242 : BOTANICAL GAZETTE [APRiL | 
crowded, distinctly 3~-5-nerved: flowers I—3, ascending, white, 
fragrant. 15-18 long, trumpet-shaped ; perianth segments 
oblanceolate - unguiculate, 
reflexed only at the tip: 
stamens a little shorter 
than the perianth; pollen 
yellow: ovary and style 
as long as the stamens; 
capsule oblong, obtuse 
angled. 
India. 
5. L. LONGIFLORUM 
Thunb. Linn. Soc. Trams 
{ 23339304908 
L. candidum Thunb. (nos 
Fic. 1.—Lilium Neilgherrense. Linn.) Fl. Jap. 133. 1784 
L. speciosissimum hort. 
Baxt. in Loud. Hort. Brit. Suppl. 2:645. 1830. 
L. speciosum Sieb. in Verh. Batav. Gen. 12: 15. 1830. 
L. Takesima hort. in Baker, Linn. Soc. Jour. 14: 230. 1874. 
L. abchasicum hort. in Baker, loc. cit. 
Bulb perennial, globose, with lanceolate scales: stem a 
high, erect: leaves 20-40, scattered, ascending, 5-nerved, is 
1o™ long: flowers often solitary, sometimes two or three, nearly 
horizontal, fragrant, waxy white; perianth narrow funnelform : 
segments oblanceolate, obtuse, reflexed in the upper qua 3 
anthers narrow, yellow, with yellow pollen: capsule | 
oblong, obtuse, angular, umbilicate. 
Temperate regions of Japan, China, and Formosa. 
known species in cultivation, 
One of the best 
Var. Eximium Nicholson, Dict. Gard. 2:271. 1887: 
L. eximium Comt. in Spae. Mem. Gen. Lis. 1845- 3 
L. Jama-juri Sieb. & DeVriese, Tuinbow FI. 1:319- 4 77% 
55- 
iar ‘ . 14: 
 L. eximium Wilsonit hort. Angl. in Baker, Linn. Soc. ae 
* 
1874, 
L. Harrissi hort. in Carr. Rev. Hort. 55: 211. 1883. 
