LILIES 601 
pure white, 2 or 3 inches long, lower ones drooping, upper more erect; 
racemes five- to twenty-flowered; June. Plate 281. 
L. CATESBzI (Catesby’s). Stem 2 to 3 feet high, stout. Leaves 
scattered; lower ones lance-shaped, upper ones narrower and shorter. 
Flowers solitary, 3 to 4 inches long, bright orange-red, spotted with 
purple; July and August. 
L. CHALCEDONICUM (Chalcedonian). Stem finely channeled, stiff, 
2 to 3 feet high. Leaves slender, scattered, lower ones somewhat 
spreading, upper ones erect. Flowers bright scarlet, japamac) 
dvaceiite, one to six in a corymb; July and Au 
L. CORDIFOLIUM (heart-leaved). Stem 3 oe : feet high. Leaves 
heart-shaped on long stalks; lowest ones reddish. Flowers funnel-shaped, 
narrow ; white, yellow, or purple, in four- to ten-flowered racemes; 
August. 
L. cROcEUM (saffron colour). Saffron Lily. Stem cobwebby, purple- 
spotted, 3 to 6 feet high. Leaves slender, variously disposed. Flowers 
of a brilliant orange- or saffron-colour, with small crimson or purple 
spots; August. Similar to LZ. bulbiferum, but easily distinguished by 
the cottony hairs on the flower-stalks, and the absence of bulbils in 
the axils. Plate 280. 
L. pAvuRiIcUM (Dahurian). Stem slender, 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves 
slender, three nerved. Flowers bright scarlet, in an umbel-like raceme ; 
foot-stalks sometimes slightly cobwebby; July. 
L. ELEGANS (elegant). Stem sometimes forking near top, 3 to 4 feet 
high. Leaves lance-shaped, an inch broad. Flowers pale scarlet, slightly 
spotted, 5 or 6 inches across; July. 
L. GIGANTEUM (gigantic). Stem round, erect, 4 to 10 feet high, 
and 2 to 4 inches thick at base. Leaves heart-shaped, all except the 
uppermost, with long, broad, channeled leaf-stalks, whose bases clasp the 
stem. Flowers funnel-shaped, 5 or 6 inches long; white, the throat 
tinged with purple; six to twelve in a raceme; July and August. 
Except in sheltered parts of the South of England this species must be 
grown in the cool greenhouse. It dies after once flowering. 
L. HANsonI (Hanson’s). Stem slender, round, smooth, 3 to 4 feet 
high. Leaves lance-shaped, smooth, mostly in whorls. Flowers reddish- 
orange, spotted with purple, about 14 inch long, four to ten in a raceme ; 
June and July. 
L. Henry! (Henry’s). Stems 6 to 10 feet, clothed with lance-shaped 
leaves, and bearing a loose raceme of from twenty to fifty flowers, like 
those of L. speciosum, but coloured lemon-yellow. A recent pai 
from Central China. Hardy. 
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