Litiacee—Lilium. 505 
9 inches long. L. longiflorwm proper grows frum 1 to 2 
feet, has broader leaves and usually solitary flowers; and L. 
Wallichianum, syn. L. Japonicum (of Don, not of Thunberg), 
is a distinct robust form attaining a height of 4 to 6 feet, and 
usually solitary very large yellowish-white sweet-scented flowers. 
L. longiflorum and L. eximiwm are natives of Japan and China, 
and are hardier than the others, 
which are from the mountains of 
India. 
4, L. Japéniewm, Thunberg, syn. 
L. odorwm.— An erect glabrous 
species from 1 to 2 feet high with 
from 12 to 20 scattered oblancealate 
5-to 7-nerved spreading leaves nar- 
rowed towards the base, and 1 tu 3 
sub-erect flowers. Perianth 6 to 9 
inches long, narrowed gradually tu 
the base, pure white tinged with 
purple externally. Filaments 
shorter than the perianth; pollen 
reddish-yellow. A native of China 
and Japan. L. Bréwnit is probably 
a luxuriant form of this with the 
stem and flowers tinged with 
purple. 
L. Nepalénse is an allied Indian 
species, and is very rare if still in 
gardens. 
5. L. ediutidum (fig. 247 ).—This 
is the common White Lily of our 
gardens, and one of the very oldest 
in cultivation. It grows from 4 to 
6 feet high with several pearly-white 
flowers and yellow anthers. It isa 
native of the South of Europe, and 
hardy in this country. LZ. pere- 
grinunis considered to be a slender 
form of this with rather smaller 
flowers. There is a double-flowered 
variety, and another, called strid- 
Fig. 247. Lilium candidum. 
(} nat, size.) 
tum, has the flowers striped and spotted with purple. But the 
most remarkable, though more curious than beautiful, is 
