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The Scarlet Turk's-cap Lily 

 (L. Clialcedonicum. ) 



more in number, ascending, very close, sessile, pale green, the lowest 



oblanceolate, the central ones linear, 2 or 3 inches long, 2 or 3 lines 



foroad, three to five-nerved, covered with 



distinct white papillas on the edges and 



on ike veins of the lower part inside, 



mpper leaves smaller and pressed close to 



the peduncle ; raceme, few -flowered ; 



pedicels, nodding at the top, often brac- 



teolated ; perianth, scentless, 1 to 2 



inches long, usually of a brilliant vermilion 



red without dots (but sometimes having a 



few minute dots on the inside), seldom 



yellow; segments, oblanceolate, closely 



re volute, 5 or 6 lines broad in the middle, 



with numerous papillae ; groove, distinctly 



sunk, with smooth edges ; filaments, 12 to 



14 lines long ; anthers, 4 to 4 lines long ; 



pollen, vermilion-red ; ovary, 5 or 6 lines 



i , ,-, i ,-, T.,i 



long, about the same length as, or a little 



shorter than the style ; capsule, obtuse-angled. Greece, and the 

 Ionian Islands. It flowers in our gardens at the end of July and 

 beginning of August, among the late blooming kinds. Alljanicum, 

 Griseb. Fl. Kumel, ii., 385 ; Schur. Transyl., 662. 



Pyrcnaicum, Baumg, Transyl., 632, non Gouari, from the Moun- 

 tains of Albania, and Transylvania is a variety found in the 

 Mountain Woods with yellow, and usually solitary flowers. 



Gracile, Ebel, Zwolf Tage auf Montenegro, 8, t. 1, from the 

 Mountains of Montenegro (flower not described) is now said to be a 

 Fritittary. 



L. Clialccdonicum is a very favourite Lily, not merely for its tall, graceful spike/ with 

 pendulous scarlet bells, but because with Candidmn and Excdsum it seems to have the 

 happy knack of doing well everywhere, and in all soils, consequently, it is not an 

 uncommon tenant in cottage gardens. The demand for it of late years, has been 

 greatly on the increase, but cultivators must not be discouraged if the first year sifter 

 planting, little or no growth above ground is apparent, see our remarks, p. 53, 54, & ; 174. 



49. L. CaUosum. Sieb. et Zucc., Fl. 'Jap., ix., 86, t. 41 ; Kurith, 

 Eiium., iv., 262 ; Miquel, Ann. Mus. Lug. Bat., iii., 156. Pomponium, 

 Thunb., Fl. Jap., 134, non Linn. Bulb (sec p. 107), small, perennial; 

 scales, few, lance-shaped ; stem, I-} to 3 feet high, slender, terete, 

 smooth; leaves, 30 to 40 in number, scattered, linear, ascending, 

 smooth, firm, green, three to five-nerved, with narrowly revolute 

 margins ; lower leaves, 3 or 4 inches long, 1 to 2 lines broad in the 

 middle, the upper ones becoming gradually smaller; raceme, narrow, 

 lax, containing from 2 to 12 flowers; pedicels, short, nodding ; bracts, 

 in pairs, ligulate, thick, 4 to 9 lines long, obtuse at the apex, and 

 callous (hence the name CaUosum) ; perianth, always of a brilliant 

 rS-carlet, 1.2 to 18 lines loaag^ segments., oblanceolate^ spathulate, 2J 



