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LILIUM THUNBERGIANUM PARDINUM. 
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LILIUM THUNBERGIANUM PARDINUM. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
’HE bulb of this beautiful Lily was purchased by G. F. "Wilson, Esq., 
of Gishurt Cottage, "Weybridge, at a sale of Japanese bulbs, and 
formed part of a mixed lot, comprising L. tigrinum and L. auratum. 
It is very distinct from all the Japanese Lilies known in England, 
and appears to be nearly related to L. Thunbergianum, though it 
differs somewhat from that species in its narrower leaves, and in the warty 
instead of glabrous surface of the base of the petals. The colours are also 
distinct, the centre of the petals being stained with golden yellow 7 , and the 
whole surface being dotted over, as in the Tiger Lily, with dark spots. It 
is one of the most beautiful hardy Lilies we have seen. It has the general 
habit and aspect of L. bulbiferum, but differs in the flowers being quite 
smooth on the outer surface, and in the colour and markings. We 
suspect it may be a hybrid, in which case it might bear the name of 
L. PARDINUM. 
We learn from Mr. Wilson that the plant grows about a yard in height. 
It has a stoutish stem, which is furnished with smooth lanceolate acute 
leaves, these being nearly an inch broad and 4 inches long, with about three 
principal ribs on each side the central one, and several smaller ones lying 
between them. The flowers are each about 5 inches across when expanded, 
and are arranged in a terminal umbel, containing several flowers, the 
pedicels of which are branched so as to give three successions of buds, and 
furnished at each ramification with an ovate acuminate bract. The segments 
of the perianth are so far narrowed towards the base as to leave distinct 
openings at the base of the flower; they spread out into a shallow vase-like 
form, with the apices incurved; the sepaline ones are about 1^ inch broad 
and nearly 4 inches long, the petaline fully 2 inches broad, and the stamens 
about 3 inches long. Each segment has two raised ridges running through¬ 
out its length, forming between them a deep sharp furrow, the lower por¬ 
tion of which is closed and distinctly bearded with short hyaline interwoven 
hairs. Several other indistinct ridges appear near the base of the segments, 
but these break up more or less into prominent warts, some of which are 
tipped by a black spot, and others by a stellate tuft of hairs. The filaments, 
and style are orange red. 
The ground colour of the flower is of a reddish orange colour, the 
central portion of each segment being of a golden yellow, and the whole 
surface nearly to the edge marked over with dark-coloured dots similar to 
those of the Tiger Lily. The flower indeed may be described as having 
the general form and character of L. bulbiferum, the colour and spotting 
of tigrinum, and the golden band of auratum. M, 
3rd Ser.— I. G 
