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LI'LIUM * * 
Linnean Class and Order. IIexa'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Lilia'ceas*, Dec.and. — Lindl. Syn. p.266.’ 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 279. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 403. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 423. — Lilia, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 48. — 
Tulipacea:, Decand. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 539. — Liliales ; sect. 
LinAciNiE ; type, Liliace.® ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 418, 
425, & 433. — Corona RijE, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corolla f perianthium%J (see fig. 1.) 
inferior, bell-shaped, of 6 nearly equal, straight, or revolute, deci- 
duous petals ; with a longitudinal nectariferous line or furrow on 
the inner surface, from the base to the middle (see fig. 4, a). 
Filaments (see fig. 1. and fig. 2, a.) 6, awl-shaped, upright, shorter 
than the corolla. Anthers (fig. 2, b.) oblong, versatile. Germen 
(fig. 3, a.) superior, oblong, cylindrical, with 6 furrows. Style 
(fig. 3, 6.) cylindrical, elongated. Stigma (fig. 3, c.) thickish, entire. 
Capsule (fig. 5.) oblong, upright, 6-furrowed, with a 3-cornered, 
hollow, blunt tip ; of 3 cells, and 3 valves. Seeds (see figs. 6 & 7.) 
numerous, flat, inversely egg-shaped, packed one upon another in 
2 rows, with a blunt margin, and a spongy testa. 
The naked, inferior, bell-shaped corolla , of 6 petals, with a 
longitudinal nectariferous line or furrow at their base ; the elongated 
style; the entire stigma ; and the 6-furrowed, 3- valved, 3-celled, 
manv-seeded capsule ; will distinguish this from other genera in 
the same class and order. 
One species British. 
LI'LIUM MA'RTAGON. Martagon Lily. Turk’s-Cap Lily. 
Turk’s-Cap Shaw. Smooth-stalked Martagon Lily. 
Spec. Char. Leaves in whorls, egg-spear-shaped. Flowers 
reflexed ; Petals revolute. 
Engl. Bot. Supp. t. 2799. — Bot. Mag. t. 1634. — Jacq FI. Auslr. t. 351. — Redouts 
Liliac, t. 146. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 435. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. i. p. 88. — Ait. Hoit. 
Kew. 1st ed. v. i. p. 431. ; 2nd ed. v. ii. p, 242. — Decand. FI. Fr. v. iii. p. 203. — 
Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 236. — Lilium floribus reflexis montanum, Bauh. Pin. 
P- 77. — Ray’s Hist. 1112. — Lilium Jtore nutante ferugineo, Bauh. Hist. v. ii. 
p. 692. — Lilium montanum minus, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 196. f. 2. — Lilium 
Martagon floribus reflexis rubris punctatum et non punctatum, Moris. 
Hist. PI. Oxon. v. ii. p. 408. sect. 4. t. 20. f. 7 1— Lilium foliis verticillatis, 
floribus reflexis, corollis revolutis, Linn. Hor. Cliff, p. 120. n. 3. 
Fig. 1. Corolla. — Fig. 2. Stamens and Pistil; a. filament; b. anther. — Fig. 3. 
A Pistil ; a- germen ; b. style ; c. stigma. — Fig. 4. A separate Petal ; a. the 
nectary. — Fig. 5. Capsule. — Fig. 6. Transverse section of ditto. — Fig. 7. A Seed. — 
Fig. 8. A Bulb. 
* Of Pliny, and other Latin authors. + See folio 33, note f. 
$ See folio 1,0. § See folio 33, note t. 
