189] CONSPECTUS OF THE GENUS LILIUM 351 
+o high, leafless below, then leaves somewhat crowded, linear, 
with margins narrowly revolute: flowers sometimes solitary, 
‘metimes 2-10 in a pyramidal raceme, all with long pedun- 
desat the axils of the persistent leaves, nodding when young, 
torizontal when fully flowered, or nearly erect; perianth 
small, 4-5" long, yellow, thickly spotted with purple on the 
inside, and smooth without ; segments lanceolate, immediately 
‘panded, then recurved the whole length, with several fim- 
briate crests running parallel with the nectar furrow, which is 
japillose: stamens half the length of the perianth; pollen 
jellow: style a little longer than the ovary; capsule ovate or 
nearly square, truncate at the top. 
Su-tchuen, China. 
50. L. POMPONIUM Linn. 
Sp. Pl. 302, Pees; 
— Langustifolinm Miller, Dict, 
B. 1768. [Ed. 8.] 
L. rubrum LaM. & DC..Fl. 
Fr, 213, 1805. [Ed. 3.] 
Bulb Perennial, ovoid, 
With several lanceolate 
ales - stem 6-gi high 
thick, stiff - leaves 100 or 
i Scattered, narrow 
Near, ascending, the lower 
Ones 5-10 
’ Pp ‘Cr 
linear « 
far: flowers 2-15, race- 
Fic. 13.—Lilium pomponium. 
© Style; capsule obovoid, umbilicate. 
