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LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM IIOSEUM. 
(ROSY- SPOTTED LANCE -LEAVED LILY.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
LILIACEJE. 
Generic Character, — See vol. v. p. I. 
Specific Character. — Stem angular, hairy, erect, simple, a foot or more high. Leaves alternate, 
sessile, lanceolate, smooth, shortening by degrees as they approach the summit of the stem. Corolla 
small, white. 
Yar. Roseum, — Stem growing from three to four feet high, erect, branching horizontally at the summit. 
Leaves sessile, ovate -lanceolate, slightly reflexed. Perianth of five nearly equal segments ; seg- 
ments large, broadly oblong, recurved, wavy at their margins, of a delicate white, beautifully spotted 
and blotched with rose colour, and with a stripe of green towards their base. Stamens prominent, 
partially pendent, with large orange-coloured anthers,. Style longer and stronger than the stamens, 
inclining upwards towards the extremity. 
Synonyme. — Lilium laneifolium punctatum. 
In the exquisite loveliness of its flowers, their superior size, and the stronger 
and more robust habits of the plant, this charming variety almost outvies the 
splendid species (L. speciosum) of which a figure was given in the first number 
of the present volume of our Magazine. The dazzling brilliancy of hue for which 
the species just mentioned is so deservedly admired, alone maintains its ascendancy, 
for in every other respect our present subject is decidedly unequalled. 
Among the many beautiful and valuable plants introduced to this country 
from Japan through the researches of Dr. Siebold, perhaps none can be compared 
with these truly magnificent lilies. Indeed, we scarcely think there is exagge- 
ration in the statement, that they are unsurpassed by any plant previously known 
and cultivated in Britain. The variety now figured commands especial attention 
on account of the large size of its flowers. These, it will be seen, are much more 
expansive than those of L. speciosum, and the plant is altogether of a much larger 
and stronger habit of growth. Besides these differences, however, the segments of 
the perianth of L. speciosum are much more recurved at both extremities, forming 
quite a hollow cup in the centre of the flower, and folding back so as almost 
to touch each other ; the little projections with which the centre of the flower is 
studded are also red, instead of white ; and the colour of the anthers is brown, 
those of the present plant being orange-coloured. 
