508 Litwwacee—Lilinm. 
European forms. L. Daviiricum, syn. L. spectibile of Link, and 
L. Thunbergic nun, ave Asiatic forms. The latter is from Japan 
Pie, 249, Lilium bulbiferum, var, croccum. 
(} nat. sizv.) 
and common in gardens, 
and is distinguished by its 
broader foliave and larger 
scarcely spotted flowers. 
Besides the above extreme 
forms there is a host of in- 
termediate varieties in cul- 
tivation differing chiefly in 
the size and colouring of the 
flowers : vitelliam, auwraiu- 
tiacum, hematochroum, 
atromaculatun,  atrosan- 
guineum, and ventistum, 
ure some of them. 
L. pulchllum is an ele- 
gant dwarf species from 
Eastern Siberia with gla- 
brous linear leaves and very 
small bright scarlet slightly 
spotted flowers. LD. cdn- 
color, including LSinienm, 
is a Chinese species with 
pubescent lanceolate leaves 
and small bright red and yel- 
low faintly spotted flowers. 
L. lancifolium has small 
white flowers less than an 
inch long. It is a native of 
Japan, and has never been in 
cultivation in this country. 
ll. L. Mdirtagon.—This 
is another of the common 
old species. Stem 2 or 3 
fvet high, more or less pu- 
bescent, and often streaked 
with purple. Leaves mostly 
in regular whorls of 6 to 9, lauceolatc-spathulate, lower ones 
from 3 to 5 inches long. Flowers in a loose raceme, drooping, 
purplish-red copiously spolted with black, or rarely white. 
Perianth-segments recurved from the base, the pubescent tips 
