LILIES NOT LILIES 105 



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lilies of the field" were true lilies. Pliny 

 mentions a red Syrian lily and in springtime the 

 red anemone is a common flower of the GraUlean 

 hillsides; but there seems to be quite as good 

 reason for surmising that the plant is Stern- 

 hergia lutea. 



