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the top ; bracts, linear-subulate, in pairs ; perianth, 15 to 18 lines long, 

 of a bright pale crimson colour ; segments, oblanceolate, 3 or 4 lines 

 broad in the middle, very revolute, usually of one colour, rarely 

 marked with a few small blackish dots; groove, smooth, distinctly 

 sunk ; filaments, pale red, 8 or 9 lines long ; anthers, twice as long ; 

 pollen, scarlet j ovary, 4 to 4% lines long, one-third shorter than the 

 slender style. Siberia, from the Altai Mountains to Amoor-land and 

 Northern China. Pallas, Maximowicz, &c. 



An early flowering kind, as may be supposed from its habitat. The most elegant 

 and graceful of all the dwarf Lilies. 



