CIV. LILIACEiE 
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Bulbous herbs ; steins leafy, erect, rarely branched. Leaves 
usually alternate. Flowers large, nodding, fragrant, terminal or 
racemose. Perianth funnel-shaped or bell-shaped ; segments 6, 
distinct. Stamens hypogynous, nearly as long as the perianth ; 
anthers large, linear-oblong, versatile, ultimately curved. Ovary 
narrowly oblong, grooved, 3-celled ; style long, slender, straight, 
stigma capitate, often 3-lobed ; ovules many in each cell. Capsule 
oblong, obtusely angled, 3-valved ; seeds very many, flattened. 
The locality, Simla, given for L. nepalense, Don, in FI. Br. Ind. vi. 351, 
rests on a specimen so named in the Kew Herbarium, gathered by Jacquemont 
in ‘ shady woods, Simla.’ But this appears to be L. polyphyllum , the perianth 
being only 3 in. long. 
Flowers 4-6 in., white ; tube dark purple inside . 1. L. giganteum. 
Flowers 2J-3 in., green- white, the inside purple-dotted 2. L. polyphyllum. 
Flowers l£-2 in., pink . . . . . 3. L. Thomsonianum. 
1. Lilium giganteum, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 349. Stems 
6-12 ft., tapering upwards, hollow. Leaves alternate, cordate, 
broadly ovate, 5-11 x 4-10 in., lower leaves the largest. Bracts 
ovate, soon falling off. Flowers shortly stalked, in a terminal 
raceme. Perianth 4-6 in. long, white ; tube purple inside, tips 
of segments rounded, recurved. Stigma obscurely 3-lobed. 
Capsule 2-3 in. 
Narkunda, 9000 ft., in damp, shady forest; May, June. — Temperate 
Himalaya.— Khasia. 
The hill-people use the stem to make musical pipes. 
2. Lilium polyphyllum, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 351. Stems 
1-3 ft. Leaves sessile, alternate or nearly opposite or whorled, 
narrowly lanceolate or linear, 3-5x^-J in. Bracts leaf -like, 
often whorled. Flowers solitary or whorled or racemed ; stalks 
1^-4 in. Perianth 2|-3 in. long, green-white with purple dots 
inside ; segments obtuse, recurved when fully expanded. Stigma 
obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule 1-1 J in. (See Frontispiece.) 
Simla, in woods, common ; June, July. — Himalaya. — Afghanistan. 
3. Lilium Thomsonianum, Boyle ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 352. Stems 
1-3 ft. Leaves thin, sessile, alternate, 2-8 xJ-J in., narrowed to 
a fine point. Bracts leaf-like. Flowers often numerous, in a 
terminal raceme 4-18 in. long ; stalks in. Perianth 1 2 in. 
long, pale pink, tips of segments rounded, recurved. Stigma 
3-lobed. Capsule |-| in. 
Simla, 5000 ft. ; April. — W. Himalaya. — Afghanistan. 
10. FRITILLAR1A. From the Latin fritillus, a dice-box ; 
referring to the six glands within the perianth. — N. temperate 
regions. 
