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Wallich. Bulb large, globose. Stem stiffly erect, cernuous at the apex, 

 6_7 feet long. Leaves numerous, scattered, spreading, linear, bright 

 green, the lower half a foot long, the upper with bulbilhe in their 

 axils. Flowers usually 2-3, pendant on long peduncles. Perianth 

 funnel-shaped, 6-7 inches long, sulphur-yellow, tinged outside with 

 claret-red, unspotted ; segments oblanceolate, spreading in the upper 

 fourth, the inner nearly twice as broad as the outer. Stamens H inch 

 shorter than the perianth ; anthers about an inch long ; pollen red- 

 brown. Style much overtopping the anthers. 



Shan States, Upper Burma. First received at Kew in a living state in 

 flower from Messrs. Low & Co. in 1891. Nearly allied to the Central 

 Himalayan L. Wallichianum, which has pure white flowers, slender 

 anthers, with yellow pollen, and no bulbilhe in the axils of the upper 

 leaves. 



L. primulinum, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7227 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 vi. 351 ; L. neilghericnse, Collett & Hemsl. in Jouni. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 

 138, non Wight; L. claptoniense, Hort. Low. Bulb large, globose; 

 scales lanceolate. Stem stiffly erect, glabrous, 3-4 feet long. Leaves 

 numerous, scattered, ascending, linear or lanceolate, sessile, glossy green, 

 glabrous, the low^est 4-5 inches long ; bulbilhe none. Flowers 2-3 

 in the wild plant, on long ascending peduncles. Perianth funnel- 

 shaped, pale yellow, unspotted, 5-6 inches long ; segments reflexing 

 when expanded from nearly half-way down, oblanceolate, the outer J inch 

 broad above the middle, the inner nearly twice as broad. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the perianth ; anthers linear, J inch long ; pollen brown. 

 Style as long as the perianth. 



Shan Hills, Upper Burma. First collected by Sir H. Collett in 1888, 

 and sent by Mr, Boxall to Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., with whom it 

 flowered in 1889. Differs from L. neilgheriense by its shorter and more 

 open perianth-tube, brown pollen, and style as long as the perianth. 



L. Bakerianum, Collett & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 138, 

 t. 22 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Lid. vi. 350. Stem slender, pubescent, 2-4 

 feet long. Leaves laxly disposed, sessile, linear, ascending, glabrous on 

 the upper surface, densely pubescent beneath, the upper 1^-2 inches 

 long. Flowers 2, on long erect peduncles, wath a single leaf from the 

 middle. Perianth funnel-shaped from a broad base, 3^-4 inches long, 

 white, with copious brown spots inside in the lower half ; segments 

 spreading in the upper quarter ; outer oblanceolate, | inch broad above 

 the middle ; inner, about an inch broad. Stamens 2 inches long ; 

 anthers linear, yellow, ^ inch long. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Shan Hills, Upper Burma, alt. 4,000 feet. Collected by Sir H. Collett 

 in June, 1888. It was also collected by D. Burke when travelling in 

 Upper Burma for Messrs. Veitch, and at an elevation of 6,000 feet in 

 Yunnan by Dr. Henry. Resembles L. odorum, Planch., in the shape of 

 the perianth. Differs by its very narrow, stiffly erect leaves, densely 

 pubescent beneath, and flowers copiously spotted with brown inside in' 

 the lower half. 



L. Lowii, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7232; Hook. fil. FL Brit. Ind. 

 vi. 350; L. nepalense, Collett & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 

 133, non Wight. Bulb globose, 2 in. diameter ; scales lanceolate, small. 



