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L itiacece L ilium. 



European forms. L. Davuricum, syn. L. speetdbile of Link, and 

 L. Thunbergianum, are Asiatic forms. The latter is from Japan 



and common in gardens, 

 and is distinguished by its 

 broader foliage and larger 

 scarcely spotted flowers. 

 Besides the above extreme 

 forms there is a host of in- 

 termediate varieties in cul- 

 tivation differing chiefly in 

 1 he size and colouring of the 

 flowers : vitellinum, auran- 

 t la cum, hcvmatochrdum, 

 atromaculatum, atrosan- 

 yuineum, and VGnustum, 

 are some of them, 



L. pulchellum is an ele- 

 gant dwarf species from 

 Eastern Siberia with gla- 

 brous linear leaves and very 

 small bright scarlet slightly 

 spotted flowers. L. con- 

 color^ including L.Sinwum, 

 is a Chinese species with 

 pubescent lanceolate leaves 

 and small bright red and yel- 

 low faintly spotted flowers. 

 L. lancifolium has small 

 white flowers less than an 

 inch long. It is a native of 

 Japan, and has never been in 

 cultivation in this country. 

 11. L. Mdrtagon. This 

 is another of the common 

 old species. Stem 2 or 3 

 feet high, more or less pu- 

 bescent, and often streaked 

 with purple. Leaves mostly 

 in regular whorls of 6 to 9, lanceolate-spathulate, lower ones 

 from 3 to 5 inches long. Flowers in a loose raceme, drooping, 

 purplish-red copiously spotted with black, or rarely white. 

 Perianth-segments recurved from the base, the pubescent tips 



Fig. 249. Lilium bulbifcrum, var. croccuin. 

 (I nat. size.) 



