LILIACE^E 279 



Lilium Pomponium L. 



This brilliant red, handsome Lily, with leaiy stem and narrow 

 linear leaves, is 'found in stony places in the Ligurian Alps as high 

 as 6000 feet, but is never abundant. May to July. 



Distribution. Var, Basses-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Piedmont. 



Lilium croceum Chaix. Tiger-Lily. (Plate XXXII.) 



This well-known deep orange Lily is chiefly a native of the 

 warmer sub-alpine districts in the south, but in Switzerland it 

 sometimes reaches 5300 feet. It is the variety of L. bulbiferum L. 

 without bulbils. Both occur in Switzerland. June, July. 



Distribution. Jura, Switzerland, Western Alps, Corsica, Eastern 

 France. 



ANTHERICUM L. 



Flowers white, in a lax terminal raceme, on a leafless scape, 

 springing from a tuberous rootstock. Sepals and petals distinct, 

 spreading. Leaves narrow. 



Anthericum ramosum L. 



Stem 1-2 feet high, ending in a branched panicle. Peduncles 

 pointed very near the base. Flowers distant, pure white, star- 

 shaped. Leaves linear, channelled, shorter than the stem. Fruit 

 globular, 3-celled. 



Sunny hills and sul^-alpine slopes. May, June. 



Distribution. Central Europe ; Taurus and Caucasus. 



Anthericum Liliago L. (Plate XXX.) 



Stem unusually shorter, not branched. Flowers larger (i inch 

 across). Raceme simple. Peduncles jointed below the middle. 

 Dry hills, mountains and sub- Alps ; local. May, June. 



Distribution. Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor. 



In Switzerland it often grows with Paradisia, but the latter is a 

 more Alpine plant. 



PARADISIA Mazzuc. 

 Paradisia Liliastrum Bertol. St. Bruno's Lily. (Plate XXX.) 



Stem 1-2 feet high, leafless, simple, 3-5 flowered. Leaves 

 linear, radical, slightly furrowed. Flowers shortly stalked in a loose 

 raceme, very large (2 inches), pure white, and like those of a Lily, 

 but more delicate. Perianth 6-lobed, funnel-shaped. 



Pastures of the Alps and sub- Alps ; scarce. June, July. 



Distribution. Alps, Jura, Pyrenees, Spain and Portugal, Italy. 



