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Stem glabrous, stiffly erect, 3-4 ft. long. Leaves numerous, scattered, 

 linear, sessile, glabrous beneath, the lower 3 in. long. Flowers 3 on 

 long cernuous peduncles, with a leaf from the middle. Perianth 

 openly funnel-shaped, 3-3^ in. long, white, with a slight green tinge on 

 the outside, white copiously spotted with small red-brown dots in the 

 lower half of the inside ; segments reflexive in the upper third or half, 

 inner much narrower than the outer. Stamens an inch or more shorter 

 than the perianth ; anthers linear, ^-J in. long ; pollen brown. Style as 

 long as or longer than the stamens. (Fig. 177.) 



Shan Hills, Upper Burma. Collected by Sir H. CoUett in 1888, and 

 sent by Mr. Boxall to Messrs. Low Sc Co., with whom it flowered in 1889. 

 After studying the fine series of specimens collected by Dr. Henry and 

 Mr. W. Hancock, F.L.S., in the province of Yunnan, Western China, 

 I do not think this can be kept up as distinct from L. Bahcrianum. 



L. rubelkm, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1898, ii. 32, fig. 128 ; Bof. 

 Mag. t. 7,634. Bulb globose, middle-sized ; scales lanceolate. Stem 

 slender, green spotted with brown, 1^-2 ft. long, laxly leafy from the 

 base to the apex. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, firm, bright 

 green, glabrous, distinctly 3-5 nerved. Flowers few, corymbose, erect. 

 Perianth funnel-shaped, pink, unspotted ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse, spreading in the upper half, the three inner an inch broad, the 

 outer narrower. Stamens much shorter than the perianth ; anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long ; pollen yellow. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Japan. First received at Kew in February 1898, from Messrs. Bunting, 

 of Chelmsford, whose stock was purchased by Messrs. Wallace, of 

 Colchester. A very distinct and beautiful species. (Fig. 192.) 



L. japonicum, Thunb., var. L. Alexandre?, Hort. Wallace; Baker in 

 Gard. Chron. 189S, ii. 86, fig. 44. Bulb like that of L. longi- 

 florum. Stem green, glabrous, stiffly erect, 1^-2 ft. long. Leaves 

 scattered, lanceolate, green, glabrous, distinctly 5-nerved, narrowed at 

 the base to a short flattened petiole, the central ones 3-4 in. long by 

 an inch broad. Flowers 2-3 ; peduncles 1-2 in. long, much thickened 

 upwards. Perianth openly funnel-shaped, pure white, slightly tinged 

 with green outside towards the base, 5-6 in. long, 7-8 in. diameter when 

 fully expanded ; inner segments oblong, 2 in. broad, outer much 

 narroww. Stamens 2 in. shorter than the perianth ; anthers linear, 

 in. long, dark brown ; pollen yellow. Style o^■ertopping the anthers. 



Japan. Exhibited both by Messrs. Veitch and Wallace at Chiswick, 

 in July 1893. Differs from the type by its broader leaves and longer 

 style. (Fig. 178.) 



L. leucanthum, Baker ; Garden, 1895, xlvii. p. 97 (plate) ; L. 

 Brownii var. leucanthum, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1894, xvi. 180 ; 

 Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 7722. Bulb large, globose. Stem 3-4 ft. 

 long, stiffly erect, green, glabrous. Leaves very numerous, lanceolate, 

 sessile, ascending, bright green, glabrous, the lower 3 in. long by ^-J in. 

 broad, the upper shorter and broader, with bulbilhe in their axils. 

 Perianth funnel-shaped, 6 in. long, milk white, slightly tinged with 

 green towards the base outside, unspotted, tinged with pale yellow 

 towards the base inside ; segments spreading only in the upper third, 

 the outer lanceolate, an inch broad, the inner oblong-lanceolate, 2 in. 



