; bracts, small; pedicels, nodding 

 when bearing flowers, the lowest ones 1 to 3 inches long ; perianth, 

 fragrant, claret-coloured, 15 to 18 lines long, pubescent on the right 

 outside; segments, lance-shaped, very revolute, with numerous livid 

 purple dots on the inside ; claws, slightly lamellated (groove deep, 



