Ifo. 1628 



LILIUM EUSCHIANUM. 



Class, Order. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



We received this in 1829 from our va- 

 lued friend Mr. Joseph Busch, of St. Pe- 

 tersburg- : as we consider it an entire new 

 species, we could not do better than name 

 it after him ; especially as we are not aware 

 that any plant has ever been dedicated to 

 him, although he has contributed much to 

 the advancement of botanical science, and 

 has sent many new plants from time to 

 time to this country. 



The bulb has few scales; it is nearly 

 the size of a hen's ^ggi the leaves are 

 linear-lanceolate scattered, the stem is 

 round, quite smooth, a foot hig;h, termi- 

 nating in about five flowers ; corolla erect, 

 before opening having a few small white 

 hairs, which fall oflF afterwards; pedicles 

 the length of the flowers, each having one 

 leaf or bracte. The lower part of the in- 

 side of the corolla is stresvcd with linear 



