NEW LILIES. 89 



the auratnm, have lately been obtained. Most of these 

 have come to us mixed with the true aiiratura, and without 

 names; but when they came into bloom, it was very easy 

 to distinguish them. One of the most distinct of these is 

 probably the L. Leichtlinii, received among some auratums 

 from Japan by Messrs. Vetch & Son, of England. This 

 variety is figured and described in Curtis' Botanical 

 Magazine for December, 1867. Our engraving (fig. 14) 

 represents the flower very accurately, although it is but 

 about two thirds the natural size. We give a condensed 

 description, taken from that given it by Mr J. D. Hooker,, 

 editor of the magazine named above. Stem, tall, slender, 

 two to three feet high ; leaves, alternate, linear-lanceolate 

 acute, spreading, ends re-curved three to four inches long 

 by a quarter of an inch broad, pale bright green ; flowers, 

 solitary, in our specimen, nodding, four inches in diameter, 

 pale golden yellow, spotted with small oblong blotches of 

 clear red purple or maroon brown. 



Several new lilies have just been received direct from 

 Japan by B. K. Bliss & Son, of ISTew York. Coarse 

 Japanese drawings accompanied each variety, and these 

 are our only guide in the following notes of them. 



Aha Oskukiija. — Scarlet. 



AkaloJcash. — Large ; scarlet. 



AJcalokash Uree. — White, with spots of the auratum 

 species. 



SowajaJca. — Scarlet. 



Kanaka Uree. — Similar to auratum. 



Yamo Uree. — White, spotted, with stripe in center of 

 petal. 



