5 06 L iliacece L iliu in . 



spicatum, in which the flowers are abortive and replaced by 

 white petaloid bracts. 



6. L. Washingtoniamim. A very beautiful species of quite 

 recent introduction. It grows about 3 to 5 feet high, and is 

 distinguished from all others of this group by the short 

 spreading lanceolate 1 -nerved glabrous leaves being arranged 

 in regular whorls of 10 or 12. Flowers slightly nodding, from 

 12 to 18 in a raceme, on long pedicels, white tinged with lilac 



or purple, very fragrant. A 

 native of the western slopes 

 of the Sierra Nevada range in 

 California, and most likely 

 "| quite hardy in Britain. 



7. L. tigrlnum, syn. L. 

 speciosum (Andrews, not of 

 Thunberg) (tig. 248). The 

 Tiger Lily is one of the most 

 distinct, and after the White 

 Lily the one most commonly 

 seen. It is distinguished 

 from the allied species by 

 the purplish cottony stems ; 

 linear sessile 5- to 7 -nerved 

 leaves usually with round 

 black bulblets in their axils. 

 Flowers bright orange-red 

 with purplish-black spots. 

 A native of Japan and 

 China, and quite hardy in 

 this country. L. Fortunei 

 is a magnificent robust 

 variety from 6 to 10 feet 

 high and bearing from 30 

 to 40 flowers on each stem. 

 There is also a handsome 

 double-flowered variety in 

 cultivation. 



8. L. specidsum, Thun- 



Fig. 248. Lilium tigrinum. (1 nat. size.) ^.^ gyn> l anc i/dlium of 



Paxton, not of Thunberg. This beautiful species usually 

 bears the latter name in gardens. Stem glabrous, from 1 

 to 3 feet high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, 1^ 



