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Mountains of Transylvania. Nearly allied to L. pyreMaicum, Gouan^ 

 and L. alhanum, Griseb. 



L. Heldreichii, Freyn ; Boiss. Fl, Orient, v. 177. Bulb ovoid ; 

 scales lanceolate. Stem moderately stout, green, spotted with purple, 



2- 3 ft. long. Leaves many, close, sessile, erecto-patent, glabrous, the lower 



3- 4 in. long, ^-j in. broad, the upper smaller and more erect. Flower 

 solitary, bright reddish yellow. Perianth 2 in. long ; segments oblanceo- 

 late, unspotted, reflexing from low down. Filaments an inch long ; anthers? 

 linear-oblong, ^ in. long. Pistil shorter than the perianth. Capsule 

 oblong-turbinate. 



Mountains of Greece, alt. 6,000-8,000 ft. Collected by Von Heldreich^ 

 Sintenis and others. Intermediate between carniolicum and chalce- 

 donicum, 



L. ochraceum, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 319. Stem slender, 

 3-4 ft. long, smooth, shining, leafless in the lower part. Leaves all scattered,, 

 subpetiolate, the lower lanceolate, 2 in. long, \ in. broad, the upper linear^ 

 1-nerved. Flowers 1-3, yellow, unspotted, 2 in. long, cernuous, reflexing- 

 from low down ; segments oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, ^ in. broad ; nectary 

 naked, glabrous. Stamens less than half as long as the perianth ; anthers 

 yellow. Style three times the length of the ovary. 



Western China ; mountains of the province of Yunnan, ascending- 

 to 9,000-10,000 ft. Collected by Delavay in 1883-7. Allied to L. mona- 

 delphum {Szo v itsianum) . 



L. taliensc, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 319. Stem slender, 

 6 ft. long, slightly scabrous with papillae, leafless in the lower part. Leaves 

 not very crowded, ascending, sessile, lanceolate, about 2 in. long, J-J in. 

 broad; the upper opposite or subverticillate, 1-nerved, very scabrous on 

 the margin. Flowers 1-2, whitish, spotted or unspotted, 2 in. long ; 

 segments lanceolate, recurving from low down ; nectary glabrous. Stamens 

 and pistil not more than half as long as the perianth. 



Western China ; mountains of Yunnan. Collected in two localities 

 by Delavay. Comes in between L. Martagon and L. polyphyllum. 



L. Wallacei, Hort., Garden, 1897, fig. 1103. Bulb globose, li-2 in. 

 diameter ; scales thin, oblong, acute. Stem 1^ ft. long, green mottled 

 with brown, densely leafy. Leaves crowded, sessile, ascending, linear, the 

 central ones 3 in. long, ^ in. broad, bright green on the upper surface. 

 5-nerved. Flowers 2-3 ; lateral peduncles spreading widely. Perianth 

 3 in. long, bright pale scarlet, with a few small bro"SMi spots inside in the 

 lower half ; segments spreading from low down ; inner ovate, with a 

 short claw, an inch or more broad ; outer much narrower. Filaments 

 arcuate, 2 in. long ; anthers linear, ^ in. long ; pollen scarlet. Pistil as 

 long as the stamens. 



Japan. Intermediate between L. clcgans and L. Maximoiciczii. My 

 description is drawn up from specimens sent by Mr. Wallace in August 

 1896. 



L. Ducliartrci, Franch. PI. David, ii. 128 ; Journ. do Bot. vi. 316. 

 Bulb small, borne at the end of a long slender rootstock ; scales lanceo- 

 late. Stems very slender, 2-3 ft. long. Leaves scattered, thin, sessile, 

 lanceolate, glabrous, the longest 2-2^ in. long, ^ in. broad at the middle. 

 Flowers 1-2. Perianth 1^-2 in. long, white, spotted inside, especially 



