214 NOTES ON LILIES 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PRIMARY DIVISION OF THE GENUS LILIUM. 



No one who will once take the trouble to master the characters of these 

 five groups and thoroughly understand them by the aid of living specimens, 

 will find any difficulty in referring any flowering specimen to its proper 

 position. 



SUB-GENUS I. CARDIOCRINUM. 



Perianth,* funnel-shaped, with oblanceolate segments, falcate only at the 



apex. 

 Leaves stalked, heart-shaped, ovate 



1, Oordifolium ; 2, Giganteum. 



SUB-GENUS II. EULIRION". 



Perianth, funnel-shaped, with oblanceolate segments, which are falcate only 

 at the apex ; leaves linear or lanceolate, sessile, or nearly so. 



Tube scarcely widened from the base to the middle 



3,Philippinense; 4-^Wallicliianum; SJjongiflorum; 



6, Neilgherrense. 



Tube gradually narrowing from the base to the neck ; leaves scattered 



7, Odorum ; 8, Brownii ; 9, Krameri ; 



10, Nepalense ; 11, Gandidum ; 12, Belladonna. 



Leaves in whorls 



13, Washing tonianum ; 14, Wasliingtonianum- 

 Purpurcum ; 15, Parry i. 



SUB-GENUS III. ARCHELIRION. 



Perianth, open, funnel-shaped, with deeply spreading segments, which are 

 broadest below the middle ; stamens diverging from the curved style. 



Leaves sessile 



16, Tigrinum ; 17, Oxypetalum. 



Leaves shortly-stalked 



18, Speciosum ; 19, Auratum. 



* Perianth, for the information of my less learned readers, is the botanical term for 

 the flower. 



