350 CLvi. LiLiAOE*. (J. D. Hooker.) [Lilium. 



linear, nerves 3-5 faint, periantli 6-10 in. narrowly tubular below then 

 infundibular with the upper third recurved, stamens much shorter than the 

 perianth, anthers 1 in. orange yellow. Kunth Enum. iv. 267 ; Wall. Cat. 

 5076 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4561 ; Buchari. Ohs. Gen. Lis. 71 ; Lindl. ^ Paxt. PI. 

 Ga/rd. 1850, 120, with, woodcut ; Lemaire, Jard. Flewr. t. 105-6 ; Fl. des 

 Serres, t. 612 ; Elwes Monogr. Lil. iv. 267 ; Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 227. L. longifloram, Wall. Teut. Fl. Nep. 40, t. 29. L. Batisna, Ham. 

 mss. 



Wbbtebn Himalaya; Nepal and Kumaon, alt. 3-4000 ft. 



Bulhi small, on a creeping rootstock; scales many, short, ovate, acuminate. Stem 

 4-6 ft., base ascending, few-fld. Leaves 6-12 by f-f in. Flowers subsolitary, 

 horizontal, sweet-scented, pedicel long j tube greenish outside ; segments subeqnal, 

 oblanceolate, 2 in. broad; style recurved at the top; stigma conoidal. Capsule 

 li-2 in. 



3. Ii. neilgrlierrense, Wight Ic. t. 2031 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 strongly nerved, perianth 8-12 in. narrowly tubular below then infundibular 

 with the upper third recurved, stamens much shorter than the perianth, 

 anthers f in. ; Duchart. Obs. Gen. Lis., 71 ; Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 230 ; Elwes Monogr. Lil. t. vi. L. neilgherricam, Lemaire III. Sort. x. t. 

 353. L. tubiflorum and Wallichianum, Wight, I. c. t. 2033-4, 2035. L. 

 Metzii, Steud. in Sohenack. PI. Exsicc. Ind. Or. No. 954. 



SouTHEEN Decoan ; Nilghiri and Pulney Mts., alt. 5-8000 ft., Wight, &c. 

 Very closely allied to i. Wallichianum, but the leaves are much shorter and 

 broader, 3-5 by |-1 in., and the perianth tube even longer. 



4. Xi. Xiowil, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7232 ; leaves numerous short linear 

 sessile, flowers corymbose or umbelled, perianth 3-4 in. broadly funnel- 

 shaped recurved from about the middle, stamens shorter than the perianth, 

 anthers in brown. L. nepalense, Collett & Hemsl. in Joum. Linn. Soc, 

 xxvii. 133. 



BuBUA ; in the Shan bills. Collett. 



£uli globose 2 in. diam., scales lanceolate. iSiem 3-4 ft. Leaves 2-3 in. Flowers 

 coriaceous, 3 in. diam., pedicels long; perianth segments nearly similar, 1 in. 

 broad, white, or greenish externally, speckled with claret-brown in their lower 

 halves; style as long as the stamens. — I have taken the characters from a ma. 

 of Mr. Baker's drawn up from specimens that flowered in the nurseries of 

 Messrs. Low & Co. 



5. Xj. Bakerianum, Hemsl. S( Collett in Jowm. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 138, t. xxii. ; leaves short linear or lanceolate, flowers few long-pedicelled, 

 perianth 3-4 in. campanulate, segments acute spreading from above the 

 middle inner much the broadest, stamens much shorter than the perianth- 

 anthers 5 in. long. 



BcKMA ; on the Shan hills, Collett. 



Stem 2-4 ft., puberulous, 2-Sd. Leaves 2 in., nerves obscure, costa and margins 

 lepidote. Flowers erect; perianth segment spotted on the broad base, outer 

 narrowly-lanceolate long-acuminate, inner oblanceolate tip rounded apiculate, 

 margins furfuraoeously puberulous. — Description from a single specimen as given 

 by Hemsley 1. c. 



tt Flowers yellow. 



6. Ii. nepalense, D. Bon in Mem. Wem. Soc. iii. 412 ; Prodr. Fl. 

 JSfep. 52; leaves lanceolate, perianth 4-5 in. broadly funnel-shaped from 



