1899] CONSPECTUS OF THE GENUS LILIUM 341 
5-20 long, upper gradually smaller, uppermost ovate : inflo- 
scence a lax corymb of 4~8 flowers, bracteate at base by a whorl 
of small ovate leaves: perianth 
yellow, 7.5-9™ long; segments 
lanceolate, subobtuse, spreading 
from the middle, marked in the 
lower half with a few irregularly 
scattered brown spots: stamens 
equal the perianth segments; 
anthers linear: ovary subcylindric, 
2.5°" long; capsule oblong, obtusely 
angled. 
Ichang, western China. Just coming 
into cultivation. Extremely thrifty and 
AY 
N 
ie. 6—Lilium Henryi. 
Fic. 7.—Lilium auratum. 
3. L. auratum Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1862:640. July 12. 
L. Dexter; 
Hovey, Mag 
L. Witte: 5 ovey, Mag. Hort. 1862 : 380. 
uring. in Koch, Wochens. 1867 : 294. 
