254 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [APRIL 
L. Leopold hort. in Baker, Linn. Soc. Jour. 14 : 233. 1874. 
L. erectum Baker, loc. cit. 
Bulb perennial, globose, with oblong-lanceolate, acute scales: 
stem 6-15 high, somewhat whitish cobwebby: leaves scat: 
tered, rich green, ascending, 
linear, 7.5-10™ long, 5-7- 
nerved, the upper leaves 
shorter and bearing bulbils 
in their axils: flowers 3-10, 
or sometimes more, ina wide 
raceme, nodding, bright red, 
thickly spotted with large 
purplish spots ; perianth seg- 
ments lanceolate-acuminate, 
strongly twisted revolute, 
papillose on the claw: fila- 
ments scarlet, anthers black, 
pollen scarlet: ovary half 
as long as the much curved 
style. 
Japan and China. 
fashioned garden favorite, 
one of the best lilies for general culture, especially in the var. splendens. 
Var. SPLENDENS Leicht. in Van H. FI. d. Serr. 17:13 as 
e species, 
An old- 
and 
Fic. 5.—Lilium ‘ligrinum. 
A fine garden variety of more robust habit than th 
with long flowering spikes. 
Var. PLENESCENS, nom. nov. 
An odd double variety grown in collections. 
: : he speci® 
Other garden varieties are to be referred without confusion uae 
BURLINGTON, VERMONT. 
[ Zo be concluded. | 
