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towards the edge of the segments, with small dots of red-brown ; segments 

 obtuse, ^ in. broad, oblanceolate, reflexing from a short basal cup. 

 Filaments arcuate, about an inch long ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style 

 nearly as long as the perianth. 



Eastern Kansu and Eastern Tibet, collected by Pere David, in June 

 1869, and M. Potanin ; Western China, in Szechuen, on the mountains 

 round Ta-tsien-lou by Prince Henry of Orleans, and Yunnan in the wood 

 of Kou-toui by Dela^ay. Difi'ers from L. iiolyphyllum by its shorter 

 flowers and wide-creeping, slender rootstock and broad bulb- scales. 



L. lanlwngense, Franch. in Jonrn. do Bot. vi. (1892) 317. Stem 

 slender, pubescent, 1-2 ft. long, leafy almost from the base. Leave-; 

 moderately dense, ascending, scattered, lanceolate, 5-nerved, the largest 

 2^ in. long, J in. broad, scarcely scabrous on the ribs and edges. Flowers 

 1-3, cernuous, long-peduncled. Perianth IJ in. long, reflexing from low 

 down, white or purple, spotted with black ; segments oblanceolate ; 

 nectary papillose. Filaments much shorter »than the perianth ; anthers 

 yellow. Style 2-3 times the length of the ovary. 



Western China ; Yunnan, Lankong, and other localities, reaching a 

 height of 8,000-9,000 ft. Collected by Delavay in 1888. Nearly allied to 

 L. polyplnillum. 



L. papilliferum, Franch. in Journ. cle Bot. vi. (1892) 316. Bulb 

 small, subglobose ; scales 10-12, thick, ovate. Stem slender, a foot long, 

 leafless on the lower part, clothed with short papillose pubescence. Leaves 

 moderately dense, ascending, the lower oblong, obtuse, the upper lan- 

 ceolate or linear, the largest 2 in. long, ] in. broad, 5-nerved, scabrous 

 on the ribs and margins. Flowers 1- 2, cernuous. Perianth campanulate, 

 reflexing from below the middle, 1^-2 in. long, bright red. Filaments 

 much shorter than the perianth ; anther yellow, linear, J- J in. long. 

 Pistil as long as the stamens. Capsule obovoid-oblong, 1^ in. long. L. 

 Biondii, Baroni in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., ii. 337, t. 8, 9. 



Western China ; province of Yunnan, rocky ground above Tapin-tze ; 

 alt. 0,000-6,000 ft., Delavay, collected in 1888. It has been introduced alive 

 into Italy under the name of L. Biondii. It is allied to the Japanese 

 L. Mai imowiczii. 



L. Bostliernii, Diels in Engl. Bot. Jcilirh. xxix. 243. Stems slender, 

 subglabrous, 1-1^ ft. long. Leaves scattered, linear-oblong, sessile, the 

 central ones largest, 3-4 in. long, J in. broad, with revolute edges ; mid- 

 rib prominent, the other veins inconspicuous. Flowers one or few ; bract 

 leaves broadly ovate. Perianth probably yellow, about 2 in. long ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, \ in. broad, reflexing from low down, crisped, copiously 

 dotted on the face ; nectary glabrous ; papilbp long. Stamens and style 

 as long as the perianth. 



Western China ; province of Szechuen, south of the Yang-tze-kiang, at 

 Kuchow, Kenaping, Nanchuan, Bosthern, 660. Must be near L. iKipilli- 

 feruni, Franch. 



L. Fargesii, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vi. (1892) 317. Bulb small, 

 ovoid ; scales 10-15, ovate-acuminate. Stem slender, a foot or more long, 

 thinly scabrid, pubescent, -leafless towards the base. Leaves linear, 

 ascending, laxly disposed, the largest reaching a length of 6-7 in., ^- 

 jr in. broad, narrowly revolute at the edge. Flowers 1-10, on long 



