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usually in a whorl of six to nine leaves at the middle of the stem, 

 a few scattered between the whorl and the raceme, seldom in two 

 whorls or all scattered, horizontal, oblanceo- 

 late, 3 or 4 inches long, 6 to 18 lines broad 

 above the middle, smooth, tender, similar in 

 texture and venation to those of Martagon ; 

 flowers, few, sometimes sub-umbellate : 

 bracts, small ; pedicels, nodding at the top, 

 2 or 3 inches long ; perianth, slightly fra- 

 grant, 15 to 18 lines long, of a brilliant 

 yellowish-red ; segments, lance-shaped, 4 to 

 6 lines broad in the middle, hooded at the 

 apex, covered with minute dots on the inside ; 

 groove, smooth and deep ; filaments, 9 to 12 

 lines long ; anthers, 3 or 4 lines long ; ovary, 

 4 or 5 lines long, half the length of the 

 T1 (l S t ~ scaled ly curved style. Kamtschatka, Manchuria, 

 Kurile Islands, and Japan ; Pallas, Maxi- 



mowicz, &c. It has the habit and foliage of Martagon, and the 

 yellowish-red perianth of Ganadense. 



This form differs from Medcoloidcs, in having drooping flowers with reflexed tips 

 (like Tcnuifoliuvi), unspotted, or but little spotted, and of a very variable tint ; it is 

 found in the north of Japan, near Hakodadi. 



It was first introduced in 1829, by Fisher, to the St. Petersburg!! Botanic Garden, 

 but soon disappeared. Afterwards by Dr. Hegel in 1856, and flowered ; the colour of 

 the flower varies much from yellow to scarlet. In Hakodadi, the winter is very long, 

 8 or 9 months, and very severe ; the summer, hot and brief. This Lily, might therefore, 

 be very properly introduced into Norway or Switzerlend, with every chance of success. 

 The name Avcnaccum, is given from the ' ' oat-like " appearance of the scales of the bulb. 



37. L. Hansoni (Leichl.) Bulb (see page 109), like that of 

 Tigrinum, globose, perennial, compact, whitish ; stem, 3 or 4 feet 

 high, slender, smooth, terete, stout, green; leaves, oblanceolate, 

 acute, green, tender, smooth, with three distinct, oblique, tender, 

 distant, lateral nerves, usually collected in a whorl of eight to twelve 

 patent sessile leaves at the middle of the stem, the others scattered, 

 4 or 5 inches long, 8 to 12 lines broad above the middle, gradually 

 narrowed from the middle to the base ; flowers, 4 to 1 in number, 

 in a loose raceme, or crowded in an umbel ; pedicels, erect-patent, 

 1J to 2 inches long, of a brilliant reddish orange; segments, thick, 

 lance-shaped, 4 or 5 lines broad in the middle, deeply falcate- 

 revolute, dotted with purple on the lower half, inside ; groove, long, 

 smooth, very deep ; filaments, 10 to 12 lines long, yellow ; anthers, 

 narrow, 4 or 5 lines long; pollen, yellow; ovary, club-shaped, deeply 

 channelled, 5 or 6 lines long, a little shorter than the style. Japan, 

 Hort., Leichtlin; coming into growth and flowering amongst the 

 earliest. This species is midway between Martagon and Ganadense. 



The figure of this Lily in Florist, 1874, p. 193, there miscalled Avcnaccum, gives a 

 very inadequate idea of its beauty, and must have been taken from a plant not fully 



