506 Lithacee—Liltuin. 
spicatum, in which the flowers are abortive and replaced by 
white petaloid bracts. 
6. L. Washingtonianwin.—A very beautiful species of quite 
recent introduction. It grows about 3 to 5 feet high, and is 
distinguished from all others of this group by the short 
spreading lanceolate 1l-nerved glabrous leaves being arranged 
in regular whorls of 10 or 12. Flowers slightly nodding, from 
12 to 18 ina tages on long pedicels, white tinged with lilac 
or purple, very fragrant. A 
native of the western slopes 
4  oftheSierra Nevadarange in 
ey “f/. California, and most likely 
WY quite hardy in Britain. 
We \ 7. L. tigrenwm, syn. LD. 
oa é speciosum (Andrews, not of 
\ Thunberg) (fig, 248).—The 
Tiger Lily is one of the most 
distinct, and after the White 
Lily the one most commonly 
seen. It is distinguished 
from the allied species by 
the purplish cottony stems ; 
linear sessile 5- to 7-nerved 
leaves usually with round 
black bulblets in their axils. 
Flowers bright orange-red 
with purplish-black spots. 
A native of Japan and 
China, and quite hardy in 
this country. 2. Fortinet 
is a magnificent robust 
variety from 6 to 10 feet 
high and bearing from 30 
to 40 flowers on each stem 
There is also a handsome 
donble-flowered variety in 
cultivation. 
8. L. speciosum, Thun- 
berg, syn. L. lancifoliwm of 
Paxton, not of Thunbery.—This beautiful species usually 
bears the latter name in gardens. Stem glabrous, from 1 
to 3 feet high. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, 14 
Tig. 248, Lilium tigrinum. (4 nat. size.) 
