L iliacea L ilium. 509 



almost touching the pedicel. Stamens widely spreading; 

 pollen reddish. A native of Central and Southern Europe and 

 Western Asia. L. maculatum is a native of North-eastern 

 Asia and North-western America. It is a glabrous plant with 

 bright red flowers remarkable for the short style. 



12. L. Canadense. Stem l^to 3 feet high. Leaves mostly 

 whorled, 2 to 4 inches long, lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Flowers 

 about 4 to 6, sub-umbellate on long drooping pedicels. Perianth- 

 segments lanceolate, acute, about 1 J inch long, spreading but 

 not reflexed. The flowers vary from bright red to pale yellow, 

 and are more or less copiously spotted with purple-brown. 

 L. parvifldrum is a variety in which the perianth-segments are 

 reflexed. L. Humboldtii is a taller-growing form with much 

 larger orange-yellow carmine-spotted racemose flowers. L. 

 Wdlkeri and L. Hartwegii are also referred here by Mr. Baker, 

 as is also L. superbum, a magnificent plant 4 to 6 feet high 

 with more numerous longer leaves and larger flowers with very 

 much reflexed segments. L. Carolinianum, Michaux (L. au- 

 tumnale of Loddiges), is intermediate between the last and 

 the typical L. Canadense. 



1 3. L. monadelphum. Stem about 3 to 5 feet high, glabrous 

 or slightly pubescent. Leaves scattered, numerous, 5- to 7-nerved^ 

 linear-lanceolate, the lower ones 3 to 4 inches long. Flowers 

 pale yellow spotted with carmine ; segments of the perianth 

 reflexed from above the middle. Filaments conn-ate at the 

 base. L. Szovitsianum, syn. L. Colchicum, is very near this, 

 and associated with it by Mr. Baker, but the filaments are 

 quite free, and it is said to flower two months earlier than L. 

 monadelphum. Both forms are from the Caucasus and quite 

 hardy in this country. 



14. L. Carniolioum. Stem 2 to 3 feet high, stout, glabrous. 

 Leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate, thick in texture and dis- 

 tinctly ciliated. Flowers about 4 to 6, pendulous, bright orange 

 or scarlet. Perianth-segments 1^ to 2 inches long and 6 to 9 

 lines broad, reflexed from near the base. A handsome species 

 from South-eastern Europe, rare in British gardens. 



L. Ponticum, from Asia Minor, has much narrower perianth - 

 segments ; and L. polyphyllum is an Indian species of which 

 little is known. 



15. L. Chalcedonicum (fig. 250). Stem erect, 2 to 3 feet 

 high, densely clothed with short ascending or appressed 3- to 5- 

 nerved slightly hairy leaves, the lower ones 2 to 3 inches long; 



